Abstract
A highly hydrophilic poly(7-oxonorbornene-5,6-dicarboxylic acid- block-norbornene) [=poly-(ONDCA- b-NBE)]-coated silica was investigated for the liquid chromatographic (LC) determination of flavonoids in plant extracts of complex biological origin using UV absorbance and mass spectrometric (MS) detection. Compared to the most commonly used octadecyl derivatized silica this sorbent allowed fast separations even at extreme pH values. Furthermore, UV absorbance and MS detection were evaluated. As we found, UV detection at 254 nm allows the determination of flavonoids down to the ng range with a linearity of R 2>0.9906. For the more selective characterization the validated LC system was coupled to a quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometer via an electrospray ionization (ESI) interface. MS detection showed high linearity ( R 2>0.9904) for all investigated flavonoids. Due to the relatively high flow-rate of 1 ml/min the limits of detection were found in the lower-μg range. Collision induced dissociation was applied to obtain characteristic fragmentation fingerprints. Finally, the validated LC–ESI-MS–MS method demonstrated that this poly-(ONDCA- b-NBE) stationary phase allows fast characterization and quantitation in onion, elderflower blossom, lime blossom, St. John’s Wort and red wine.
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