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Analysis of fresh Mentha haplocalyx volatile components by comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography and high-resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Gang Cao,†a   Qiyuan Shan,†a   Xiaomeng Li,a   Xiaodong Cong,†a   Yun Zhang,a   Hao Caib  and  Baochang Cai*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Research Center of TCM Processing Technology, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, PR China

b Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine Processing, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, PR China
E-mail: bccai@hotmail.com
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Abstract

Fresh Mentha haplocalyx is a well known traditional Chinese medicinal material (CMM) used in both China and America. This paper reports analysis of the volatile components of fresh Mentha haplocalyx by comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GCxGC) and high-resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometry (HR-TOF-MS), a combination that provides almost complete chemical separation with elemental composition determination of analytes. 163 ketones and terpenes, including menthol and menthone, were tentatively identified, including enantiomers. This study suggests that GCxGCxHR-TOF-MS is suitable for routine identification of target compounds and enantiomers in CMM.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1AN15616K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
18 Jul 2011
Accepted
17 Aug 2011
First published
14 Sep 2011

Analyst, 2011,136, 4653-4661

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Analysis of fresh Mentha haplocalyx volatile components by comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography and high-resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometry

G. Cao, Q. Shan, X. Li, X. Cong, Y. Zhang, H. Cai and B. Cai, Analyst, 2011, 136, 4653 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15616K

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