title: High-performance liquid chromatographic, capillary electrophoretic and capillary electrophoretic-electrospray ionisation mass spectrometric analysis of selected alkaloid groups.
abstract: Systems for efficient separation of selected alkaloid groups by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), capillary electrophoresis (CE) and capillary electrophoresis coupled with electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry (CE-ESI-MS) are described. The optimized HPLC system was applied for the separation of 23 standard indole alkaloids as well as for qualitative and quantitative analyses of crude alkaloid extracts of Rauvolfia serpentina X Rhazya stricta hybrid cell cultures. The developed conditions for CE analysis proved to be efficient for separation of mixtures of standard indole and beta-carboline alkaloids. The described buffer system is also applicable in the combination of CE with electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry. This analytical technique allowed the separation and identification of components of standard indole alkaloid mixture as well as crude extracts of R. serpentina roots, R. serpentina cell suspension cultures and cortex of Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco. The influence of buffer composition and analyte structures on separation is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Institute of Pharmacy, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany. stoeckig@mail.uni-mainz.de
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stöckigt
authors.forename: Yuri
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sheludk
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Unger
authors.forename: Irina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gerasimenko
authors.forename: Heribert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Warzecha
authors.forename: Detlef
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stöckigt
mesh_terms: D000470:Alkaloids / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D019075:Electrophoresis, Capillary / Q000379:methods*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids