title: Concentration dependent Electrospray Ionisation Mass Spectrometry and Tandem Mass Spectrometry (MS/MS ) studies on (E,E)-1-[5-(1,3-benzodioxol-5yl)-1-oxo-2,4-pentadienyl]- piperidine (Piperine) and its analogues.
abstract: Studies on piperine ((M 1 )) and its synthetic analogues (M 2-18 ) by positive electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry were carried out in the flow injection mode of analysis in methanol. The MS experiments on these compounds at concentration 5 ng/μL or above yielded dimeric ionic species [2 M + Na](+) which revealed that piperine and its analogues exhibit clustering of ions when the solutions of these compounds at concentrations 5 ng/μL or above were allowed to move through the electrospray interface of the mass spectrometer. The same clustering of the ions was not observed when the solutions of the same compounds at concentrations below 5 ng/μL were used for similar studies. The formation of the clusters was further confirmed by tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) studies wherein the fragmentation of dimeric ionic species [2 M + Na](+) led to the formation of sodium adducted monomeric ionic species [M + Na](+). The MS measurements of these compounds by Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionisation (APCI) were on expected lines as there was no clustering of the ions in case of APCI-MS measurements.
authors.affiliation: Analytical Chemistry Division (Instrumentation), CSIR- Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Canal Road, Jammu, 180001 India.
authors.forename: Ravi K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Khajuria
authors.forename: Neha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Jawahar L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Koul
authors.forename: Mahendra K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Verma
keywords: Bioavailability; Electrospray ionisation; Piper nigrum; Piperine and its analogues; Preformed ions; Product ions
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