PMID- 15974448 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20050818 LR - 20190917 IS - 0253-6269 (Print) IS - 0253-6269 (Linking) VI - 28 IP - 5 DP - 2005 May TI - Identification and quantification of steroidal saponins in Polygonatum species by HPLC/ESI/MS. PG - 592-7 AB - An HPLC/ESI/MS method has been developed to identify and quantify the spirostanol glycosides in the rhizomes of five Polygonatum species. The relative distribution of two steroidal saponins in each extract was established using the selective ion monitoring (SIM) mode via an electrospray ionization (ESI) source. It was found that there were significant differences in the amount of spirostanol glycosides among the Polygonatum species. The results showed that this method could be used to identify the steroidal saponins in the extracts and differentiate Polygonatum species with high sensitivity and reproducibility in a short time. Fragmentation patterns of the two reference compounds were also discussed with the electrospray ionization multi-stage tandem mass spectroscopy (ESI-MSn). FAU - Ahn, Mi-Jeong AU - Ahn MJ AD - College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea. FAU - Kim, Jinwoong AU - Kim J LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Korea (South) TA - Arch Pharm Res JT - Archives of pharmacal research JID - 8000036 RN - 0 (Saponins) RN - 0 (Steroids) SB - IM MH - Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid MH - Polygonatum/*chemistry MH - Saponins/*analysis MH - Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization MH - Steroids/*analysis EDAT- 2005/06/25 09:00 MHDA- 2005/08/19 09:00 CRDT- 2005/06/25 09:00 PHST- 2005/06/25 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2005/08/19 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2005/06/25 09:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/BF02977764 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Arch Pharm Res. 2005 May;28(5):592-7. doi: 10.1007/BF02977764.