A. Cappiello et al., ANALYSIS OF COUMARINS BY MICRO-HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID-CHROMATOGRAPHYMASS-SPECTROMETRY WITH A PARTICLE-BEAM INTERFACE, Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 6(2), 1995, pp. 132-139
Coumarins are a large group of compounds that are naturally present in
plant tissues and that exhibit a wide range of pharmacological proper
ties. Analytical methods based on chromatographic techniques and conve
ntional detectors are inadequate to accurately analyze coumarins in co
mplex matrices such as plant extracts. In this article a new method ba
sed on a modified particle beam liquid chromatography-mass spectrometr
y interface is described. The method allows specific and accurate dete
rmination of several coumarins in biological matrices. An application
regarding the analysis of 18 coumarins in the extract of Smyrnium perf
oliatum L. is also reported.