Research Article

The Elevation of LC-ESI-Q-TOF-MS Response in the Analysis of Isoquinoline Alkaloids from Some Papaveraceae and Berberidaceae Representatives

Table 4

The behaviour of model alkaloids in different collision energies together with the abundance of obtained signals.

NumberAlkaloidPrecursor ionMajor fragments obtained at various CID voltage (V) with abundances in different intensities (%)

(1)Berberine33610 V336 (100), 337 (27), 321 (5)
20 V336 (100), 321 (43), 292 (22)
30 V320 (100), 292 (73), 321 (69), 306 (26)
40 V320 (100), 278 (55), 292 (49), 318 (31), 306 (25)
50 V278 (100), 318 (38), 292 (31), 279 (2)
60 V278 (100), 263 (31), 249 (27), 220 (26)
80 V191 (100), 220 (47), 204 (46), 192 (38)

(2)Magnoflorine34210 V342 (100), 343 (31), 297 (12), 58 (10)
20 V297 (100), 265 (85), 342 (78), 58 (71)
30 V58 (100), 265 (29), 297 (16)
40 V58 (100), 191 (31), 222 (29)
50 V58 (100), 179 (20), 192 (10)
60 V58 (100), 165 (56), 176 (20)
80 V58 (100), 165 (50), 178 (40)

(3)Sanguinarine33210 V332 (100), 333 (27), 334 (3)
20 V332 (100), 333 (24), 304 (7)
30 V332 (100), 274 (41), 304 (39), 317 (34)
40 V274 (100), 304 (60), 246 (52), 216 (30)
50 V304 (100), 216 (55), 246 (48), 189 (22)
60 V246 (100), 216 (60), 260 (40), 189 (30)
80 V189 (100), 202 (85), 176 (75)

(4)Berbamine60910 V609 (100), 610 (38), 611 (35), 612 (16)
20 V609 (100), 611 (76), 206 (29), 579 (12)
30 V609 (100), 611 (80), 192 (80), 578 (69), 206 (64), 296 (45)
40 V206 (100), 192 (93), 174 (36), 190 (34), 296 (34)
50 V206 (100), 192 (90), 296 (52), 239 (41)
60 V206 (100), 192 (62), 174 (47), 296 (40)
80 V160 (100), 191 (94), 165 (85), 174 (84)

Note: the most optimal parameters are given in bold.