Natural Product Analysis using the LCMS-IT-TOF

Recently, the popularity of remedies consisting of natural products found in foods, roots and herbs has increased in both the domestic and global healthcare markets. These compounds, termed “Nutraceuticals”, refer to natural, biologically active chemical species that may be useful in disease prevention or have other additional medicinal properties. As a result of this renewed focus on natural remedies, efficient identification and analysis of active compounds in these products is a growing area of method development. The LCMS-IT-TOF allows researchers in this field to obtain both chemical and structural information by utilizing both the fragmentation power of the ion trap, and the high resolution and mass accuracy of the time-of-flight mass spectrometer.