Evaluation of LC-MS chromatograms of pericarps from Illium species / 中国中药杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the chemical characteristics of pericarps from Illicium species for developing a taxonomic and identification method for Illicium species.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Twenty two samples from 17 Illicium species were detected with HPLC-MS. The chromatographic data were analyzed by cluster analysis using SAS software.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>According to the similarity of chemical constituents of 22 samples. Illicium can be divided into five chemical sections. At the same time, the distribution of pseudoanisatin, 6-deoxypseudoanisatin, pseudomajucin was evaluated in 22 samples.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The chemical constituents of pericarp of Illicium species can be characterized well by LC-MS chromatograms. LC-MS chromatograms can be used to identify the Chinese star anise. The results provided a certain basis to classify the Illicium species.</p>