Quantitative analysis of cytokinins by electrospray tandem mass spectrometry
- Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 9(10), p.948-953, 1995 .
A methodology was developed for the analysis of cytokinins from plant tissue using electrospray tandem mass spectrometry in combination with HPLC. A detection limit of 1 pmol zeatin-riboside injected on-column was achieved under multiple reaction monitoring conditions. Linearity was observed within a concentration range of 1-100 pmol injected on-column. In view of the analysis of a considerable amount of samples, the chromatographic conditions were selected which were a compromise between speed of analysis and resolution. This approach, in combination with multiple reaction monitoring, allowed the analysis of up to 150 samples a day, and quantitation of 16 different cytokinins per sample.