The extract of
M. oleifera leaf (100 mg/mL) in 50% MeOH was ultra-sonicated for 20 min and centrifuged (10,000 rpm at 4 °C) for 10 min. The supernatant was filtrated through the 0.2 µm nylon membrane and the filtrate was injected into a liquid chromatograph-quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometer (LC-QTOF MS), (
1290 Infinity II LC-6545 Quadrupole-TOF, Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA, USA). HPLC was equipped with a
Zorbax Eclipse Plus column (C18 2.1 × 150 mm, 1.8 µ, Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA, USA). Formic acid (0.1%) in water (solvent A) and acetonitrile (solvent B) were used as the mobile phase and the gradient elution was as follows: 98% A, 0–2 min; 90% A, 2–25 min; 85% A, 25–40 min; 80% A, 40–48 min; 75% A, 48-68 min; 70% A, 68–80 min; 50% A, 80–85 min; 0% A, 85–90 min.; 98% A, 90–100 min. Peaks were detected at the wavelengths of 254 nm and 280 nm. The MS spectra were acquired in both positive and negative ion modes with auto MS/MS. Full-scan mode from
m/
z 100 to 1700 was applied. The HPLC peaks were identified by using the spectrum database for organic compounds in the METLIN database.
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