HPLC–ESI–MS analysis of MEL-A was performed as a previously described method (Wang et al. 2019 (link)) on a Waters Acquity UPLC H-Class/SQD II system (Waters Corp., Milford, MA, USA) with an ACQUITY UPLC BEH Shield RP18 (100 mm × 2.1 mm, 1.7 μm) column. The MS detection was operated in positive ion electrospray mode with an acquisition range of m/z 50–1000 and a scan rate of 0.5 spectra/s. The mass spectral ions were identified by the calculation of elemental composition according to available literature (Goossens et al. 2016 (link)).
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