Natural products sample overview

In natural products analysis, most frequently the stop-flow mode is chosen to acquire H spectra of the compounds of interest, or if further structural information is required to perform two-dimensional H NMR spectra, such as COSY, TOCSY, NOESY or ROESY. In many cases an on-flow NMR chromatogram (usually at flow rates between 0.3 and 1ml min-1) is recorded beforehand, either to screen for the presence of particular groups of compounds or to gain a general overview on the sample composition. (Heteronuclear LC-NMR experiments, such as HSQC and HMBC of a natural product, have been reported in the literature once [9] however, this was of a highly enriched fraction.) More recently, time-sliced stop-flow [14,16] and on-flow approaches at low flow rates [34,35] have been applied to natural product extracts in order to combine the advantages of both on-flow (a ready overview on the entire sample) and stop-flow (sufficient acquisition time for minor compounds) modes. 

The aim of this section is to present a concise overview of separation, concentration and decomposition methods for sample pre-treatment and an overview of the analytical methods available for determining free inorganic fluoride and total fluorine in the environment (natural and drinking water, air and soil), biological and related materials, and fluoride supplements and dental products. 

Schoenmakers et al. [72] analyzed two representative commercial rubbers by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and detected more than 100 different compounds. The rubbers, mixtures of isobutylene and isoprene, were analyzed after being cryogenically grinded and submitted to two different extraction procedures a Sohxlet extraction with a series of solvents and a static-headspace extraction, which entailed placing the sample in a 20-mL sealed vial in an oven at 110°C for 5,20, or 50 min. Although these are not the conditions to which pharmaceutical products are submitted, the results may give an idea of which compounds could be expected from these materials. Residual monomers, isobutylene in the dimeric or tetrameric form, and compounds derived from the scission of the polymeric chain were found in the extracts. Table 32 presents an overview of the nature of the compounds identified in the headspace and Soxhlet extracts of the polymers. While the liquid-phase extraction was able to extract less volatile compounds, the headspace technique was able to show the presence of compounds with low molecular mass... 

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