Rapid Discrimination of <i>Citrus reticulata</i> ‘Chachi’ by Electrospray Ionization–Ion Mobility–High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry

A common idea is that some dishonest businessmen often disguise <i>Citrus reticulata</i> Blanco varieties as <i>Citrus reticulata</i> ‘Chachi’, which places consumers at risk of economic losses. In this work, we combined high-resolution ion mobility (U-shaped mobility analyze...

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Autores principales: Juan Liu, Keke Wang, Yuling Li, Bowen Zhou, Kuofeng Tseng, Xiaoqiang Zhang, Yue Su, Wenjian Sun, Yinlong Guo
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Publicado: MDPI AG 2021
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Sumario:A common idea is that some dishonest businessmen often disguise <i>Citrus reticulata</i> Blanco varieties as <i>Citrus reticulata</i> ‘Chachi’, which places consumers at risk of economic losses. In this work, we combined high-resolution ion mobility (U-shaped mobility analyzer) with high-resolution mass spectrometry to rapidly distinguish <i>Citrus reticulata</i> ‘Chachi’ from other <i>Citrus</i> species. The samples were analyzed directly through simple extraction and the analytes were separated in one second. It only took about 1 min to perform a cycle of sample analysis and data acquisition. The results showed that polymethoxylated flavones and their isomers were separated easily by the ion mobility analyzer and preliminarily identified according to the accurate mass. Moreover, the collision cross-section values of all analytes, which could be used as auxiliary parameters to characterize and identify the compounds in the samples, were measured. Twenty-four samples were grouped as two clusters by multivariate analysis, which meant that <i>Citrus reticulata</i> ‘Chachi’ could be effectively differentiated. It was confirmed that the developed method had the potential to rapidly separate polymethoxylated flavones and distinguish between <i>Citrus reticulata</i> ‘Chachi’ and other <i>Citrus reticulata</i> Blanco varieties.