PubMed · 16261322
The source did not provide an abstract. Follow the original record for more information.
Explore connections, maps & timelines
Reinhard Meusinger. 2005. Spectroscopy challenge 10.. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-005-0075-9
Cite the original work for its findings. Save a collection to share your selection of sources.
KEEP EXPLORING
Explore the source record for details and available documents.
Some dozens of ultraviolet absorbents were extracted from leaves of pure natural plants, such as frangipani, mango, and sweet-scented osmanthus. Then the spectral properties of these ultraviolet absorbents were analyzed. The plant that has the best effect of absorbing ultraviolet ray was selected by comparing one with the others. And the method of extracting ultraviolet absorbent was studied. The results showed that the method, which used leaves of mango as material, distilled water as extracted solvent, and alcohol as precipitator, was satisfactory. When the concentration of ultraviolet absorbent solution is 1% (w/w), the ultraviolet ray transmission is smaller than 1% in 200-400 nm. The rate of production is 1.5%. It is innoxious.
The content of strychnine from Strychnos nux-vomica [corrected] seeds was analyzed and compared to processed seeds by the HPLC-ESI/MS method. Using this technique, levels as low as 1 ng of strychnine were detected. In contrast to conventional UV detectors, this method also made it possible to discriminate brucine. This study resulted in finding the content of strychnine in detoxified seeds to be one tenth of unprocessed Strychnos nux-vomica [corrected] seeds.