A faster method for sample preparation and qualitative analysis of phytohormones, i.e. abscisic acid (ABA), indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) and 1Â-aminocyclopropane-l-carboxylic acid (ACC) is reported. Solid phase extracÂtion of Umbellifereae sp. plant extract was performed using C18 catridge ana the effluent collected was reacted to form the pentafluorobenzyl derivatives of ABA, IAA and ACC mixture. The derivatives mixture was separated and negative ion chemical ionization was carried out by using methane in a gas chromatograph-mass spectrometric instrument (GC-MS). Mass spectra of the three phytohormones are quite simple and therefore suitable for selective ion monitoring (S/M) at high sensitivity, together with their respective internal standards labeled with deuterium. However, only IAA can be determined quantitatively by GC-MS technique through the peak area ratio of SIM chromatograms for m/z 179 with m/z 174. This method allows the correction for the loss of IAA endogen during extraction when compared to the internal standard without the need for precise sampling, except during addition of the internal standard. The detection limit of IAA by this method is 5 femtomole/g wet weight of the plant.
Satu kaedah penyediaan sampel dan analisis kualitatif yang pantas bagi fitohormon iaitu asid absisik (ABA), asid indol-3-asetik (IAA) dan asid 1Â-aminosiklopropana-l-karboksilik (ACC) dilaporkan. Ekstrak daripada tumbuhan Umbellifereae sp. dilakukan pengekstrakan fasa pepejal dengan menggunakan katrij C18 dan efluen yang dipungut ditindakbalaskan bagi membentuk terbitan pentafluorobenzil bagi campuran ABA, IAA dan ACC. Campuran terbitan tersebut dipisahkan dan dilakukan pengionan kimia ion negatif dengan menggunakan metana di dalam instrumen kromatografi gas-spektrometri jisim (GC-MS). Spektrum jisim tiga hormon tersebut agak mudah dan oleh itu adalah sesuai bagi pemonitoran ion terpilih (S/M) pada kepekaan tinggi bersama dengan piawai dalaman masing-masing yang berlabel deuterium. Walau bagaimanapun, penentuan kuantitatif hanya dapat dilakukan untuk IAA menggunakan kaedah GC-MS melalui penisbahan luas puncak kromatogram S/M bagi m/z 179 dengan m/z 174. Ini membolehkan pembetulan kehilangan IAA endogen semasa pengekstrakan berbanding piawai dalaman tanpa perlu pensampelan yang teliti, kecuali semasa penambahan piawai dalaman. Had pengesanan bagi IAA melalui kaedah ini ialah 5 femtomol/g berat basah tumbuhan.