摘要

A method was developed to isolate and identify agaro-oligosaccharides by ultra performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-quadrupole-time of flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-ESI-Q-TOF-MS). In the experiment, three chromatographic columns (BEH Amide, BEH C, and Atlantis T3) were used to isolate agaro-oligosacchrides. It was found that the BEH Amide had excellent isolation effect. Agarobiose oligomers with degree of polymerization (DP) ranging from 3 to 29 could be isolated rapidly and sensitively, and no derivatization procedure was needed. However, after derived with alpha-naphthylamine, agarobiose oligomers could be separated better by Atlantis T3 column, and a perfect AU spectrum was obtained. When combined liquid chromatography with ESI-Q-TOF-MS, accurate structure information of each chromatogram peak was obtained, the spectra were clear and the molecular weight of those oligosacchandes could be assigned easily.

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