ABSTRACT

Phytochemicals...............................................................................................14 1.3.1 Chromatography.................................................................................14 1.3.2 High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Gas

Chromatography, and Mass Spectrometry (MS)...............................15 1.3.2.1 MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry ......................................17 1.3.2.2 LC-ESI Mass Spectrometry................................................19 1.3.2.3 Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectroscopy (GC-MS).........19

1.3.3 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) ...............................................20 1.3.4 Hydrolysis ..........................................................................................20