MS imaging of natural toxin colchicine in autumn crocus bulb using iMScope QT

User Benefits

- iMScope QT has a maximum laser repetition rate of 20 kHz for rapid MS image acquisition of large samples.
- Optical images and MS images can be acquired at varying spatial resolution according to the sample.
- The overlay of optical and mass images can be easily observed without any additional procedure.

Introduction

Some of the plants around us contain toxic compounds. Some of these poisonous plants look very similar to vegetables, wild plants, and other edible plants. As a result, food poisoning due to accidentally picking and eating toxic plants occurs every year. Among these, food poisoning due to accidental ingestion of the bulb of the autumn crocus is an extremely important food safety issue because of its high fatality rate, although the incident rate is low. Therefore, we analyzed the distribution of colchicine and demecolcin, which are poisonous compounds contained in the autumn crocus bulb, by MS imaging.

October 1, 2024 GMT