On-line hyphenation of supercritical fluid extraction and two-dimensional high performance liquid chromatography-atmospheric pressure chemical ionization tandem mass spectrometer for the analysis of Ganoderma lucidum.

A novel on-line system combining supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) and two-dimensional high performance liquid chromatography (2D-HPLC) was developed. A trap column and two three-port valves were employed to couple SFE and 2D-HPLC system, which was composed of a CN column and a monolithic silica column, connected by a 10-port dual-position valve. The analytes extracted by supercritical CO2 were completely transferred to the 2D-HPLC system. After separation in two orthogonal modes, the eluents were delivered to APCI-tandem-MS for identification of the samples. In this way, sample preparation, separation, detection, and identification were integrated into an on-line system permitting analysis of the fruiting bodies of Ganoderma lucidum, and at least 73 components in the extract were resolved with calculated peak capacity of up to 1643.