A simple and rapid method to identify and quantitatively analyze triterpenoid saponins in Ardisia crenata using ultrafast liquid chromatography coupled with electrospray ionization quadrupole mass spectrometry

- Determination of saponins in Ardisia crenanta by UFLC-ESI-MS method.
- Twenty-two saponins including two new were identified.
- Absolute and relative quantitative methods for the determination of eight marker saponins.
- The first systematic analytical study of saponins in Ardisa species.