Research Article

Multiple Reaction Monitoring Mode Based Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Method for Simultaneous Quantification of Brassinolide and Other Plant Hormones Involved in Abiotic Stresses

Table 2

Overview of validated parameters (, retention time; LOD, limit of detection; LOQ, limit of quantification; RE, recovery in percent; RSD, relative standard deviations; and SSE, signal suppression/enhancement).

Sr. numberHormone⁢Coefficient of
determination ()
⁢Precision (% RSD) atRE (%)SSE (%)LOD (ng mL−1)LOQ (ng mL−1)
Peak area

1Zeatin0.9890.6310.483.8105.70.260.80
2(±)-Abscisic acid 0.9840.316.792.7103.70.491.48
3Salicylic acid 0.9980.140.0893.1104.00.040.13
4(±)-Jasmonic acid0.9990.155.382.688.010.351.05
5Brassinolide 0.9900.1219.987.596.20.290.87