Hormonome Analysis at RIKEN Plant Science Center

Abstract

Plant hormones interact each other and regulate many aspects of plant growth and development. Therefore it is important to analyze all the hormones from the same plant materials. We used to use GC-MS for hormone analysis. However, this method is not necessary suitable for high-throughput and comprehensive hormone analysis. We have recently introduced a LC-ESI-MS/MS system, which does not require derivatization of hormones. Using both GC-MS and LC-MS we will perform comprehensive hormone analysis. We will also report the present situation of the hormone analysis platform of RIKEN PSC.