Abstract:To screen novel illegally added nafils in health food which claimed to have aphrodisiac effect, an analytical method combining rapid screening by high resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) and characterization by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) was used for confirmation and detection of suspected samples. The sample to be detected was extracted with methanol/water, and diluted for rapid sampling and screening with HRMS. Further combined with the HRMS database and the characteristic fragment ions of abnormal peaks, the types of suspected compounds were confirmed. The reference standard of the suspected compound was separated by column chromatography, and its molecular structure was characterized by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. In the secondary mass spectrum of the suspected compound, the characteristic fragment ions with mass-to-charge ratio of 254.0932, 226.0984, 197.0714 and 169.0759, and the fragment ions with mass-to-charge ratio of 248.1080 and 121.0647 indicated that the suspected compound was a compound with oxygen atom leaving on the pepper ring of nortadalafil. Combined with the chemical shift value of 3.73 (3H, s) and the peak types in the 1H NMR spectrum as well as the peak intensity of chemical shifts of 129.31 and 114.03 in the 13C NMR spectrum, the novel illegally added compound was confirmed as desoxynortadalafil, which was verified by the ultraviolet spectrum. In this study, the content of desoxynortadalafil in food matrix was quantitatively analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography. Furthermore, a fragmentation mechanism of nortadalafil and desoxynortadalafil was explained in detail, and the atoms and peak splitting were assigned by NMR, which could provide technical support for the rapid screening of novel illegal additives in health food, and provide reference model for the confirmation of compounds.