Identification and Quantification of the Major Constituents in Egyptian Carob Extract by Liquid Chromatography-Electrospray Ionization-Tandem Mass Spectrometry.

Background: Carob - Ceratonia siliqua L., commonly known as St John's-bread or locust bean, family Fabaceae - is one of the most useful native Mediterranean trees. There is no data about the chromatography methods performed by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) for determining polyphenols in Egyptian carob pods.