“…Fax: +81-795-23-5793; E-mail: n.yamane@jclbio.com Abbreviations: ESI-MS, electrospray ionization mass spectrometry; CD, -cyclodextrin; PG, prostaglandin; MALDI-TOFMS, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry; Glc-CD, glucosyl-CD; Gal-CD, galactosyl-CD; Man-CD, mannosyl-CD; Mal-CD, maltosyl-CD; MM, molecular mechanics; MO, molecular orbital etry was first reported in 1991. 13) Inclusion complexes of amino acids, [14][15][16][17][18][19] peptides 16,20,21) and drugs [22][23][24][25][26] with CDs have been studied by electrospray ionization (ESI). ESI-MS has been used to detect the ions of intact noncovalent inclusion complexes.…”