%0 Journal Article %T Comparison of the electrospray ionization (ESI) responses of penicillins with ESI responses of their methanolysis products %A Lidia Podniesi¨½ska %A Magdalena Fra¨½ska %A Rafa£¿ Fra¨½ski %J European Journal of Mass Spectrometry %@ 1751-6838 %D 2019 %R 10.1177/1469066718820434 %X The electrospray ionization (ESI) responses, defined as the area of chromatographic peak of ion [M+H]+ obtained upon HPLC/ESI-MS analysis, of three ¦Â-lactam antibiotics, namely penicillin G, ampicillin and carbenicillin have been compared with the ESI responses of their methanolysis products. It has been found that methanolyzed penicillin G has much higher ESI response than the penicillin G. Methanolyzed ampicillin also has higher ESI response than ampicillin; however, the effect is less pronounced than for penicillin. Methanolyzed carbenicillin does not have pronouncedly higher ESI response than carbenicillin %K ¦Â-Lactam antibiotic %K penicillin G %K ampicillin %K carbenicillin %K methanolysis %K electrospray ionization %K mass spectrometry %K liquid chromatography %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1469066718820434