A method for analyzing a double-stranded
oligonucleotide using an
ion trap-type
mass spectrometry device provided with an
ion source using a matrix-assisted
laser desorption ionization method, an
ion trapping unit for
trapping and discharging ions generated in the
ion source, and a detection unit for detecting the ions discharged from the
ion trapping unit, a method for analyzing a double-stranded
oligonucleotide contained in a sample by introducing a sample into an
ion source and irradiating the sample with
laser light, capturing ions generated in the
ion source in an ion capturing unit, and then discharging and detecting the ions captured by the ion capturing unit, the
delay time, which is the time from the
irradiation of
laser light to the sample by the ion source to the application of a capture
voltage for capturing ions to the ion capture unit, is set to be a
delay time. The
delay time for capturing ions having a
mass-to-charge ratio that is the same as the
mass-to-charge ratio corresponding to the molecular weight of the double-stranded
oligonucleotide is longer than a value that is set in advance for the
ion trap-type
mass spectrometric analyzer as the
delay time for capturing ions having a mass-to-charge ratio that is the same as the mass-to-charge ratio. As a result, a double-stranded oligonucleotide can be analyzed.