Reliable and sensitive method for determination of microcystins in complicated matrices by frit-fast atom bombardment liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry.
A reliable and sensitive method for determination of hepatotoxic microcystins in complicated matrices by frit-fast atom bombardment liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (Frit-FAB LC/MS) is described. Immonium ions of constituent amino acids, which were obtained together with molecular ion species by FAB mass spectral analysis of standard microcystins RR, YR, LR, and [D-Asp3] and [Dha7]microcystins LR using flow injection system composed of Frit-FAB probe, showed potential for reliable identification of microcystins by Frit-FAB LC/MS. Frit-FAB LC/MS using a microbore column provided not only the baseline separation of standard microcystins RR, YR, and LR but 200-fold higher sensitivity than that using conventional column. Furthermore, when a selected ion monitoring (SIM) technique was used, the detection limits of microcystins RR, YR, and LR were 300, 350, and 400 pg, respectively, at a signal-to-noise ratio of 5:1, and calibration curves of each microcystin showed a linear relationship from 2 ng to 50 ng. Finally, identification and quantitative analyses of microcystins in water samples were carried out.
Kondo
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F
Aichi Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Nagoya, Japan.
Ikai
Y
Y
Oka
H
H
Matsumoto
H
H
Yamada
S
S
Ishikawa
N
N
Tsuji
K
K
Harada
K
K
Shimada
T
T
Oshikata
M
M
D002853:Chromatography, Liquid; D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000737:chemistry; D017022:Flow Injection Analysis; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000032:analysis; D008387:Marine Toxins; D052998:Microcystins; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic / Q000032:analysis*; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D016339:Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment
D008387:Marine Toxins; D052998:Microcystins; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic; C078588:microcystin; C063855:microcystin RR; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; C057862:cyanoginosin LR