title: Quantitation and characterization of phospholipids in pharmaceutical formulations by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry.
abstract: A simple and fast method for phospholipid analysis was developed using high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry with an atmospheric pressure ionization interface. Separation of the phospholipid molecular species was achieved using a linear gradient of a mixture of chloroform-10 mM ammonium acetate-methanol (30:5:65) on a silica column. Optimization of the mass spectrometer conditions has allowed the method to separate and detect the phospholipids mainly as protonated molecular species. In comparison to existing LC-MS methods, improvement in the total analysis time and sensitivity were achieved. Separation of all major phospholipid molecular classes was achieved in less than 6 min. Marked improvement was observed in the linearity of the response of the phospholipids studied providing a linear response over three orders of magnitude. Data supporting the validation of this method for the characterization of major phospholipids molecular species are also presented.
authors.affiliation: RTP Pharma Inc., Ile des Soeurs, Québec, Canada. acarrier@rtp-pharma.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carrier
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Parent
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dupuis
mesh_terms: D001274:Atmospheric Pressure; D002626:Chemistry, Pharmaceutical; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000032:analysis*; D011786:Quality Control; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
chemical_list: D010743:Phospholipids