title: [Characterization of some glucuronide conjugates by electrospray ion trap mass spectrometry].
abstract: To investigate the characteristics of mass spectra of some drug metabolites, solutions of glucuronide conjugates of N-(4-ethoxyphenyl)-2-hydroxyl-benzamide (etofesalamide), 4-(3H-1, 2-dihydro-1-pyrrolizinone-2-methylamino)-benzoic acid, 5-hydroxypropafenone and propafenone were analyzed using electrospray ion trap mass spectrometry in a multi-stage full scan mode performed on a Finnigan LCQ instrument. Sample solutions were directly introduced into the ESI source at a flow rate of 15-30 microliters.min-1 by a syringe pump. The mass spectrometer was operated in the negative ion mode. A full scan mass spectra of each analyte provided quasimolecular ion m/z M-1, and full scan MS2 and MS3 spectra gave characteristic fragment ions m/z 175 and m/z 113, respectively, which were derived from the glucuronate moiety of each analyte. The proposed interpretation of m/z 175 is the negative ion of glucuronic acid with a loss of 18 u (H2O), which produces m/z 113 after further losing 18 u (H2O) and 44 u (CO2). Fragmentation pathway has been established for each analyte. The results show that quasimolecular ion m/z M-1 and the characteristic fragment ions m/z 175 and m/z 113 in the multi-stage full scan mass analysis of each analyte can be predicted for future structure elucidation or quantitative determination of glucuronide conjugates by LC/MS.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110015.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D020719:Glucuronides / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011405:Propafenone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000652:urine; D011817:Rabbits; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D020719:Glucuronides; D011405:Propafenone; C044307:5-hydroxypropafenone