title: Determination of tetrodotoxin in puffer-fish by liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry.
abstract: A simple and reliable method using liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS) for the determination of tetrodotoxin in the puffer-fish has been developed. The LC separation was performed on a Shodex RSpak NN-414 column (15 cm x 4.6 mm id) using 20 mM ammonium acetate-methanol (75 + 25) as the mobile phase at a flow rate of 0.5 ml min(-1). The positive ionization produced the typical [M + H]+ molecular ion of tetrodotoxin (m/z 320). The calibration graph for tetrodotoxin was rectilinear from 0.01 to 1 microg ml(-1) with selected ion monitoring (SIM). Tetrodotoxin was extracted with 0.1% acetic acid by heating in a boiling water-bath and the extracts were cleaned up on a Bond Elut C18 (500 mg) cartridge. The recoveries of the tetrodotoxin from the puffer-fish fortified at 1 microg g(-1) were 77.7-80.7% and the detection limit was 0.1 microg g(-1) (equivalent to ca. 0.5 mouse units per gram).
authors.affiliation: Saitama Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Kamiokubo, Japan. horiem@pop02.odn.ne.jp
authors.forename: Masakazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Horie
authors.forename: Susumu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Naoto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakazawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid / Q000379:methods; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization / Q000379:methods; D023721:Tetraodontiformes / Q000378:metabolism*; D013779:Tetrodotoxin / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D013779:Tetrodotoxin