title: Simultaneous determination of bovine alpha-lactalbumin and beta-lactoglobulin in infant formulae by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry.
abstract: A reliable ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry method for simultaneous determination of bovine alpha-lactalbumin (alpha-La) and beta-lactoglobulin (beta-Lg) was developed. Compared to the previous methods, the developed approach with mass spectrometer operated in selected area monitoring mode offered increased speed and enhanced lower detection limit. A linear gradient mobile phase, consisting of (A) water containing 0.1% trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) and (B) acetonitrile containing 0.1% TFA, and an Acquity UPLC BEH300 C18 column (150mmx2.1mm, 1.7microm) were employed to obtain the best resolution of the target analytes. The accurate quantitation was achieved by employing human alpha-lactalbumin as the internal standard. The established method was extensively validated by determining the linearity (R(2)>or=0.9991), sensitivity (limit of quantitation, 0.15-0.19microgmL(-1)), recovery (94.0-98.7%), precision (relative standard deviation<or=11.1%) and repeatability (relative standard deviation<or=5.7%). It was shown to be a suitable method for simultaneous determination of the major whey proteins in biological samples. Current validated method was successfully applied to the nutrient investigation of infant formulae.
authors.affiliation: Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Hangzhou 310051, China.
authors.forename: Yiping
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Xiaojun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Jingshun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zengxuan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Yongjiang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007225:Infant Food / Q000032:analysis*; D007768:Lactalbumin / Q000032:analysis*; D007782:Lactoglobulins / Q000032:analysis*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D007782:Lactoglobulins; D007768:Lactalbumin