Profiling and quantifying polar lipids in milk by hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography coupled with evaporative light-scattering and mass spectrometry detection.
In this work, a high-performance liquid chromatography with evaporative light scattering detection method has been developed and applied for quantification of the polar content of the lipid fraction in milk samples of different origin. From a chromatographic stand-point, a 4.6-mm I.D. hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography column was employed to attain a baseline separation of major phospholipid classes contained in the various milk samples tested. Quantitative analysis was performed by the external calibration method using reference material solutions in the 5-100 mg/L concentration range. Analytical recoveries ranging from 57 to 100%, and repeatability data lower than 8.04% were obtained on a skimmed cow's milk sample. The crude cow milk was the most abundant (0.04%) in phospholipids and donkey milk was the poorest (0.004%). Quantitative differences were determined in the phospholipid content of the milk samples tested. Finally, characterization of phospholipid profile and fatty acid composition of the different samples was carried out by an ion trap-time of flight mass spectrometer and gas chromatography coupled to flame ionization and mass spectrometry detection. A thorough screening of the polar lipid composition of milk samples of different origin is here outlined, for the first time.
Dipartimento di Scienze del Farmaco e dei Prodotti per la Salute, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Marina
M
Russo
Filomena
F
Cichello
Carla
C
Ragonese
Paola
P
Donato
Francesco
F
Cacciola
Paola
P
Dugo
Luigi
L
Mondello
D000818:Animals; D002138:Calibration; D002417:Cattle; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D018397:Equidae; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D005410:Flame Ionization; D006041:Goats; D006801:Humans; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D008027:Light; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008892:Milk / Q000737:chemistry*; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000032:analysis*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D013045:Species Specificity
D005227:Fatty Acids; D010743:Phospholipids