title: Profiling of regioisomeric triacylglycerols in edible oils by supercritical fluid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry.
abstract: In this study, supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) coupled with triple quadrupole mass spectrometry was applied to the profiling of several regioisomeric triacylglycerols (TAGs). SFC conditions (column, flow rate, modifier) were optimized for the effective separation of TAGs. In the column test, a triacontyl (C30) silica gel reversed-phase column was selected to separate TAG regioisomers. Multiple reaction monitoring was used to selectively quantify each TAG. Then, the method was used to perform detailed characterization of a diverse array of TAGs in palm and canola oils. Seventy TAGs (C46:0-C60:2) of these oils were successfully analyzed as a result, and twenty isomeric TAG pairs were separated well. In particular, this method provided the fast and high resolution separation of six regioisomeric TAG pairs (PPLn/PLnP, PPL/PLP, PPO/POP, SPLn/SLnP, SPO/SOP, SSO/SOS-stearic acid (S, 18:0), oleic acid (O, 18:1), linoleic acid (L, 18:2), linolenic acid (Ln, 18:3), palmitic acid (P, 16:0)) in a short time (50min) as compared to high performance liquid chromatography. We were able to demonstrate the utility of this method for the analysis of regioisomeric TAGs in edible oils.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
authors.forename: Jae Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Tsukishima Foods Industry Co., Ltd., 3-17-9 Higashi Kasai, Edogawa, Tokyo 134-8520, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshiharu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagai
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, 4-5-7 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8477, Japan.
authors.forename: Naohiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gotoh
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
authors.forename: Eiichiro
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fukusaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. Electronic address: bamba@bio.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bamba
mesh_terms: D025924:Chromatography, Supercritical Fluid / Q000379:methods*; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000737:chemistry*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D010938:Plant Oils; D014280:Triglycerides
keywords: Regioisomers; Supercritical fluid chromatography; Triacylglycerol; Triple quadrupole mass spectrometry