• Mass Spectrometry Letters
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.37-40
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• 2011

Saccharin is a commonly used artificial sweetener in foodstuffs. However, for its carcinogenic dispute, it has been regulated by government bodies. In this study, isotope dilution mass spectrometry (ID-MS) was introduced for the accurate quantification of saccharin. To employ ID-LC/MS, we obtained its isotope analogue, $^{13}C_1$-sodium saccharin, by customized synthesis. Samples were spiked with $^{13}C_1$-sodium saccharin and analyzed with LC/MS in negative mode. Chromatographic conditions were optimized for the adequate chromatographic retention and separation of saccharin with a $C_{18}$ column. MS was operated with electrospray ionization by the selected ion monitoring (SIM) mode of $[M-H]^-$ for saccharin (m/z 182) and $[M-Na]^-$ for its isotope analogue (m/z 183). To validate the ID-LC/MS method for accurate measurement, we prepared a batch of a candidate material by sortifying quasi-tea-drinks with saccharin and analyzed samples gravimetrically fortified in various levels of concentration. The repeatability and reproducibility of this method was tested by analyzing the reference material. Result show that ID-LC/MS is a reliable method for the quantitative analysis of saccharin.

• Mass Spectrometry Letters
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.49-52
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• 2017

Ibuprofen is one of the most popular analgesic and antipyretic drugs. An isotope dilution mass spectrometry method based on LC/MS was developed as a candidate reference method for the accurate determination of ibuprofen in pharmaceutical tablets. Isotope labelled ibuprofen, $ibuprofen-d_3$, was added as an internal standard into sample extracts. Ibuprofen and $ibuprofen-d_3$, was analysed by LC/MS in a selected ion monitoring (SIM) mode to detect ions at m/z 205 and 208, respectively. The repeatability and reproducibility of the developed ID-LC/MS method were tested for the validation and assessment of metrological quality of the method.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제31권12호
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• pp.3663-3667
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• 2010

Acetaminophen (N-acetyl-p-aminophenol) is one of the most popular analgesic and antipyretic drugs. An isotope dilution mass spectrometric method based on LC/MS was developed as a candidate reference method for the accurate determination of acetaminophen in pharmaceutical product. After spiking an isotope labeled acetaminophen (acetyl-$^{13}C_2$, $^{15}N$-acetaminophen) as an internal standard, tablet extracts were analyzed by LC/MS in a selected reaction monitoring (SRM) mode to detect ions at m/z $152{\rightarrow}110$ and m/z $155{\rightarrow}111$ for acetaminophen and acetyl-$^{13}C_2$, $^{15}N$-acetaminophen, respectively. The repeatability and reproducibility of the developed ID/LC-MS method were tested for the validation and assessment of metrological quality of the method.

• Mass Spectrometry Letters
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.52-56
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• 2014

Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) is used as an index of mean glycemia over prolonged periods. This study describes an optimization of enzyme digestion conditions for quantification of non-glycated hemoglobin (HbA0) and HbA1c as diagnostic markers of diabetes mellitus. Both HbA0 and HbA1c were quantitatively determined followed by enzyme digestion using isotope dilution liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (ID-LC-MS/MS) with synthesized N-terminal hexapeptides as standards and synthesized isotope labeled hexapeptides as internal standards. Prior to quantification, each peptide was additionally quantified by amino acid composition analysis using ID-LC-MS/MS via acid hydrolysis. Each parameter was considered strictly as a means to improve digestion efficiency and repeatability. Digestion of hemoglobin was optimized when using 100 mM ammonium acetate (pH 4.2) and a Glu-C-to-HbA1c ratio of 1:50 at $37^{\circ}C$ for 20 h. Quantification was satisfactorily reproducible with a 2.6% relative standard deviation. These conditions were recommended for a primary reference method of HbA1c quantification and for the certification of HbA1c reference material.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.745-750
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• 2007

An isotope dilution-liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometric method was developed as a candidate reference method for the accurate determination of folic acid in infant milk formula. Sample was spiked with 13C5-folic acid and then extracted with phosphate buffer (pH 6) solution. The extract was further cleaned up by deproteinization followed by a C18 solid-phase extraction cartridge. The extract was analyzed by using LC/ ESI/MS/MS with selectively monitoring the collisionally induced dissociation channels of m/z 442 → m/z 295 and m/z 447 → m/z 295, which are the neutral glutamyl loss from the [M+H]+ ions of folic acid and 13C5-folic acid, respectively. LC/MS/MS chromatograms showed substantially reduced background from chemical noises compared to LC/MS chromatograms. Repeatability and reproducibility studies showed that the LC/MS/ MS method is a reliable and reproducible method which can provide less than 1.5 relative percentage of method precision.

• 분석과학
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.25-32
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• 2012

동위원소희석 액체크로마토그래피-탄뎀질량분석법을 이용하여 차음료 중의 소르빈산을 정밀하게 측정하는 방법을 개발하였다. 소르빈산의 동위원소, $^{13}C_2$-소르빈산은 주문합성하여 구입하였다. 질량 분석기는 음이온 모드로 선택반응분석법 (Selected Reaction Monitoring mode)에서 수행하여, $[M-H]^-$ 이온이 $[M-CO_2H]^-$ 조각이온으로 가는 m/z 111 ${\rightarrow}$ 67와 $^{13}C_2$-소르빈산 m/z 113 ${\rightarrow}$ 68 채널을 선택하여 분석하였다. 분리는 C18 컬럼으로 수행되었으며, 암모니움 아세테이트용액(pH 4.5) 55%와 메탄올 45%로 이동상을 구성하였다. 반복성과 재현성을 포함한 방법의 유효성 검토를 위하여 본 연구원에서 차음료에 소르빈산을 강화하여 균질성있는 기준물질을 제조하였다. 반복성과 재현성 결과는 동위원소희석 액체크로마토그래피-탄뎀질량분석법에 의한 소르빈산의 분석이 신뢰할만 하며 재현성 있는 방법임을 보여주었고, 기준물질들의 소르빈산의 농도는 3.8%의 표준편차를 보여주었다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.737-744
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• 2007

An isotope dilution-liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometric method was developed as a candidate reference method for the accurate determination of acrylamide in potato chips, starch-rich foodstuff cooked at high temperature. Sample was spiked with 13C3-acrylamide and then extracted with water. The extract was further cleaned up with an Oasis HLB solid-phase extraction (SPE) cartridge and an Oasis mixed-phase cation exchange (MCX) SPE cartridge. The extract was analyzed by using LC/ESI/Tandem MS in positive ion mode. LC with a medium reversed-phase (C4) column was optimized to obtain adequate chromatographic retention and separation of acrylamide. MS was operated to selectively monitor [M+H]+ ions of the analyte and its isotope analogue at m/z 72 and m/z 75, respectively. Sample was also analyzed by the LC/MS with selectively monitoring the collisionally induced dissociation channels of m/z 72 → m/z 55 and m/z 75 → 58. Compared to the LC/MS chromatograms, the LC/MS/MS chromatograms showed substantially reduced background chemical noises coming from solvent clusters formed during ESI spray processes and interferences from sample matrix. Repeatability and reproducibility studies showed that the LC/MS/MS method is a reliable and reproducible method which can provide a typical method precision of 1.0% while the LC/MS results are influenced by chemical interferences.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제31권11호
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• pp.3228-3232
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• 2010

Malachite green (MG) has been used world-widely in aquaculture as a parasiticide or fungicide. Although MG performed successfully, it has not been permitted for use in aquaculture from European Union, USA, and Canada because of its carcinogenicity and mutagenicity. We developed a sensitive and specific method to determine MG and its principal metabolite, leucomalachite green (LMG), respectively by isotope dilution liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (ID-LC/MS). To enhance the extraction recovery of MG and LMG from fish tissue, an additional step, saponification, was introduced in sample preparation process to remove fat in sample extract, which hampered the performance of SPE columns. The residue of MG and LMG in fish was analyzed using liquid chromatography mass spectrometry in the selected ion monitoring (SIM) mode by monitoring at m/z 329 and 334 for MG and $d_5$-MG and at m/z 331 and 337 for LMG and $^{13}C_6$-LMG, respectively. This method was validated by comparing with the value of the reference material provided by Laboratory Government Chemistry (LGC). The results agreed within the measurement uncertainty and the accuracy was much improved than the provided reference value by LGC.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제29권11호
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• pp.2125-2128
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• 2008

• 분석과학
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.524-530
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• 2010

클로람페니콜은 미생물과 박테리아들의 활동을 억제시킴으로써 동물 치료에 효과적인 축산 항생제 중의 하나이다. 그러나 사람에게 재생 불량성 빈혈과 같은 치명적인 부작용이 발생하여 식용으로 사육하는 동물들에 대한 클로람페니콜의 사용을 유럽을 포함한 많은 나라에서 금지하였다. 본 연구에서는 돼지고기 시료 중 클로람페니콜을 분석하기 위하여 동위원소희석 액체크로마토그래피-질량분석법(IDLC/MS/MS)을 이용하여 정확하고 정밀한 정량분석을 하였다. 돼지고기 시료중의 클로람페니콜은 에틸아세테이트로 추출하였으며, 회수율을 높이기 위하여 고체상 추출법(Solid Phase Extraction)을 이용하였다. 액체크로마토그래피/질량분석기는 전기 분무 이온화 장치(Electrospray Ionization, ESI)를 장착하여 음이 온 모드로 선택반응분석법(Selected Reaction Monitoring mode)에서 수행하였다. 클로람페니콜의 분자이온 $[M-H]^-$이온이 조각이온인 $[M-H-(HCOCl)]^-$로 가는 m/z 321 ${\rightarrow}$ 257와 동위원소의 m/z 326 ${\rightarrow}$ 262 채널을 선택하여 분석하였다. 클로람페니콜을 약 0.2, 1, 10, $25\;{\mu}g$/kg의 농도가 되도록 첨가한 돼지고기 시료로부터 제조값과 측정 분석값을 비교하여 검토한 결과, 측정값들은 불확도 범위 내에서 제조값과 일치함을 보였다. 또한 IRMM(Institute for Reference Materials and Measurement)의 클로람페니콜 분석용 돼지고기 시료인 인증 표준물질 BCR 445를 분석한 결과, 본 실험의 측정값은 불확도 범위 내에서 인증값과 일치함을 보였으며 불확도의 경우에는 IRMM이 제공한 값보다 훨씬 향상된 값을 보였다.