• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.309-315
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• 2018

Chlortetracycline (CTC) is one of the most important compounds in antibiotic production, and its distribution has been widely investigated due to health and ecological concerns. This study presents systematic approach to optimize the high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry for analyzing CTC in a multiple reaction monitoring mode ($479{\rightarrow}462m/z$). One-factor-at-a-time (OFAT) test with response surface analysis (RSA) was used as optimization strategy. In OFAT tests, the fragmentor voltage, collision energy, and ratio of acetonitrile in the mobile phase were selected as major factors for RSA. The experimental conditions were determined using a composite in cube design (CCD) to maximize the peak area. As a result, the partial cubic model precisely predicted the peak area response with high statistical significance. In the model, the (solvent composition) and (collision $energy^2$) terms were statistically significant at the 0.1 ${\alpha}$-level, while the two-way interactions of the independent variables were negligible. By analyzing the model equation, the optimum conditions were derived as 114.9 V, 15.7 eV, and 70.9% for the fragmentor voltage, collision energy, and solvent composition, respectively. The RSA, coupled with the CCD, offered a comprehensive understanding of the peak area that responds to changes in experimental conditions.

• 분석과학
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.122-129
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• 2017

Methamphetamine addiction is a critical issue due to the lack of effective pharmacotherapy and high potential for relapse. Nevertheless, there are no distinct biomarkers for diagnosis or prognosis for methamphetamine addiction. In the present study, a rat model for methamphetamine self-administration was established and alteration of urinary metabolites by methamphetamine addiction was investigated by the targeted metabolite analysis using mass spectrometry. Rat urine samples were collected at three time points (before and after addiction and after extinction) from the methamphetamine-addicted group as well as the age-matched control group. The collected samples were prepared using AbsoluteIDQ p180 kit and analyzed using flow injection analysis (FIA) - or high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) - tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS). The levels of lysine, acetylornithine and methioninesulfoxide were distinctively altered depending on the status of metheamphetamine addiction or extinction. In particular, the level of acetylornithine was reversely changed from addiction to extinction, for which further studies could be useful for biomarker discovery or mechanistic studies for methamphetamine addiction.

• 분석과학
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.307-314
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• 2013

셀레늄은 다양한 화학종으로 존재하며 그 농도와 형태에 따라 활성도나 생물학적 이용도가 달라지므로 식품에 대한 셀레늄 화학종의 정확한 분리 및 정량이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 역상 (RP; reversed phase) 고성능 액체 크로마토그래피 (HPLC; high performance liquid chromatography)와 유도결합 플라즈마 (ICP; inductively coupled plasma) 질량분석법 (MS; mass spectrometry)을 사용하여 해산물 시료 중 셀레늄 화학종을 분리 검출 한 뒤에 후 컬럼 동위원소희석법 (post column isotope dilution)으로 정확히 정량 하였다. 시료 중 $^{80}Se$의 간섭요인인 $^{79}Br$을 제거하기 위해 고체상 추출법을 사용하여 대부분의 $^{79}Br$을 제거하였고 남아있는 $^{79}Br$은 수학적 보정식을 이용하여 보정해주었다. CRM (certified reference material) DOLT-4를 사용하여 셀레늄의 총량을 분석한 결과는 인증치와 잘 일치하였지만 각 화학종에 대한 정보는 비교할 수 없었다. 한국인 식탁에 오르는 대표적인 해산물 시료인 갈치, 삼치, 오징어, 등을 분석한 결과, 주된 셀레늄 화학종은 SeCys (selenocysteine)와 SeMet (selenomethionine)이었으며 각각은 0-661.6 mg/kg and 137.3-462.7 mg/kg의 농도로 존재함 을 알 수 있었다.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.39-43
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• 2006

Levels of quercetin in different parts of onion were investigated using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC/MS) suitable for use with functional food material. Two main peaks were observed on HPLC chromatograms from the extracts of the skin, and the outer, middle, and core parts of onion. Using LC/MS, peak 1 was tentatively identified as quercetin monoglucoside at m/z 466.4, and peak 2 as quercetin with [M]+ at m/z 303.3. The levels of quercetin in the skin, and the outer, middle and core parts of the plant were 16.83,2.67,0.95, and 0.35 mg/g, respectively. In the study of 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activity, skin, the nonedible part, contained the highest amount of quercetin, compared to the other edible parts, and showed the highest DPPH radical scavenging activity. Levels of quercetin and DPPH radical scavenging activity increased from core to skin. All parts of onion exhibited the strongest antibacterial activity only against Staphylococcus aureus and Vibro parahaemolyticus. Antibacterial activities of onion exhibited that S. aureus was more sensitive than V. parahaemolyticus. Among the four onion extracts, the middle part showed the strongest inhibitory activity against S. aureus but all onion extracts showed similar antibacterial activities against V. parahaemolyticus.

• 한국자원식물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국자원식물학회 2023년도 임시총회 및 춘계학술대회
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• pp.62-62
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• 2023

Zanthoxylum piperitum ("chopi" in Korean) has been used as traditional medicinal plants with high anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and antifungal activities. The aims of the study were to identify marker compounds and to investigate metabolites variation of chopi according to different parts and harvest times. Every month from June to September, chopi were harvested with three different parts: leaves, leaf-twig mixtures, twigs. Using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), two main marker compounds (quercitrin and quercetin-3-O-glucoside) were characterized in 70% ethanol extracts of chopi. Quantification of the two marker compounds were subsequently conducted by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), representing that contents of these compounds were higher in leaves and leaf-twig mixtures rather than twigs. For the comprehensive analysis of metabolites associated with production of marker compounds, 35 primary metabolites were identified using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Multivariate analysis results represented that plant parts were main contributors to the separation of chopi. However, significant differences were not observed between leaves and leaf-twig mixtures samples. The partial least square (PLS) predictive model revealed that monosaccharides (fructose, galactose, glucose, mannose, xylose) and branched-chain amino acids (isoleucine, valine, leucine) were important determinants for the production of marker compounds together with alanine, inositol, GABA, and theronic acid. This study could be extended to stabilize and utilize chopi as an industrial material, as well as to find good candidates with various nutritional traits.

• Journal of Biomedical and Translational Research
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.130-139
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• 2018

This study aimed to analyze a high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) separation using a pentafluorophenyl column of parent drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and its active metabolite, desethylhydroxchloroquine (DHCQ) applying to determine bioequivalence of two different formulations administered to patients. A rapid, simple, sensitive and specific liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method has been developed and validated for bioanalysis of HCQ and its metabolite DHCQ in human whole blood using deuterium derivative $hydroxychloroquine-D_4$ as an internal standard (IS). A triple-quadrupole mass spectrometer was operated using electrospray ionization in multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode. Sample preparation involves a two-step precipitation of protein techniques. The removed protein blood samples were chromatographed on a pentafluorophenyl (PFP) column ($50mm{\times}4.6mm$, $2.6{\mu}m$) with a mobile phase (ammonium formate solution containing dilute formic acid) in an isocratic mode at a flow rate of 0.45 mL/min. The standard curves were found to be linear in the range of 2 - 500 ng/mL for HCQ; 2 - 2,000 ng/mL for DHCQ in spite of lacking a highly sensitive MS spectrometry system. Results of intra- and inter-day precision and accuracy were within acceptable limits. A run time of 2.2 min for HCQ and 2.03 min for DHCQ in blood sample facilitated the analysis of more than 300 human whole blood samples per day. Taken together, we concluded that the assay developed herein represents a highly qualified technology for the quantification of HCQ in human whole blood for a parallel design bioequivalence study in a healthy male.

• 분석과학
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.504-510
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• 2000

Glycyrrhizin은 감초(Glycyrrhizae Radix)의 주성분으로써 항궤양, 항염증, 항알러지, 진해작용을 하는 것으로 알려져 있으며 glycyrrhetinic acid에 2당류가 연결된 매우 hydrophilic하고 분자량이 큰(mw=822.92) 물질이다. 본 연구에서는 on-line high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)/electrospray ionization (ESI)- mass spectrometery (MS)를 이용하여 각종 glycyrrhizin 표준품들의 불순물들에 대한 구조 규명을 하였다. 사용한 HPLC column은 $C_{18}$($3.9{\times}300mm$, $10{\mu}m$)이었으며 이동상은 acetic acid/$H_2O$(1:15):acetonitrile=3:2를 0.8ml/min으로 흘려주었고 용출물을 post-column splitter를 사용하여 50:1로 split시켜서 ESI-MS에 주입하였다. ESI-MS는 negative mode이었으며 CapEx voltage는 100 V에서 각 불순물들의 분자량이 측정되었고 구조규명을 위하여 CapEx voltage를 80-300 V까지 변화시켜주는 CID (collision induced dissoclation) 기법을 사용함으로써 fragment를 얻을 수 있었고 이를 바탕으로 구조규명을 하였다. 주요 불순물의 구조는 glycyrrhetic acid moiety에 수산화기(-OH)가 붙은 형태와 glycyrrhetic acid moiety의 12번 위치에서 환원이 일어난 형태 이었다. 표준품의 순도는 약 90% 정도이었다.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.1568-1576
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• 2021

본 연구에서는 인체에 보다 안전한 천연 화장품보존제 발굴을 목표로 하여 인간유래 항균펩타이드 LL-37의 짧은 유사체인 FK-13을 화장품보존제로 사용하고자 연구를 진행하였다. 이를 위해 13개의 아미노산으로 구성된 FK-13 펩타이드를 고상 펩타이드 합성법로 합성하였고 reversed phase-high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC)로 정제 후 liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS)를 이용하여 순도와 분자량을 확인하였다. 합성된 FK-13을 이용하여 미생물에 대한 방부력을 검정하였고 화장품에 적용 가능성을 살펴보았다. FK-13은 3개의 그람-양성균 (Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus epidermidis)과 3개의 그람-음성균 (Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhimurium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa), 그리고 진균인 Candida glabrata 에서도 높은 항균 활성을 보였으며 넓은 항균활성 스펙트럼을 나타내었다. 이를 바탕으로 화장품보존제로서의 적합성을 확인하였다. 또한 FK-13은 고온에서 분자의 열안정성을 보였으며 기존의 천연 한방화장품 방부제 및 화학보존제들과의 항균활성 비교 실험에서도 보다 월등한 항균활성 효능을 나타내었다. 따라서 FK-13 펩타이드는 인체 친화적이고 효과적인 항균활성을 나타내므로, 기존 화학보존제를 대체할 새로운 천연 화장품보존제로 적용이 가능할 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제47권5호
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• pp.496-503
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• 2021

Background: Considering the expenses of and difficulties in arsenic speciation by high performance liquid chromatography-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (HPLC-ICP-MS), alternative measurement methods should be useful, especially for large-scale research and projects. Objectives: A measurement method was developed for arsenic speciation using HPLC-atomic fluorescence spectrometry (HPLC-AFS) as an alternative to HPLC-ICP-MS. Methods: Total arsenic and toxic arsenic species in some seafoods were determined by atomic absorption spectrometry coupled with hydride vapor generation (AAS-HVG) and HPLC-AFS, respectively. Recovery rate of arsenic species in seafood was evaluated by ultra sonication, microwave and enzyme (pepsin) for the optimal extraction method. Results: Limits of detection of HPLC-AFS for As³⁺, dimethylarsinate (DMA), monomethylarsonate (MMA) and As⁵⁺ were 0.39, 0.53, 0.60 and 0.64 ㎍/L, respectively. The average accuracy ranged from 97.5 to 108.7%, and the coefficient of variation was in the range of 1.2~16.7%. As³⁺, DMA, MMA and As⁵⁺ were detected in kelp, the sum of toxic arsenic in kelp was 40.4 mg/kg. As³⁺, DMA, MMA and As⁵⁺ were not detected in shrimp and squid, but total arsenic (iAS and oAS) content in shrimp and squid analyzed by AAS-HVG were 18.1 and 24.7 mg/kg, respectively. Conclusions: HPLC-AFS was recommendable for the quantitative analysis method of arsenic species. As toxic arsenic species are detected in seaweeds, further researches are needed for the contribution degree of seafood in arsenic exposure.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.149-157
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• 2018

Background: Panax notoginseng leaves (PNL) exhibit extensive activities, but few analytical methods have been established to exclusively determine the dammarane triterpene saponins in PNL. Methods: Ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UPLC/Q-TOF MS) and HPLC-UV methods were developed for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of ginsenosides in PNL, respectively. Results: Extraction conditions, including solvents and extraction methods, were optimized, which showed that ginsenosides Rc and Rb3, the main components of PNL, are transformed to notoginsenosides Fe and Fd, respectively, in the presence of water, by removing a glucose residue from position C-3 via possible enzymatic hydrolysis. A total of 57 saponins were identified in the methanolic extract of PNL by UPLC/Q-TOF MS. Among them, 19 components were unambiguously characterized by their reference substances. Additionally, seven saponins of PNL-ginsenosides Rb1, Rc, Rb2, and Rb3, and notoginsenosides Fc, Fe, and Fd-were quantified using the HPLC-UV method after extraction with methanol. The separation of analytes, particularly the separation of notoginsenoside Fc and ginsenoside Rc, was achieved on a Zorbax ODS C8 column at a temperature of $35^{\circ}C$. This developed HPLC-UV method provides an adequate linearity ($r^2$ > 0.999), repeatability (relative standard deviation, RSD < 2.98%), and inter- and intraday variations (RSD < 4.40%) with recovery (98.7-106.1%) of seven saponins concerned. This validated method was also conducted to determine seven components in 10 batches of PNL. Conclusion: These findings are beneficial to the quality control of PNL and its relevant products.