scholarly journals Multi-Class Determination of 64 Illicit Compounds in Dietary Supplements Using Liquid Chromatography–Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (19) ◽  
pp. 4399
Author(s):  
Dasom Shin ◽  
Hui-Seung Kang ◽  
Hyungsoo Kim ◽  
Guiim Moon

In this work, liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method was developed and validated for screening and confirmation of 64 illicit compounds in dietary supplements. The target compounds were illegally used pharmaceutical drugs, prohibited compounds, and not authorized ingredients for different therapeutics (sexual enhancement, weight loss, muscular strengthening, and relaxing products). The validation procedure was performed to evaluate selectivity, linearity, limit of detection (LOD), limit of quantification (LOQ), accuracy, and precision according to the Association of Official Analytical Chemists guidelines. The linearity was >0.98 in the range of 0.5–200 µg L−1. The LOQs were in the range 1–10 µg kg−1 for all target compounds. The accuracy (expressed as recovery) was 78.5–114%. The precision (expressed as the relative standard deviation) was below 9.15%. The developed method was applied for the determination of illicit compounds in dietary supplements collected from websites. As a result, the total detection rate was 13.5% (27 samples detected in 200 samples). The concentrations of detected samples ranged from 0.51 to 226 mg g−1. The proposed methodology is suitable for monitoring the adulteration of illicit compounds in dietary supplements.

Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 1254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Won-Gu Choi ◽  
Dong Kyun Kim ◽  
Yongho Shin ◽  
Ria Park ◽  
Yong-Yeon Cho ◽  
...  

Doxorubicin, an anthracycline antitumor antibiotic, acts as a cancer treatment by interfering with the function of DNA. Herein, liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry was for the first time developed and validated for the simultaneous determination of doxorubicin and its major metabolites doxorubicinol, doxorubicinone, doxorubicinolone, and 7-deoxydoxorubicinone in mouse plasma. The liquid–liquid extraction of a 10 μL mouse plasma sample with chloroform:methanol (4:1, v/v) and use of the selected reaction monitoring mode led to less matrix effect and better sensitivity. The lower limits of quantification levels were 0.5 ng/mL for doxorubicin, 0.1 ng/mL for doxorubicinol, and 0.01 ng/mL for doxorubicinone, doxorubicinolone, and 7-deoxydoxorubicinone. The standard curves were linear over the range of 0.5–200 ng/mL for doxorubicin; 0.1–200 ng/mL for doxorubicinol; and 0.01–50 ng/mL for doxorubicinone, doxorubicinolone, and 7-deoxydoxorubicinone in mouse plasma. The intra and inter-day relative standard deviation and relative errors for doxorubicin and its four metabolites at four quality control concentrations were 0.9–13.6% and –13.0% to 14.9%, respectively. This method was successfully applied to the pharmacokinetic study of doxorubicin and its metabolites after intravenous administration of doxorubicin at a dose of 1.3 mg/kg to female BALB/c nude mice.


2002 ◽  
Vol 85 (4) ◽  
pp. 853-860 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anton Kaufmann ◽  
Sven Roth ◽  
Bianca Ryser ◽  
Mirjam Widmer ◽  
Dominik Guggisberg

Abstract A simple and rapid method was developed for the determination of 20 antibiotics (sulfonamides, tetracyclines, and flumequine) in honey by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry. The proposed method is sensitive (limit of detection 0.5 to 10 ppb for the various antibiotics) and selective. A hydrolysis step ensures the liberation of sugar-bound sulfonamides. The approach has been used to analyze some 300 honey samples. A number of them were found to have exceeded the Swiss limit of 50 ppb.


2017 ◽  
Vol 80 (12) ◽  
pp. 2112-2118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Hu ◽  
Xu Xu ◽  
Tian Cai ◽  
Wei-Ying Wang ◽  
Chun-Jie Wu ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTA rapid and sensitive analytical method based on high-performance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry was developed and validated for the determination of isopyrazam (IZM) and azoxystrobin (AZT) in cucumbers. A modified QuEChERS (quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe) method was used as the pretreatment procedure. The samples were extracted with acetonitrile and cleaned up with octadecylsilyl silica (C18) and graphite carbon black. The proposed method resulted in satisfactory recovery of IZM and AZT (91.48 to 114.62%), and relative standard deviations were less than 13.1% at fortification concentrations of 1, 20, and 500 μg kg−1 (n = 3). The limits of quantification for IZM and AZT were 0.498 and 0.499 μg kg−1, respectively, which are far below the maximum residue level (0.5 mg kg−1) established for this type of sample. Matrix effects were also evaluated. This study established a sensitive and fast method for the detection of IZM and AZT in cucumber samples.


2014 ◽  
Vol 852 ◽  
pp. 266-269
Author(s):  
Xiao Fang Wang ◽  
Chun Liang Yang ◽  
Mao Fang Huang ◽  
Ming Yue Wang ◽  
Yu Bing Zha ◽  
...  

The conditions for detecting residues of diflubenzuron in vegetables by ultra high performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry were studied. The target was extracted with acetonitrile for 2 min with a homogenizer. The extaction was purifide by a conditioned Florisil SPE cartridge, and then was detected by ultra high-performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry. The average recovery was in the range from 87.8 %- 99.2 % at spike levels of 0.1, 1.0 and 10 mg/kg in vegetables, and relative standard deviations was in the range of 4.2 %-8.9 %. The proposed method is fast, simple, sensitive and accurate.


2008 ◽  
Vol 91 (5) ◽  
pp. 1095-1102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Sheridan ◽  
Thomas King

Abstract A highly sensitive and selective method that requires minimal sample preparation was developed for the confirmation and quantitation of cyclamate in a variety of foods by high-performance liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC/MS/MS). Sample preparation consisted of homogenization followed by extraction and dilution of cyclamate with water. HPLC separation was achieved using a bridged ethyl hybrid C18 high-pressure column with a mobile phase consisting of 0.15 acetic acid and methanol. Under electrospray ionization negative conditions, quantitation was achieved by monitoring the fragment m/z 79.7 while also collecting parent ion m/z 177.9. Two food matrixes, diet soda and jelly, were subjected to a validation procedure in order to evaluate the applicability of the method. The cyclamate limit of detection for both matrixes was determined to be 0.050 g/g with a limit of quantitation of 0.150 g/g. The correlation coefficient of the calibration curves was >0.9998 from 0.0005 to 0.100 g/mL. The method has been used for the determination of cyclamate in several foods and the results are presented.


2006 ◽  
Vol 89 (3) ◽  
pp. 728-734 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Ginn ◽  
Lesley Wilson ◽  
Scheilla V C De Souza ◽  
Maria B Dela Calle ◽  
J Barbosa ◽  
...  

Abstract An interlaboratory validation study funded by the European Commission, Directorate General for Health and Consumer Protection (DG SANCO), was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) method for the determination of semicarbazide (SEM) in different types of baby food at a possible future European regulatory limit (10 ng/g). The test portion of the sample was extracted with hydrochloric acid, and the analyte was derivatized with 2-nitrobenzaldehyde, with 1,2-[15N2, 13C] SEM as an internal standard. The extract was neutralized and then purified on a solid-phase extraction cartridge. The SEM was determined by reversed-phase LC with detection by MS/MS. Apple puree, rice pudding, and meat/vegetable meal baby food materials, spiked with SEM at levels of about 3, 10, and 30 ng/g, respectively, were sent to 20 laboratories in 12 different European countries, which submitted results from 17 participants. Recoveries ranged from 88.8 to 106.1%. Based on results for spiked samples (blind pairs at 3 levels), the relative standard deviations for repeatability (RSDr) ranged from 4.2 to 6.9% and the relative standard deviations for reproducibility (RSDR) ranged from 16.6 to 24.3%. The method showed acceptable within- and between-laboratory precision for all 3 matrixes, as evidenced by HorRat values, at the target levels for the determination of SEM.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Dinh-Vu Le ◽  
Trong-Tuan Nguyen ◽  
Van-Trong Nguyen

A liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS) method has been validated for the simultaneous determination of methamphetamine (MA) and 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methamphetamine (MDMA) in the blood sample. Under the optimal experimental conditions, the concentration of MA can be determined in the range from 1 µg/L to 5000 µg/L with the method detection limit (MDL) of 0.31 µg/L. The range from 0.5 to 500 µg/L is observed for the determination of MDMA with the MDL down to 0.25 µg/L. The practical applicability of the method is performed with the recovery ranging from 85.3% to 94% for MA and from 86.9% to 95.5% for MDMA. At the different concentrations of drugs, the relative standard deviations (RSD) for both MA and MDMA are lower than 5.7%. The method was applied to analyse 1995 blood samples that had been collected from the Forensic Medicine Centre of Ho Chi Minh City. The results showed 1.75% positive with MA and 0.25% positive with MDMA. These two drugs take 10% of the total drugs positive samples. By using deuterium-labelled methamphetamine-d5 and 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methamphetamine-d5 as the internal standards in the determination and the use of MS/MS in multiple reaction monitoring mode signal readout, the method exhibits robustness specificity and can be applied in simultaneous determination of MA and MDMA in blood with high selectivity and sensitivity.


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