基于高通量解析算法的复杂样品重叠气相色谱-质谱信号的快速分析

化学计量学算法为重叠气相色谱-质谱(GC-MS)信号的解析提供了有效手段,但其在计算过程中一般需要将数据进行分段处理,然后只对信号的某些区间进行解析,难以实现真正意义上的高通量分析。该文结合移动窗口目标转换因子分析(MWTTFA)和非负免疫算法(NNIA),建立了一种高通量解析方法。首先,根据所有可能存在的目标组分的标准质谱信息,利用MWTTFA检验复杂信号中存在的组分,并确定目标组分的质谱信息和洗脱时间区域。以得到的质谱信息作为后续计算的输入值,利用NNIA解析得到相应的色谱信息。采用快速升温程序对17种和42种农药混合标准样品的GC-MS信号进行分析,利用所建立的方法可在10 min内得到全部组分的色谱和质谱信息。     

气相色谱/质谱结合化学计量学解析方法用于植物精油成分分析

使用气相色谱/质谱(GC-MS)法对缬草精油和含有缬草精油的混配精油的化学成分进行了分析.采用直观推导式演进特征投影法(HELP)对二维数据中的色谱重叠峰进行了解析,得到两种精油的各个物质的纯色谱和纯质谱,同时利用交互移动窗口因子分析法(AMWFA)直接比较两种精油中的共有组分,提取出共有组分的纯质谱,通过与HELP法解析出的质谱进行比较,发现AMWFA法比HELP法能更快速鉴别出混配精油中的缬草精油.     

GC-MS与交互移动窗口因子分析法(AMWFA)用于3种陈皮挥发油成分的比较分析

将GC-MS法与新近提出的用于二维数据比较和解析的交互移动窗口因子分析法(AMWFA)结合, 对3种不同原植物来源的陈皮挥发油成分的共性和差异性进行分析, 并对重叠峰进行解析, 总共分辨出138个峰, 定性出78个峰, 其中共有组分44个.     

直观推导式演进特征投影法在拖尾重叠色谱峰解析中的应用

直观推导式演进特征投影法(HELP)已成功应用于复杂体系的重叠色谱峰解析.当色谱峰拖尾时,演进特征投影图(ELPG)显示的直线段对应的区域中可能含有前面拖尾组分的信息,据此进行HELP解析可能得不到满意结果.选择ELPG上直线段的一部分,即拖尾组分末端,前面组分的信息已基本消失的区域作为选择性区域进行HELP解析.同时,提出一种新的定量方法:用主成分分析法(PCA)分解待测组分标准样品的二维数据,将得到的“标准”色谱引入HELP的定量过程,在色谱峰拖尾或解得谱峰不平滑时,得到更准确的结果.用HELP方法解析了依诺沙星、诺氟沙星和环丙沙星三组分实验体系,结果表明,加入上述措施的HELP可有效改善拖尾重叠色谱峰的解析结果.     

用熵最小算法解析桂郁金挥发油GC-MS重叠谱

采用气相色谱-质谱(GC-MS)联用技术对桂郁金中提取的挥发油成分进行检测,同时用熵最小算法对其中的共流物色谱峰进行解析,并通过质谱库检索和程序升温保留指数相结合的方式对解析得到的各纯组分进行定性分析。将桂郁金挥发油各组分的质谱数据直接与美国国家标准及技术研究所(NIST)数据库进行比对,鉴定出38个化合物;在挥发油的色谱图中,存在一些因分离不完全而导致的共流物色谱峰,以保留时间为1 106.52~1 108.38 s及1 184 s的色谱峰为例,经熵最小算法解析,共发现5个纯组分。采用熵最小算法可以清楚地对共流物色谱峰进行解析并得到所包含的各个纯组分,该法可提高复杂成分定性定量分析结果的准确性。     

毛细管电色谱中组分保留因子表达式的讨论

在组分的电泳因素基本不影响其色谱行为的前提下,推导出组分保留因子表达式k*CEC=k′-μepμeo+μep(Ⅰ)及k**CEC=k′-μep-μ0epμeo+μep(Ⅱ),两者可以互相补充。同时对毛细管电色谱的相关文献中组分保留因子的两种表达式kCEC=k′+k′ μepμeo+μepμeo(Ⅲ)及kCEC=k′-μep/μeo1+μep/μeo(Ⅳ)进行了讨论,指出了表达式(Ⅲ)推导中引用组分电泳迁移距离的错误。但表达式(Ⅰ)和(Ⅳ)在某些条件下也不能有效反映组分的电泳淌度μep及k′对kCEC的影响     

二维小波变换与子窗口因子分析法结合用于含噪声HPLC-DAD数据的解析

将二维小波变换与子窗口因子分析法相结合,用于模拟的高噪声HPLC-DAD数据的解析.首先应用二维小波变换滤除噪声,然后采用子窗口因子分析法解析重叠峰.结果表明,信噪比为10的高噪声基本被滤除掉.     

一种新型交替迭代算法用于农药GC-MS信号快速分析

化学计量学算法为重叠GC-MS信号解析提供了有效手段. 免疫算法(IAs)可根据标准样品的信号(色谱或质谱)对重叠GC-MS信号进行解析并得到重叠信号中各组分的信息. 但是标样信号与实际测量信号之间的差别会造成解析结果出现偏差. 针对标样信号与测量信号不一致的问题, 作者提出了一种交替迭代算法用于重叠GC-MS测量信号的直接解析. 该方法在不提供标样信号的情况下可以解析出组分的质谱和色谱信息. 计算过程中, 采用随机产生的质谱作为初始输入, 利用最小二乘和IA算法交替计算质谱和色谱, 直到满足终止条件. 采用所建立的方法对40种组分的农药混合物进行了分析, 使用快速升温程序在10 min保留时间内得到了全部组分的色谱和质谱信息.     

免疫算法用于复杂样品的GC-MS快速分析

建立了一种基于免疫算法的复杂样品气相色谱-质谱联用(GC-MS)快速分析方法, 该方法采用快速温度程序测定复杂样品的GC-MS信号, 再通过快速解析得到各组分的信息. 计算过程中, 采用各种可能存在于混合物中的组分质谱作为算法的输入, 按照保留时间的顺序逐一对重叠的质谱信号进行解析, 得到各组分的色谱信息. 对于混合物中实际存在的组分可得到该组分的色谱流出曲线, 而对于混合物中不存在的组分所得色谱流出曲线几乎为零. 采用所建立的方法对含有16个组分的有机磷农药混合物进行了分析, 在保留时间10 min内得到了所有组分的色谱信息.     

转换移动窗口因子分析法用于中药组合前后成分变化分析

以正十四烷为内标,采用气相色谱-质谱(GC/MS)联用技术对中药甘草(GUF)、甘遂(EKL)单味药材,以及其组成的药对(GUF-EKL)的挥发成分进行测定,基于一种新的化学计量学方法——转换移动窗口因子分析法(AMWFA)和直观推导式演进特征投影法(HELP)对产生的二维色谱/质谱数据同时进行分辨和解析,获取各个组分的纯色谱曲线和质谱,根据分辨得到的纯质谱在质谱库中进行相似检索以实现对组分的定性。利用AMWFA对组合前后的成分进行归属分析,然后采用面积归一法进行定量。分别在甘草、甘遂及其药对中鉴定出52、51和63个成分,占各自挥发油成分的84%、90%和75%。     

Resolving batch chromatographic overlapping peaks of flavoring essence using stepwise key spectrum selection

Stepwise key spectrum selection (SKSS) was introduced to resolve batch overlapping peaks from gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis of ten batch tobacco flavoring samples in different storage times. Resolution was implemented on a software platform that embedded the SKSS method. The data from GC-MS analysis of the samples were saved and prepared in ASCII files and then were inputted into the software platform for visual inspections. The data segment with overlapping peaks was precut for subsequent analysis. Spectral background in the data was removed using a linear fitting of the baseline. Four components in the overlapping peaks were automatically detected by the SKSS method. The resolution of the concentration profiles and spectra of the four components was conducted by setting only one parameter, the negative area ratio, as 0.01. The fixed size moving window evolving factor analysis and evolving factor analysis were applied to validate the resolved concentration profiles. The resolved mass spectra were validated by the searched standard through library search at the pure component regions revealed by the resolved concentration profiles. The results showed that the SKSS method could be a simple but powerful tool in resolving batch chromatographic overlapping peaks.     

一种基于免疫算法的新型因子分析算法

基于免疫算法的基本思想,提出了新的免疫主成分分析法(IPCA),该方法将免疫算法中抗体对抗原的消除运算应用于二维数据矩阵的正交分解,可得到矩阵的特征值和特征向量.结果表明,IPCA与传统的主成分分析法比较,对HPLC-DAD模拟信号的计算结果基本一致.对HPLC-DAD实验信号的解析结果表明,将IPCA与窗口因子分析技术结合比传统的WFA具有更强的解析能力.     

Spectral transformations for deconvolution methods applied on gas chromatography-mass spectrometry data

In hyphenated chromatography, overlapping chromatographic peaks can be resolved into pure spectra and pure chromatographic profiles by several multivariate deconvolution techniques. In general, these methods require bilinearity, which implies that the spectrum of each analyte is constant. The slow scan speeds normally used in gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) will destroy bilinearity and introduce systematic noise in the data because the concentration in the detector changes during the scan. This effect, described as the scan effect, may hinder successful resolution by multivariate deconvolution. In selected ion monitoring (SIM) GC-MS, the scan effect may be removed by simple transformations of the mass spectra. The effects of different transformations are demonstrated both on pure chromatographic peaks and on difficult resolution problems where there are small differences between the spectra of the analytes.     

Rapid analysis of multicomponent pesticide mixture by GC-MS with the aid of chemometric resolution

Applications of hyphenated chromatographic techniques, especially GC-MS technique, have been reported in chemical, biological, environmental, agricultural and medical analysis. The complexity of the samples in these fields is still an obstacle for the technique to be practical and the overlapping of the multicomponent signals induces chemometric methods widely employed. In this work, taking the rapid analysis of pesticide mixture as an example, a chemometric approach was proposed for resolution of multicomponent overlapping GC-MS signal. In the method, a mass spectral library of pesticides was organized at first, then target factor analysis (TFA) was employed for testing the existence of a specific pesticide in the multicomponent overlapping GC-MS signal, and finally the chromatographic information of the pesticide was extracted by a non-negative immune algorithm (IA). A GC-MS signal of a 40-component pesticide mixture eluted within 9 min was analyzed by the method. It was found that the mass spectra and chromatographic profiles of almost all the pesticides can be obtained.     

Determination of the volatile chemical constituents of Notoptergium incium by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and iterative or non-iterative chemometrics resolution methods

The qualitative and quantitative determination of the chemical constitutes in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an important task, which builds the foundation of the theory of pharmacological activity. The hyphenated chromatography instruments combined with the related chemometric methods provide powerful tools for the resolution of such complex systems. The familiar chemometrics methods can be roughly divided into two different kinds, the iterative one such as orthogonal projection approach (OPA) and non-iterative one representing by evolving window orthogonal projection (EWOP). One can use different kinds of methods according to overlapping condition, and then the measured data matrix can be resolved into pure concentration profiles and mass spectra of the chemical components with relative high efficiency and acceptable accuracy. One kind of TCM, named Notoptergium incium (NI) was analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and resolved by above chemometric approach. Experiment results show the efficiency and convenience of the proposed approach. 65 of the 98 separated constituents in essential oil, accounting for 92.13%, were identified by mass spectroscopy (MS).     

Analysis of the essential oils of Coriandrum sativum Using GC-MS coupled with chemometric resolution methods

The essential oils extracted from Coriandrum sativum L. were analyzed by GC-MS coupled with chemometric resolution methods. Through the chemometric resolution methods, peak clusters were uniquely resolved into the pure chromatographic profiles and mass spectra of each component. Qualitative analysis was performed by comparing the pure mass spectra with those in the NIST 05 mass spectral library. Quantitative analysis was performed using the total volume integration method. A total of 118 constituents were detected, of which 104 were identified, accounting for 97.27% of the total content. The results indicate that GC-MS combined with chemometric resolution methods can greatly enhance the capability of separation and the reliability of qualitative and quantitative results. The combined method is an economical and accurate approach for the rapid analysis of the complex essential oil samples in Coriandrum sativum L.     

Overlapping spectra resolution using non-negative matrix factorization

Non-negative matrix factorization (NMF), with the constraints of non-negativity, has been recently proposed for multi-variate data analysis. Because it allows only additive, not subtractive, combinations of the original data, NMF is capable of producing region or parts-based representation of objects. It has been used for image analysis and text processing. Unlike PCA, the resolutions of NMF are non-negative and can be easily interpreted and understood directly. Due to multiple solutions, the original algorithm of NMF [D.D. Lee, H.S. Seung, Nature 401 (1999) 788] is not suitable for resolving chemical mixed signals. In reality, NMF has never been applied to resolving chemical mixed signals. It must be modified according to the characteristics of the chemical signals, such as smoothness of spectra, unimodality of chromatograms, sparseness of mass spectra, etc. We have used the modified NMF algorithm to narrow the feasible solution region for resolving chemical signals, and found that it could produce reasonable and acceptable results for certain experimental errors, especially for overlapping chromatograms and sparse mass spectra. Simulated two-dimensional (2-D) data and real GUJINGGONG alcohol liquor GC-MS data have been resolved soundly by NMF technique. Butyl caproate and its isomeric compound (butyric acid, hexyl ester) have been identified from the overlapping spectra. The result of NMF is preferable to that of Heuristic evolving latent projections (HELP). It shows that NMF is a promising chemometric resolution method for complex samples.     

Resolution of overlapped NMR spectra by two-way multivariate curve resolution alternating least squares with imbedded kinetic fitting

This paper describes the investigation of the hydrolysis of Ally, which is a sulfonylurea (SU) herbicide. The hydrolysis of this compound was observed in situ by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. The data were analyzed using a two-way, multivariate curve resolution (MCR) technique. The resolution of the overlapping aromatic region of the product and the reactant was of special interest. The reactant, product and intermediate spectra were successfully resolved and the rate constants for the degradation of the herbicide under these conditions were simultaneously determined. The results of the chemometric resolution of the overlapped NMR data were compared to the rates found by using a liquid chromatographic method with diode array detection.     

Liquid exclusion adsorption chromatography, a new technique for isocratic separation of nonionic surfactants. III. Two-dimensional separation of fatty alcohol ethoxylates

In this paper, a novel procedure for qualitative and quantitative analysis of the two-dimensional data obtained from GC-MS is investigated to determine chemical components of essential oils in Cortex Cinnamomi from four different producing areas. A new method named iterative optimization procedure (IOP) specially used to resolve embedded peaks is also developed. With the help of IOP and other chemometric techniques, such as heuristic evolving latent projections, evolving factor analysis, sub-window factor analysis and orthogonal projection resolution, and etc., the detection of the purity of chromatographic peaks can be first addressed, and then the overlapping peaks are resolved into the pure chromatogram and mass spectrum of each component. The similarity searches in the MS database are finally conducted to qualitatively determine the chemical components. The results obtained showed that the accuracy of qualitative and quantitative analysis could be greatly enhanced by chemometric resolution methods. The chemometric resolution techniques upon the two-dimensional data can be quite promising tools for the analysis of the complex samples like traditional Chinese medicine.