食品中苏丹染料的高效液相色谱-离子阱质谱分析

提出了用高效液相色谱-离子阱质谱联用法同时鉴定和分析食品中四种苏丹染料的方法,色谱柱为Agilent Zorbax XB-C18,采用ESI离子源,离子阱质谱进行二级质谱分析,分析了苏丹染料分子在质谱中的碎裂方式,对碰撞解离电压进行了优化选择。方法检出限为1μg.L-1,线性范围为5~100μg.L-1,回收率在85.5%~97.0%之间。     

反相高效液相色谱-离子阱质谱法测定鸡肉中的氯霉素

采用反相高效液相色谱 离子阱质谱法测定鸡肉中的氯霉素残留。鸡肉样品用乙腈进行提取 ,V(甲醇 )∶V( 0 .0 1mol L乙酸铵水溶液 ) =40∶60为流动相 ,采用ZorbaxEclipeseXDBC18柱进行分离 ,通过离子阱质谱 ,以选择离子反应进行检测。该方法的线性范围为 1～ 1 0 0 0 μg L ,样品的检出限为 0 .1 μg L。     

液相色谱-离子阱质谱对水华蓝藻提取物中微囊藻毒素的定性研究

本文研究了野外蓝藻水华样品甲醇提取物的液相色谱和电喷雾质谱特征图谱,利用电喷雾离子化-串联质谱(ESI-MSn)离子阱技术对特征图谱中主要微囊藻毒素的分子离子峰进行了二级质谱分析,获得相应的子离子质谱图,并对其进行了结构解析,确定了野外蓝藻水华样品中微囊藻毒素种类,为准确鉴定和分析水华蓝藻中微囊藻毒素提供了基础.     

便携式气相色谱-质谱联用仪的研制及应用

将双曲面三维离子阱质谱技术与低热容气相色谱技术相结合,研制了便携式气相色谱-质谱联用仪(GC-MS).此仪器主要由进样系统、低热容气相色谱模块、气质接口以及小型化离子阱质谱模块等构成,其主机重量小于14 kg,体积为44 cm×36 cm×22 cm,功耗小于100W.该仪器中的离子阱质谱仪系统具有15～550 amu...     

气相色谱-离子阱二级质谱对照高分辨质谱对食品中二噁英类多氯联苯的测定

确定了气相色谱-离子阱二级质谱在分析食品中12种二噁英类多氯联苯残留的定性参数;优化了分析过程的质谱条件;研究了实际样品(河豚、鳗鱼、甜虾、鸡脂肪、奶粉、猪肠衣)离子阱串联质谱测定值与高分辨质谱值的准确度差异.样品采用加速溶剂萃取方法提取、流体控制系统净化及离子阱二级质谱和高分辨质谱测定.两种方法测定值之间的回归方程和相关系数分别为:4种非邻位取代二噁英类多氯联苯,y=0.781 5x,r=0.933 1;8种邻位取代二噁英类多氯联苯,y=0.807 3x,r=0.996;样品中12种多氯联苯总毒性当量(Total TEQ):y=0.518 1x 0.125 5,r=0.992.离子阱二级质谱和高分辨质谱的检出限分别为0.5ng/kg和0.1ng/kg,样品中同位素内标的回收率为41%～102%.     

LC–IT–TOF MS法分析湖南黑茶中水溶性成分

建立了湖南黑茶中水溶性成分的液相色谱–离子阱串联飞行时间质谱(LC–IT–TOF MS)快速分离和确证方法。实验用90℃热水恒温提取湖南黑茶样品中水溶性成分,采用液相色谱–离子阱串联飞行时间质谱仪对其中的水溶性提取物进行分离测定。利用准确质量数匹配和自建质谱数据库检索,结合保留时间、多级质谱、特征碎片离子等信息,对湖南黑茶中的43种水溶性化合物的进行了初步确证。该法可得到黑茶独特滋味品质的特征成分,为湖南黑茶品质评价和质量控制提供了一种新的技术手段。     

谱图检索结合二级质谱定性分析烟草中挥发性成分

采用同时蒸馏萃取法提取烟叶中的挥发性成分,利用气相色谱-质谱联用仪(GC-MS)分离测定,通过谱库检索和匹配度定性结合色谱保留指数方法鉴定烟叶中挥发性成分,并引入离子阱二级质谱对谱库检索匹配度差距小、含量低,背景干扰大的物质准确定性.采用谱图检索结合二级质谱定性共鉴定144个化合物,其中104个化合物在烟草挥发性成分的文献中已有报道,报道中有9个化合物是通过二级质谱定性,其余40个化合物还未见报道.结果表明,离子阱二级质谱定性的引入提高了对未知化合物定性的准确性和可靠性,适合于烟叶这类复杂植物体系的化学组分研究.     

稳定图的测定与矩形离子阱质谱性能分析

从理论上讲, 离子阱质谱仪的性能是由阱内电场分布决定的,而电场分布又是由组成离子阱的电极几何结构和离子阱工作电压决定的. 对于矩形离子阱, 即使不考虑其几何结构的偏差, 其阱内的电场分布一般也很复杂. 在矩形离子阱内, 除四极电场外, 还包含多种成分的其他各种高阶场, 它们直接影响离子在阱内的运动轨迹和离子阱质谱的性能. 由于各种电场成分对离子阱内离子运动的影响非常复杂, 还很难从数学上给出精确的解析解, 使得目前从理论上还无法预测高阶场成分对质谱性能的影响. 本工作通过测定不同几何结构的矩形离子阱的稳定图, 从实验上比较了不同场半径, 即不同电场分布条件下的离子阱质谱性能的差别. 实验中, 通过改变离子阱的几何比例结构, 详细测定了不同结构的矩形离子阱的稳定图特征, 并与实验测得的质谱分析结果进行比较. 同时, 我们还详细介绍了矩形离子阱质谱的稳定图的测定方法, 并根据得到的不同情况下的稳定图结构分析了离子阱的质谱性能. 研究结果表明： 可以通过比较试验得到的稳定图结构来判断其离子阱质谱仪的性能如质量分辨能力等. 此外, 实验结果还发现： 对于y方向拉伸结构的矩形离子阱, 其实验绘制得到的是不完整的稳定图. 但根据稳定图边界的特点, 通过采用四极直流电压调制的方法, 可以对y方向拉伸结构的矩形离子阱的性能进行改善, 极大地提高了阱的质量分辨能力.     

利用三级质谱与二级质谱匹配策略鉴定丹参中酚酸类成分

多级质谱信息(MS/MS information)可提供鉴定化合物结构的关键线索,多级质谱(MS/MS)图谱到结构的转换(MS/MS spectrum to structure)是精准鉴定化合物结构的重要过程。本研究提出了化合物的三级质谱(MS³)图谱与其结构单元的二级质谱(MS²)图谱匹配策略,实现了化合物结构的精准鉴定。首先,利用三重四极杆复合线性离子阱质谱仪(Qtrap-MS)的双碰撞池,采集酯类化合物酯基质谱裂解产生的特征碎片离子(c^–和y^–)在线性离子阱(LIT)内经第二次碰撞诱导解离(Collision-induced dissociation, CID)后的MS³图谱,并同步采集其结构单元化合物([M–H]^–)在LIT中经碰撞诱导解离后的MS²图谱,结果表明,酯类化合物特征碎片离子的MS³图谱与结构单元化合物的MS²图谱匹配。最后,采用HR-MS/MS对丹参总酚酸(Total ...     

UPLC-MS/MS法快速筛查尿液中30种滥用药物

基于超高液相色谱-串联四极杆/线性离子阱质谱(QTRAP UPLC-MS/MS),建立了尿液中30种滥用药物的筛查方法.采用蛋白沉淀法处理尿液样品,实现对多类别滥用药物的高效提取.采用分段多反应监测(sMRM)联合信息依赖性采集(IDA)与增强离子扫描(EPI)模式,结合EPI谱库检索匹配确证检出物信息,并引入内标辅助...     

On the inter‐instrument and inter‐laboratory transferability of a tandem mass spectral reference library: 1. Results of an Austrian multicenter study

The inter‐instrument and inter‐laboratory transferability of a tandem mass spectral reference library originally built on a quadrupole‐quadrupole‐time‐of‐flight instrument was examined. The library consisted of 3759 MS/MS spectra collected from 402 reference compounds applying several different collision‐energy values for fragmentation. In the course of the multicenter study, 22 test compounds were sent to three different laboratories, where 418 tandem mass spectra were acquired using four different instruments from two manufacturers. The study covered the following types of tandem mass spectrometers: quadrupole‐quadrupole‐time‐of‐flight, quadrupole‐quadrupole‐linear ion trap, quadrupole‐quadrupole‐quadrupole, and linear ion trap‐Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer. In each participating laboratory, optimized instrumental parameters were gathered solely from routinely applied workflows. No standardization procedure was applied to increase the inter‐instrument comparability of MS/MS spectra. The acquired tandem mass spectra were matched against the established reference library using a sophisticated matching algorithm, which is presented in detail in a companion paper. Correct answers, meaning that the correct compound was retrieved as top hit, were obtained in 98.1% of cases. For the remaining 1.9% of spectra, the correct compound was matched at second rank. The observed high percentage of correct assignments clearly suggests that the developed mass spectral library search approach is to a large extent platform independent. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

ESI-MS/MS library of 1,253 compounds for application in forensic and clinical toxicology

An electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS) library which contains over 5,600 spectra of 1,253 compounds relevant in clinical and forensic toxicology has been developed using a hybrid tandem mass spectrometer with a linear ion trap. Pure compound solutions—in some cases solutions made of tablets—were prepared and 1 to 2,000 ng of each compound were injected into the system using standard reversed-phase analytical columns with gradient elution. To obtain maximum mass spectral information enhanced product ion spectra were acquired with positive and/or negative ionization at low, medium, and high collision energies and additionally applying collision energy spread. In this mode, all product ions generated by the different collision energies are trapped in the linear ion trap prior to their detection. The applicability of the library for other types of hybrid tandem mass spectrometers with a linear ion trap of the same manufacturer as well as a standard triple-quadrupole tandem mass spectrometer has been investigated with a selection of compounds. The spectra of the developed library can be used to create methods for target analysis, either screening methods or quantitative procedures by generating transitions for multiple reaction monitoring. For those procedures, suitable transitions and convenient collision energies are selected from the library. It also has been utilized to identify compounds with a multi target screening approach for clinical and forensic toxicology with a standardized and automated system. The novel aspects compared to our former library produced with a standard triple-quadrupole mass spectrometer are the enlargement of the ESI-MS/MS library and the additional acquisition of spectra with collision energy spread.     

Rapid screening and characterization of drug metabolites using a new quadrupole-linear ion trap mass spectrometer

The application of a new hybrid RF/DC quadrupole-linear ion trap mass spectrometer to support drug metabolism and pharmacokinetic studies is described. The instrument is based on a quadrupole ion path and is capable of conventional tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) as well as several high-sensitivity ion trap MS scans using the final quadrupole as a linear ion trap. Several pharmaceutical compounds, including trocade, remikiren and tolcapone, were used to evaluate the capabilities of the system with positive and negative turbo ionspray, using either information-dependent data acquisition (IDA) or targeted analysis for the screening, identification and quantification of metabolites. Owing to the MS/MS in-space configuration, quadrupole-like CID spectra with ion trap sensitivity can be obtained without the classical low mass cutoff of 3D ion traps. The system also has MS(3) capability which allows fragmentation cascades to be followed. The combination of constant neutral loss or precursor ion scan with the enhanced product ion scan was found to be very selective for identifying metabolites at the picogram level in very complex matrices. Owing to the very high cycle time and, depending on the mass range, up to eight different MS experiments could be performed simultaneously without compromising chromatographic performance. Targeted product ion analysis was found to be complementary to IDA, in particular for very low concentrations. Comparable sensitivity was found in enhanced product ion scan and selected reaction monitoring modes. The instrument is particularly suitable for both qualitative and quantitative analysis.     

Automated liquid chromatographic/tandem mass spectrometric method for screening beta-blocking drugs in urine

An automated liquid chromatographic/tandem mass spectrometric (LC/MS/MS) method is presented for the screening and confirmation of 16 beta-blocking drugs in clinical and autopsy urine samples. The described method involved C(18) solid phase extraction, LC separation and MS analysis on a triple-stage quadrupole mass analyser. Samples were initially pre-screened for the presence of any beta-blocking drugs using LC/MS with selected ion monitoring. Any compounds tentatively identified as beta-blocking drugs on the basis of their LC retention time and protonated molecular ion were then automatedly subjected to a second analysis in which the relevant MS/MS product ion mass spectra were acquired. These product ion mass spectra were then automatically searched against a 400-substance mass spectral library containing previously acquired beta-blocking drugs. The results demonstrated that library search of beta-blocking drugs in urine with MS/MS product ion mass spectra was more reliable and produced fewer false negatives than library searching with mass spectra derived from single-stage quadrupole MS. The limits of identification in the MS/MS product ion scan ranged from 0.02 mg l(-1) for carvedilol to 1.2 mg l(-1) for pindolol, the majority of the values being below 0.2 mg l(-1).     

Development of a multi-target screening analysis for 301 drugs using a QTrap liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry system and automated library searching

A new multi-target screening (MTS) procedure for drugs in blood and urine for toxicological analysis has been developed using a hybrid triple-quadrupole linear ion trap mass spectrometer (QTrap) for the fast detection and identification of 301 forensically important drugs, e.g. tranquilizers (benzodiazepines), hypnotics, drugs of abuse (opiates, cocaine, amphetamines, cannabinoids), antidepressants, neuroleptics, and some cardiac drugs, in one single liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) analysis. Samples were extracted either with liquid-liquid extraction or solid-phase extraction. A multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) as survey scan and an enhanced product ion (EPI) scan as dependent scan were performed in an information-dependent acquisition (IDA) experiment. Finally, drug identification was carried out by library search with a newly developed MS/MS library based on EPI spectra at three different collision energies in positive mode. The advantage of this newly developed method is the possibility to detect and identify 301 drugs in one single LC/MS/MS run.     

Determination of linkage position and anomeric configuration in Hex-Fuc disaccharides using electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry

Fixed-energy sequential tandem mass spectrometry (MS(n)) capabilities offered by quadrupole ion trap instruments have been explored in a systematic study of six isomers of Gal-Fucalpha-OBenzyl disaccharides. Under collision-induced dissociation (CID), sodiated molecular species generated in the positive-ion electrospray ionization mode yield simple and predictable mass spectra. Information on interglycosidic linkages and configurations can be deduced from the relative intensities of the selected diagnostic fragments arising from the glycosidic bond cleavages and corroborated by the fragments arising from cross-ring cleavages. As the CID patterns are not dependent on the number of prior tandem mass spectrometric steps, structures can be unambiguously assigned by matching the spectra with a library. The rules governing the fragmentation behavior of this class of oligosaccharides were tested for a representative isomeric disaccharide, Glcbeta1,3Fucalpha-OAllyl. The findings establish a basis for using MS(n) with a quadrupole ion trap instrument to elucidate structures of hexose-fucose subunits from more complicated oligosaccharides. Energy-resolved mass spectra were also acquired by CID tandem triple-quadrupole mass spectrometry. The breakdown behavior of the molecular ions revealed patterns which could differentiate stereoisomers of Gal-Fuc disaccharides over a range of collision energy from 20 to 50 eV.     

Simultaneous extraction and fate of linear alkylbenzene sulfonates, coconut diethanol amides, nonylphenol ethoxylates and their degradation products in wastewater treatment plants, receiving coastal waters and sediments in the Catalonian area (NE Spain)

A simple, isocratic liquid chromatographic (LC) method using volatile mobile phase constituents for the identification of related substances in erythromycin samples is described. For method development, evaporative light scattering detection (ELSD) was used. An XTerra RP18 column was used at 70 degrees C with a mobile phase consisting of acetonitrile-isopropanol-0.2M ammonium acetate pH 7.0-water (165:105:50:680). Mass spectral data were acquired on an ion trap mass spectrometer equipped with an electrospray interface operated in the positive ion mode. First, a library was created using MS/MS and MS(n) spectra of reference substances available in the laboratory. Using these reference spectra as interpretative templates, eight novel related substances in erythromycin samples were identified: N-demethylerythromycin E, erythromycin E N-oxide, anhydroerythromycin C, N-demethylerythromycin B, anhydro-N-demethylerythromycin A, pseudoerythromycin E enol ether, EF lacking the neutral sugar and EA lacking the neutral sugar.     

The rapid identification of drug metabolites using capillary liquid chromatography coupled to an ion trap mass spectrometer

Capillary liquid chromatography (LC) using a 320 microns column and a flow rate of 10 microL/min has been coupled to an ion trap mass spectrometer using electrospray ionisation (ESI) to enable the rapid and effective identification of metabolites in urine, following oral administration of a novel human neutrophil elastase inhibitor, GW311616. Metabolites were identified from their mass (MS) spectra and tandem (MS/MS) mass spectra using minimal sample (1 microL of urine) and no sample pretreatment. Sensitivity assessment has shown that both molecular weight and structural information is obtainable on as little as 5 pg of compound, making the capillary LC/ion trap system as described an ideal analytical tool for the detection and characterisation of low level metabolites in biofluids (particularly when sample volume is limited). This level of detection was unattainable using a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer operating in full-scan mode, although 200 fg on column was detected using selected reaction monitoring target analysis.     

Algorithm for processing raw mass spectrometric data to identify and quantitate complex lipid molecular species in mixtures by data-dependent scanning and fragment ion database searching

We developed the Lipid Qualitative/Quantitative Analysis (LipidQA) software platform to identify and quantitate complex lipid molecular species in biological mixtures. LipidQA can process raw electronic data files from the TSQ-7000 triple stage quadrupole and LTQ linear ion trap mass spectrometers from Thermo-Finnigan and the Q-TOF hybrid quadrupole/time-of-flight instrument from Waters-Micromass and could readily be modified to accommodate data from others. The program processes multiple spectra in a few seconds and includes a deisotoping algorithm that increases the accuracy of structural identification and quantitation. Identification is achieved by comparing MS(2) spectra obtained in a data-dependent manner to a library of reference spectra of complex lipids that we have acquired or constructed from established fragmentation rules. The current form of the algorithm can process data acquired in negative or positive ion mode for glycerophospholipid species of all major head-group classes.     

Towards a universal LC–MS screening procedure – can an LIT LC–MSn screening approach and reference library be used on a quadrupole‐LIT hybrid instrument?

In contrast to libraries with highly reproducible gas chromatography electron ionization mass spectra, current liquid chromatography (LC–MS) libraries are limited to specific instrument types. Therefore, the aim of the study was to prove whether a recently developed linear ion trap (LIT) LC–MSⁿ screening approach and reference library can be transferred to an LC–MS/MS system with a quadrupole‐LIT hybrid mass analyzer using SmileMS, a sophisticated search algorithm. The LIT reference library was built with MS² and MS³ wideband spectra recorded on a ThermoFisher LXQ LIT with electrospray ionization in positive mode and full‐scan data‐dependent acquisition (DDA). Collision parameter optimizations, including different scan types and energies, were performed on an Applied Biosystems QTRAP 4000 system using electrospray ionization in positive mode and full‐scan DDA. Modified library sets were generated to improve the detection of a compound by the used search algorithm. Additionally, 100 authentic human urine samples were screened by both systems for proof of applicability. In the applicability study, 533 compounds were detected by the LXQ and 477 by the QTRAP system using enhanced product ion scan and a modified database. The presented data showed that the LIT screening approach and reference library could be used successfully on a QTRAP instrument with some limitations. These should be overcome by further optimizations regarding DDA settings for better sensitivity and further library modifications to reduce spectra mismatches. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.