大气压化学萃取电离质谱法用于吡啶类化合物的快速检测

利用大气压化学萃取电离源质谱技术(EAPCI-MS)对吡啶类化合物的电离行为特征进行研究。实验显示,EAPCI-MS技术在常温常压条件下,无需样品预处理和任何辅助化学试剂,在质谱图中能同时检测到吡啶类化合物的质子化分子离子峰[M+H]+和分子离子峰M+·,并具有类似的二级碎裂机理。研究结果表明,EAPCI-MS技术具有不同于传统电离源质谱的裂解方式,同时兼具传统电喷雾电离(ESI)和大气压化学电离(APCI)的特征电离方式和行为,极大地提高了化学检测的选择性,增强了质谱分析的定性能力。该研究为吡啶类化合物的检测和鉴定提供了一种新方法,对吡啶类化合物的快速检测具有重要的应用价值和意义。     

表面解吸常压化学电离质谱快速鉴别樟木制品

采用自行研制的表面解吸常压化学电离质谱(SDAPCI-MS),在无需样品预处理的情况下,对樟木制品及普通木材进行检测,在正离子模式及m/z 90～400范围内获得其化学指纹图谱,并通过主成分分析(PCA)方法对所获指纹谱图信息进行分析,进而对不同样品进行鉴别。结果表明,SDAPCI-MS能够对樟木表面多种特征化学成分(樟脑,香叶醇等)进行解吸电离,快速获得樟木的化学指纹谱图,并能够对目标组分做多级串联质谱鉴定。结合PCA方法,可对不同品质、不同种类的木材样品进行区分。结果表明,本方法灵敏度高,分析速度快(单个样品分析时间小于3 min),可望应用于珍贵木材快速无损分析及品质鉴定。     

表面解吸常压化学电离质谱法直接分析牙齿微区表面

采用纳升取样表面解吸常压化学电离质谱法(nano-SDAPCI-MS)结合主成分分析(PCA),建立了一种采用具有微米级针尖的金属取样针直接对龋齿不同部位取样并进行快速质谱分析的方法.数据分析结果表明,同一颗龋齿不同部位的质谱指纹谱图之间存在差异;在不需要样品预处理的前提下通过串联质谱快速测定了龋齿中的乳酸、丙酮酸、苯乙酸和丙酸等成分.采用PCA方法可较好地将龋齿病灶位置与邻近正常组织进行区分,也可对不同牙病及健康牙齿进行区分.本方法可方便地对牙齿进行直接微区分析,为鉴别牙齿疾病及观测治疗效果提供了一种快速、简单的方法,为生物体中微细部位的快速取样及直接质谱分析提供了一种可能的解决方案.     

脐橙果皮的室温和热辅助表面解吸常压化学电离质谱的比较

以脐橙果皮为研究对象,比较了室温和热辅助表面解吸常压化学电离源(DAPCI)的解吸电离特性,结合串联质谱技术,对果皮中香气、糖、黄酮类等主要成分进行了鉴定,并通过主成分分析(PCA)方法对热辅助DAPCI-MS所获外果皮指纹谱图信息进行分析,进而区分了3个不同产地脐橙。 结果表明,室温DAPCI-MS对脐橙果皮中的香气成分具有较强的解吸电离能力,而热辅助DAPCI-MS则更适合于分析果皮中的黄酮类和糖类及其衍生物。 DAPCI-MS具有灵敏度高、分析速度快等特点,有望成为农产品品质快速检测与产地识别研究的新方法。     

表面解吸常压化学电离质谱快速鉴别硫磺熏蒸八角

采用自行研制的表面解吸常压化学电离质谱(DAPCI-MS),无需样品预处理,对硫磺熏蒸八角和未熏八角直接进行正、负离子模式检测,获得其化学指纹图谱,并通过主成分分析(PCA)及聚类分析(CA)方法对所获指纹谱图信息进行分析,进而对不同样品进行鉴别。结果表明,在正、负离子模式下,DAPCI-MS都可对八角表面多种特征化学成分进行分析,快速获得八角的化学指纹谱图,并能够对目标组分进行多级串联质谱鉴定,结合PCA及CA方法可对八角是否经硫磺熏蒸进行快速鉴别。本方法无需样品预处理,灵敏度高,分析速度快,无污染,可望应用于市场上硫熏制品的快速鉴别。     

软电离质谱在烟草化学中的应用进展

综述了软电离质谱技术原理和特点,及其在烟草及烟气中有害成分分析测定、实时在线卷烟烟气测定、致香物质的分离与鉴定、农残测定等方面展望了其在烟草化学中的应用,主要包括化学电离质谱、电喷雾电离质谱、大气压化学电离质谱、激光解吸电离质谱、单光子电离质谱等技术(引用文献54篇)。     

表面解吸常压化学电离质谱法快速判别樟树化学型

采用表面解吸常压化学电离质谱(SDAPCI-MS)技术直接对5种化学型的樟树叶粉末片剂进行分析,获得其化学指纹谱图信息.采用主成分分析(PCA)、聚类分析(CA)和反向传输人工神经网络(BP-ANN)对谱图信息进行分析,获得各化学型樟树叶粉末片剂的特征质谱信息,进而对不同化学型样品进行判别.结果表明,在正离子模式下,SDAPCI-MS能快速获取樟树的化学指纹谱图;PCA分析中的PC1,PC2和PC3贡献率分别为79.9%,12.9%和4.2%,共计97.0%.SDAPCI-MS结合CA和BP-ANN测试样本准确率均为100%,能够快速、有效地判别出樟树化学型.     

液-质联用研究红豆杉提取物中紫杉烷类化合物

建立了一套利用反相高效液相色谱和大气压化学电离质谱联用技术分析红豆杉提取物中微量紫杉烷类化合物的方法。通过研究已知的10种紫杉烷类化合物的保留时间、质谱特征，初步建立了一个紫杉烷类化合物的数据库，利用这些数据可快速鉴定红豆杉提取物中已知的紫杉烷类化合物，并能够对未知化合物做一定程度的结构分析。这种研究方法同样对其他天然产物特别是微量成分结构分析具有指导作用。     

表面解吸常压化学电离质谱快速分析六味地黄丸

采用新型表面解吸常压化学电离(Surface Desorption Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization, SDAPCI)质谱法, 在敞开环境下, 对潮湿的空气进行电晕放电产生试剂离子, 进而在六味地黄丸表面发生解吸电离过程, 在无需复杂预处理的前提下对六味地黄丸中的待测物进行离子化, 从而获得了六味地黄丸在正负离子模式下的化学指纹图谱, 并利用主成分分析法对质谱指纹数据进行处理, 可对6个厂家生产的多个批次产品进行较好的区分. 结果表明, SDAPCI-MS技术能够快速测定六味地黄丸的剂型和生产厂家信息, 并能够对目标组分做多级串联质谱鉴定, 发现痕量目标组分. 研究方法可望应用于中成药药品生产质量控制和成品检测等领域.     

UHPLC/Q-Orbitrap-MS结合化学计量学方法研究酸枣仁入血成分

建立了一种基于超高效液相色谱-质谱联用技术结合化学计量学快速分析酸枣仁入血成分的方法。以腹腔注射对氯苯丙氨酸(PCPA)建立失眠大鼠模型,给药组连续灌胃给予酸枣仁水提物(30 g/kg)5 d后,分别收集模型组和给药组的血清样品。采用Oasis PRIME HLB 96孔板对血清样品预处理,以超高效液相色谱-静电场轨道离子阱质谱(UHPLC/Q-Orbitrap-MS)进行数据采集,最后采用主成分分析(PCA)、正交偏最小二乘判别分析(OPLS-DA)及变量投影重要性分析(VIP)筛选差异性的原型化合物及代谢产物。共鉴定和推断了20个入血成分,包括11个原型成分及9个代谢产物。研究结果为进一步深入探讨酸枣仁改善失眠的效应物质提供了基础。     

等离子体常压解吸离子源质谱

近年来,常压开源质谱解吸/离子化(ambient desorption/ionization mass spectrometry)技术的开发促进了质谱分析的蓬勃发展.作为常压开源质谱技术的一大重要分支,基于等离子体的常压质谱解吸/离子化技术因无需样品预处理、无溶剂化过程、高灵敏度、高通量、能实时在线检测样品等优点,受到了学术界及仪器制造、化学和生物分析等相关产业界的广泛关注.本文从离子源的种类、原理及应用等角度对目前我国在开源质谱领域中自主研发的基于等离子体的常压离子源的研究进展进行了总结,并对此类等离子体常压离子源的发展进行了展望,重点涉及微波等离子体源、常压微辉光放电等离子体源和解吸电晕束离子源.     

Desorption sonic spray ionization for (high) voltage-free ambient mass spectrometry

Sonic spray ionization is shown to create a supersonic cloud of charged droplets able to promote efficient desorption and ionization of drugs directly from the surfaces of commercial drug tablets at ambient conditions. Compared with desorption electrospray ionization (DESI), desorption sonic spray ionization (DeSSI) is advantageous since it uses neither heating nor high voltages at the spray capillary. DeSSI therefore provides a more friendly environment in which to perform ambient mass spectrometry (MS). DeSSI-MS is herein evaluated for the analysis of drug tablets, and found to be, in general, as sensitive as DESI-MS. The (high) voltage-free DeSSI method provides, however, cleaner mass spectra with less abundant solvent cluster ions and with enough abundant analyte signal for tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS). These features may therefore facilitate the DeSSI-MS detection of low molar mass components or impurities, or both. The higher-velocity supersonic DeSSI spray also facilitates matrix penetration thus providing more homogenous sampling and longer lasting ion signals.     

Comparison of dielectric barrier discharge, atmospheric pressure radiofrequency-driven glow discharge and direct analysis in real time sources for ambient mass spectrometry of acetaminophen

Three plasma-based ambient pressure ion sources were investigated; laboratory constructed dielectric barrier and rf glow discharges, as well as a commercial corona discharge (DART source). All were used to desorb and ionize a model analyte, providing sampling techniques for ambient mass spectrometry (MS). Experimental parameters were optimized to achive highest signal for acetaminophen as the analyte. Insight into the mechanisms of analyte desorption and ionization was obtained by means of emission spectrometry and ion current measurements. Desorption and ionization mechanisms for this analyte appear to be identical for all three plasma sources. Emission spectra differ only in the intensities of various lines and bands. Desorption of solid analyte requires transfer of thermal energy from the plasma source to sample surface, in the absence of which complete loss of MS response occurs. For acetaminophen, helium was the best plasma gas, providing 100- to 1000-fold higher analyte response than with argon or nitrogen. The same trend was also evident with background ions (protonated water clusters). MS analyte signal intensity correlates with the ion density (expressed as ion current) in the plasma plume and with emission intensity from excited state species in the plasma. These observations support an ionization process which occurs via proton transfer from protonated water clusters to analyte molecules.     

Air flow assisted ionization for remote sampling of ambient mass spectrometry and its application

Ambient ionization methods are an important research area in mass spectrometry (MS) analysis. Under ambient conditions, the gas flow and atmospheric pressure significantly affect the transfer and focusing of ions. The design and implementation of air flow assisted ionization (AFAI) as a novel and effective, remote sampling method for ambient mass spectrometry are described herein. AFAI benefits from a high extracting air flow rate. A systematic investigation of the extracting air flow in the AFAI system has been carried out, and it has been demonstrated not only that it plays a role in the effective capture and remote transport of charged droplets, but also that it promotes desolvation and ion formation, and even prevents ion fragmentation during the ionization process. Moreover, the sensitivity of remote sampling ambient MS analysis was improved significantly by the AFAI method. Highly polar and nonpolar molecules, including dyes, pharmaceutical samples, explosives, drugs of abuse, protein and volatile compounds, have been successfully analyzed using AFAI-MS. The successful application of the technique to residue detection on fingers, large object analysis and remote monitoring in real time indicates its potential for the analysis of a variety of samples, especially large objects. The ability to couple this technique with most commercially available MS instruments with an API interface further enhances its broad applicability.     

Detection of explosives on solid surfaces by thermal desorption and ambient ion/molecule reactions

A simple, fast and direct method is presented for detecting traces of solid explosives on cotton swabs or in particulate samples: ions are transferred into a mass spectrometer after thermal desorption and corona discharge chemical ionization in ambient air; specificity is enhanced using ambient ion/molecule reactions or by conventional tandem mass spectrometry.     

Spherical Sampler Probes Enhance the Robustness of Ambient Ionization Mass Spectrometry for Rapid Drugs Screening

Ambient ionization mass spectrometry has become one of the most promising approaches for rapid and high-throughput screening of small molecules in complex biological matrices for emergency medicine, forensics, and food and agriculture applications. The simple procedures for sample collection and ionization without additional pretreatment are vital in these fields. Many efforts have been devoted to modifying various ambient ionization techniques to simplify the procedures and improve the robustness and sensitivity of the methods. Here, we demonstrate the implementation of rigid spherical sampler probes to improve the robustness of touch spray ionization mass spectrometry. The sphericity of the probes increases the stability of the cone-jet mode of electrospray, reduces the requirements for fine positioning of a sampler in the ion source, and decreases the possibility of corona discharge occurrence. The utilization of spherical sampler probes allows fast, non-invasive sampling, followed by rapid analysis for various drugs of different chemical classes in complex biological matrices, such as the whole blood or sebum collected from the skin surface. The linearity of the analytical signal response from drug concentration confirms the possibility of creating a simple semiquantitative method for small molecules monitoring using spherical sampler probes.     

Data-Independent Microbial Metabolomics with Ambient Ionization Mass Spectrometry

Atmospheric ionization methods are ideally suited for prolonged MS/MS analysis. Data-independent MS/MS is a complementary technique for analysis of biological samples as compared to data-dependent analysis. Here, we pair data-independent MS/MS with the ambient ionization method nanospray desorption electrospray ionization (nanoDESI) for untargeted analysis of bacterial metabolites. Proof-of-principle data and analysis are illustrated by sampling Bacillus subtilis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa directly from Petri dishes. We found that this technique enables facile comparisons between strains via MS and MS/MS plots which can be translated to chemically informative molecular maps through MS/MS networking. The development of novel techniques to characterize microbial metabolites allows rapid and efficient analysis of metabolic exchange factors. This is motivated by our desire to develop novel techniques to explore the role of interspecies interactions in the environment, health, and disease. This is a contribution to honor Professor Catherine C. Fenselau in receiving the prestigious ASMS Award for a Distinguished Contribution in Mass Spectrometry for her pioneering work on microbial mass spectrometry.

空气动力辅助离子化质谱组织涂片分析用于胶质瘤异柠檬酸脱氢酶基因状态的快速判别

异柠檬酸脱氢酶(IDH)基因分型对于胶质瘤的精准诊疗具有重要意义。该文将组织涂片用于病理组织代谢物质谱分析的样品前处理,并采用2-羟基戊二酸与花生四烯酸质谱响应强度的比值作为胶质瘤IDH基因状态的判别指标,建立了基于空气动力辅助离子化(AFADESI)质谱技术的胶质瘤IDH基因状态快速判别分析方法。对组织涂片用于代谢物敞开式质谱分析的可行性进行考察和定量方法学验证,结果表明其具有样品分散性好、操作简单快速、代谢物覆盖度高、定量准确度好的优点。受试者工作曲线(ROC)评估显示,其用于胶质瘤IDH基因状态判别的诊断能力良好。组织涂片结合空气动力辅助离子化质谱分析用于胶质瘤IDH基因状态的快速判别有望为胶质瘤精准诊疗提供新的分析手段和技术支持。     

Thermal desorption counter‐flow introduction atmospheric pressure chemical ionization for direct mass spectrometry of ecstasy tablets

A novel approach to the analysis of ecstasy tablets by direct mass spectrometry coupled with thermal desorption (TD) and counter‐flow introduction atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (CFI‐APCI) is described. Analytes were thermally desorbed with a metal block heater and introduced to a CFI‐APCI source with ambient air by a diaphragm pump. Water in the air was sufficient to act as the reactive reagent responsible for the generation of ions in the positive corona discharge. TD‐CFI‐APCI required neither a nebulizing gas nor solvent flow and the accompanying laborious optimizations. Ions generated were sent in the direction opposite to the air flow by an electric field and introduced into an ion trap mass spectrometer. The major ions corresponding to the protonated molecules ([M + H]⁺) were observed with several fragment ions in full scan mass spectrometry (MS) mode. Collision‐induced dissociation of protonated molecules gave characteristic product‐ion mass spectra and provided identification of the analytes within 5 s. The method required neither sample pretreatment nor a chromatographic separation step. The effectiveness of the combination of TD and CFI‐APCI was demonstrated by application to the direct mass spectrometric analysis of ecstasy tablets and legal pharmaceutical products. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.