Simultaneous Determination of Six Free Fatty Acids in the Alcohol Extract of Tie Bang Chui with Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

A GC-MS method was developed for the determination of free fatty acids (FFAs) in the alcohol extract of Tie Bang Chui. Six major types of FFAs were identified. All the six FFAs identified in alcohol extract were quantified with nonadecanoic acid as an internal standard. The results showed that the alcohol extract was abundant in three types of FFAs, linoleic acid (38.14%, 8.49 ± 0.22 mg/g) was the predominant fatty acid, followed by palmitic acid and oleic acid, unsaturated FFAs amounted to 71.35% of the total FFA content, and there was no trans FFA present.     

Analysis of volatile sesquiterpenoids in environmental and geological samples

In order to evaluate vloatile compounds, especiallly sesquiter-penoids, in environmental and geological samples a method was penoids, in environmental and geological samples a method was required to characterize these components when they occur at low concentrations. After fractionation of the total sample extracts by TLC the aliphatic fractions were analyzed by HRGC AND THE kovats indices of all resolved peaks were calculated and comkpared with indices of all resolved peaks were calculated and compared with those obtained for commercial standards. As final step, the fractions were analyzed by HRGC-MS and structures confirmed by comparison of their mass spectra with those of certified sesuiterpene standards. Additionally sesquiterpenoids present in the dissolved phase in water samples were concentrated by solid phase extraction using XAD-2 resin. In this initial study, recovery tests with the resin were carried out in order to evaluate its performance rather than validating the methodology.     

Phytochemical,Antimicrobial, Antidiabetic,Thrombolytic, anticancer Activities,and in silico studies of Ficus palmata Forssk

Ficus palmata Forssk. (Moraceae family) is medicinally valuable plant that is mostly used as folk medicine for the treatment of different diseases. Phytochemical composition was evaluated by preliminary phytochemical investigation, GCMS analysis, and total bioactive contents (TPC and TFC). The antioxidant, enzyme inhibition, antimicrobial, thrombolytic and anticancer activities were performed for biological evaluation. The extract exhibited the maximum total phenolic (49.24 ± 1.21 mg GAE/g) and total flavonoid contents (29.9 ± 1.13 mg QE/g) which may be correlated to higher antioxidant potential of extract. The GCMS investigation identified the presence of 27 phytocompounds of different classes related to aldehydes, esters of fatty acids, triterpenes, steroids, triterpenoid. The extract possessed the strong α-glucosidase (73.4 ± 4.65 %) and moderate α-amylase inhibition activity (47.1 ± 3.29 %). Significant results were observed in case of antiviral, antifungal, and antibacterial activities. F. palmata extract inhibited the growth of HepG2 cancer cells in a dose-dependent manner. The extract also exhibited moderate in vitro thrombolytic activity. In addition, the phytocompounds identified by GCMS were subjected to in silico molecular docking studies to analyze the binding affinity between phytocompounds and enzymes (α-glucosidase and α-amylase). Moreover, the best docked compounds were selected for ADMET studies which provide information about pharmacokinetics, physicochemical properties, drug-likeness, and toxicity of identified phytocompounds. The outcome of our research revealed that ethanolic extract of F. palmata possessed good antidiabetic, antimicrobial, thrombolytic and anticancer potential. This plant should be further explored to isolate the bioactive compounds for new drug development.     

Simultaneous determination of cotinine and trans‐3‐hydroxycotinine in urine by automated solid‐phase extraction using gas chromatography–mass spectrometry

A gas chromatography–mass spectrometry method was developed and validated for the simultaneous automated solid‐phase extraction and quantification of cotinine and trans‐3‐hydroxycotinine in human urine. Good linearity was observed over the concentration ranges studied (R² > 0.99). The limit of quantification was 10 ng/mL for both analytes. The limits of detection were 0.06 ng/mL for cotinine (COT) and 0.02 ng/mL for trans‐3‐hydroxycotinine (OH‐COT). Accuracy for COT ranged from 0.98 to 5.28% and the precision ranged from 1.24 to 8.78%. Accuracy for OH‐COT ranged from ?2.66 to 3.72% and the precision ranged from 3.15 to 7.07%. Mean recoveries for cotinine and trans‐3‐hydroxycotinine ranged from 77.7 to 89.1%, and from 75.4 to 90.2%, respectively. This analytical method for the simultaneous measurement of cotinine and trans‐3‐hydroxycotinine in urine will be used to monitor tobacco smoking in pregnant women and will permit the usefulness of trans‐3‐hydroxycotinine as a specific biomarker of tobacco exposure to be determined. © 2014 The Authors. Biomedical Chromatography published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.     

药物泰瑞沙的质谱分析及其未知杂质的结构解析

利用气相色谱-质谱法在电子电离源下对用于治疗肺癌的药物泰瑞沙(Tagrisso)进行分析,对主成分奥斯替尼(Osimertinib)在质谱中产生的主要的碎片离子进行归属,推测其可能的质谱裂解途径。参考主成分奥斯替尼的质谱裂解方式,由质谱裂解机理的角度出发对该药物中的4个未知的关键杂质的结构进行有效解析。此外,发现奥斯替尼及其个别杂质在质谱裂解过程中出现了显著的违背偶电子规则的碎片离子。通过对药物泰瑞沙的质谱分析期望能够提供一些分析、解析药物中未知杂质的思路和方法。     

GC-MS法用于苯二甲酸酐催化氯化过程的研究

将ＧＣ－ＭＳ用于以氯磺酸为介质（在Ｆｅ和Ｉ２存在的情况下）苯二甲酸酐催化氯化合成四氯苯酐的反应过程研究,对反应物中间体产物（一,二,三氯苯二甲酸酐及异构体）进行了定性和相对百分含量分析,找出了提高收率的最佳工艺条件。     

Design of experiments and detailed uncertainty analysis to develop and validate a solid-phase microextraction/gas chromatography–mass spectrometry method for the simultaneous analysis of 16 pesticides in water

A solid-phase microextraction (SPME)/gas chromatography (GC)–mass spectrometry (MS) multiresidue analytical method was developed for 16 pesticides presenting different physicochemical properties including diphenyl ether, triazine, ureas, acetamides, benzofuran, thiocarbamate, pyridine carboxamides, chloronitrile, piperedine, and azoles. Optimization was achieved by means of the design of experiments methodology. Extraction temperature, extraction time, desorption temperature, and NaCl addition were the factors exhibiting the most significant effects on pesticide extraction. Validation was carried out through model adequacy and specificity tests, limits of quantification and detection determination, and full uncertainty assessment on the whole analytical method. Good first- and second-order model adequacy was found for pesticide calibration. LOQs were in the 0.05–0.5 μg L⁻¹ range and specificity recoveries varied from 75% to 140%. These results were considered acceptable for our research purposes on highly concentrated agricultural flows. Uncertainty calculations accounted for several steps: standard preparation, calibration model selection, and use. On average, real sample concentration uncertainties were lower than 10%, indicating that the analytical method performed very well. Its application to 61 real water samples confirmed the presence of some pesticide concentrations in relation to farmer use, whereas other molecules were usually either not detected or not quantified.     

Development of Validated Method Using QuEChERS Technique for Organochlorine Pesticide Residues in Vegetable

A simple method was evaluated for the determination of 18 pesticide residues (alpha-BHC, betha-BHC, gamma-BHC, delta-BHC, Heptachlor, Aldrin, α-Endosulfan, DDE, Dieldrin, Endrin , β-Endosulfan, DDD, Endrin Aldehid, Endosulfan Sulfat, DDT, Endrin Keton and Metoxychlor) in lettuce where pesticide residues were extracted and cleaned using a buffered QuEChERS (Quick, Easy, Cheap, Effective, Rugged and Safe) method, followed by GC-MS analysis. This extraction method involves first mixing the sample with acetonitrile and permit the salt out liquid-liquid partitioning step using anhydrous MgSO₄ and sodium acetate. After shaking and centrifugation, cleanup is done by dispersive solid phase extraction (d-SPE) using 150 mg of anhydrous MgSO₄, 150 mg of PSA, and 50 mg of C-18 per milliiter of extract. The optimized analytical conditions were evaluated in terms of recoveries, repeatability, limits of quantitation and matrix effects for lettuce sample. Use of matrix matched standards provided acceptable results for most pesticides with overall average recoveries between 70 and 120% and consistent RSD < 15% for organochlorine pesticides.     

Improved peak selection strategy for automatically determining minute compositional changes in fuels by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

During the development of automated computational methods to detect minute compositional changes in fuels, it became apparent that peak selection through the spectral deconvolution of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) data is limited by the complexity and noise levels inherent in the data. Specifically, current techniques are not capable of detecting minute, chemically relevant compositional differences with sufficient sensitivity. Therefore, an alternative peak selection strategy was developed based on spectral interpretation through interval-oriented parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC). It will be shown that this strategy outperforms the deconvolution-based peak selection strategy as well as two control strategies. Successful application of the PARAFAC-based method to detect minute chemical changes produced during microbiological growth in four different inoculated diesel fuels will be discussed.     

High-precision quadruple isotope dilution method for simultaneous determination of nitrite and nitrate in seawater by GCMS after derivatization with triethyloxonium tetrafluoroborate

Quadruple isotope dilution mass spectrometry (ID⁴MS) has been applied for simultaneous determination of nitrite and nitrate in seawater. ID⁴MS allows high-precision measurements and entails the use of isotopic internal standards (¹⁸O-nitrite and ¹⁵N-nitrate). We include a tutorial on ID⁴MS outlining optimal experimental design which generates results with low uncertainties and obviates the need for direct (separate) evaluation of the procedural blank. Nitrite and nitrate detection was achieved using a headspace GCMS procedure based on single-step aqueous derivatization with triethyloxonium tetrafluoroborate at room temperature. In this paper the sample preparation was revised and fundamental aspects of this chemistry are presented. The proposed method has detection limits in the low parts-per-billion for both analytes, is reliable, precise, and has been validated using a seawater certified reference material (MOOS-2). Simplicity of the experimental design, low detection limits, and the use of quadruple isotope dilution makes the present method superior to the state-of-the-art for determination of nitrite and nitrate, and an ideal candidate for reference measurements of these analytes in seawater.