Highly sensitive analysis of cyanogenic glycosides in cold-pressed flaxseed oil by employing cigarette filter fiber-based SPE coupled with ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

In this study, a highly sensitive method for analysis of 4 cyanogenic glycosides (CNGs) in cold-pressed flaxseed oil was developed by using cigarette filter fiber-based SPE and ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS). The cold-pressed flaxseed oil was diluted with 5% (v/v) isopropanol/n-hexane solution and loaded to a cigarette filters fiber-based SPE column for CNG enrichment and purification. Under optimized conditions, four CNGs could be detected with limits of detection ranging from 1.3 to 4.4 pg/mL. The linear range was 0.05-50 ng/ml with a linear correlation coefficient (r) > 0.9935. CNG recovery ranged from 113% to 133%, and the relative standard deviation was between 0.8% and 20.5%. Finally, the proposed method was applied to the determination of CNGs in nine cold-pressed flaxseed oils.

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A highly sensitive method for analysis of 4 cyanogenic glycosides (CNGs) in cold-pressed flaxseed oil was developed using cigarette filter fiber-based solid-phase extraction (SPE) and ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS). The method showed low detection limits and good recovery rates, and was successfully applied to the analysis of CNGs in nine different cold-pressed flaxseed oils.