Journal
ELECTROPHORESIS
Volume 29, Issue 10, Pages 2126-2134Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/elps.200700717
Keywords
cationic surfactant; coconut water; gibberellins; mass spectrometry; partial filling-micellar electrokinetic chromatography
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In this paper, we present the results of simultaneous screening of eight gibberellins (GAs) in coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) water by MEKC directly coupled to ESI-MS detection. During the development of MEKC-MS, partial filling (PF) was used to prevent the micelles from reaching the mass spectrometer as this is detrimental to the MS signal, and a cationic surfactant, cetyltrimethylammonium hydroxide, was added to the electrolyte to reverse the EOF. On the basis of the resolution of the neighboring peaks, different parameters (i.e., the pH and concentration of buffer, surfactant concentrations, length of the injected micellar plug, organic modifier, and applied separation voltage) were optimized to achieve a satisfactory PF-MEKC separation of eight GA standards. Under optimum conditions, a baseline separation of GA standards, including GA(1), GA(3), GA(5), GA(6), GA(7), GA(9), GA(12), and GA(13), was accomplished within 25 min. Satisfactory results were obtained in terms of precision (RSD of migration time below 0.9%), sensitivity (LODs in the range of 0.8-1.9 mu M) and linearity (R-2 between 0.981 and 0.997). MS/MS with multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) detection was carried out to obtain sufficient selectivity. PF-MEKC-MS/MS allowed the direct identification and confirmation of the GAs presented in coconut water (CW) sample after SPE, while, the quantitative analysis of GAs was performed by PF-MEKC-MS approach. GA(1) and GA(3) were successfully detected and quantified in CW It is anticipated that the current PF-MEKC-MS method can be applicable to analyze GAs in a wide range of biological samples.
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