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Potential of atmospheric pressure ionization sources for the analysis of free fatty acids in clinical and biological samples by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

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ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
卷 414, 期 22, 页码 6621-6634

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SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-022-04223-z

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Non-esterified fatty acids; Fatty acids; Gas chromatography; Pentafluorobenzyl bromide; Systems biology; Lipidomics

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  1. VolkswagenStiftung

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Due to the importance of fatty acids in biological systems, accurate quantification is still crucial. A novel GC-MS method using pentafluorobenzyl bromide as a derivatization agent was developed and characterized, and different ionization techniques were compared. The GC-APCI-MS method showed the lowest limits of detection and a similar response for various fatty acids, reducing the need for internal standards and labor-intensive sample pretreatment.
Because of the central role of fatty acids in biological systems, their accurate quantification is still important. However, the impact of the complex matrix of biologically and clinically relevant samples such as plasma, serum, or cells makes the analysis still challenging, especially, when free non-esterified fatty acids have to be quantified. Here we developed and characterized a novel GC-MS method using pentafluorobenzyl bromide as a derivatization agent and compared different ionization techniques such as atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI), atmospheric pressure chemical photoionization (APPI), and negative ion chemical ionization (NICI). The GC-APCI-MS showed the lowest limits of detection from 30 to 300 nM for a broad range of fatty acids and a similar response for various fatty acids from a chain length of 10 to 20 carbon atoms. This allows the number of internal standards necessary for accurate quantification to be reduced. Moreover, the use of pentafluorobenzyl bromide allows the direct derivatization of free fatty acids making them accessible for GC-MS analysis without labor-intense sample pretreatment.

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