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ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
卷 397, 期 6, 页码 2245-2252出版社
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-010-3727-3
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Anatoxin-a; Cyanotoxins; Water analysis; LC-ESI-MS/MS; Isotope-labelled internal standard; Porous graphitic carbon SPE
Anatoxin-a is a potent alkaloid neurotoxin produced by a number of cyanobacterial species and released in freshwaters during cyanobacterial blooms. Its high toxicity is responsible for several incidents of lethal intoxications of birds and mammals around the world; therefore anatoxin-a has to be regarded as a health risk and its concentration in lakes and water reservoirs should be monitored. Phenylalanine is a natural amino acid, also present in freshwaters, isobaric to anatoxin-a, with a very similar fragmentation pattern and LC retention. Since misidentification of phenylalanine as anatoxin-a has been reported in forensic investigations, special care must be taken in order to selectively determine traces of anatoxin-a in the presence of naturally occurring phenylalanine. A fast LC tandem MS method was developed by using a 1.8 mu m 50 x 2.1 mm C18 column for the separation of anatoxin-a and phenylalanine, achieving a 3-min analysis time. Isotopically labelled phenylalanine-d(5) was employed as internal standard to compensate for electrospray ion suppression and sample preconcentration losses. Both compounds were preconcentrated 1,000-fold on a porous graphitic carbon solid-phase extraction (SPE) cartridge after adjustment of sample pH to 10.5. The method was validated by using lake water spiked at four different levels from 0.01 to 1 mu g L-1. Anatoxin-a recovery ranged from 73 to 97%, intra-day precision (RSD%) ranged from 4.2 to 5.9, while inter-day precision (RSD%) ranged from 4.2 to 9.1%. Limits of detection and quantification were 0.65 and 1.96 ng L-1 respectively. The method was successfully applied for the detection of anatoxin-a in Greek lakes at concentrations ranging from less than 0.6 to 9.1 ng L-1.
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