Hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry method for quantification of five phospholipid classes in various matrices

12 December 2022, Version 1
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Abstract

Hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC), coupled to tandem mass spectrometry, can be used to separate and determine various polar lipid classes. The development of an HILIC chromatographic separation of several molecular species among five phospholipid classes (PC, PE, PG, PI and PS) is reported here. In this method, a gradient with acetonitrile and 40 mM ammonium acetate buffer was employed. The initial composition was 95 % of acetonitrile, then this proportion was decreased to 70 % in order to elute all the compounds of interest for a total running time of 11 mins. Furthermore, mobile phase pH can affect the ionizable character of the compounds, according to their pKa values, and also the stationary phase charge state. The influence of such a parameter on both retention times and resolution was evaluated. Besides, the response of different kinds of internal standards (post-extraction standard addition) was evaluated in four different biological matrices, two microalgae extracts and two marine fish extracts. This study found that the recovery rates were between 70-140 % of the expected value, with relative standard deviations between 10 and 35 %, and then limited matrix effects.

Keywords

Phospholipids
HILIC
HPCL-ESI-MS/MS
mobile phase pH
Chromatography

Supplementary materials

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MRM transitions
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MRM transitions for HILIC-ESI-MS/MS phospholipid analysis
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