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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Inherit Metab Dis. 2023 Feb 2;46(2):194–205. doi: 10.1002/jimd.12591

Table 1. Analytes included in the 121-plex targeted metabolomics panel.

The multiplex panel includes first-tier screening markers, additional organic acids, acylcarnitines and acylglycines, and uncharacterized isobars. First-tier screening markers are defined as those included in our California Newborn Screening dataset.

First-tier newborn screening markers and their isomers (n=45)

Alanine C0 (free carnitine) C10
Arginine C2 C10:1
Citrulline C3 C12
Glycine C3DC C12:1
Isoleucine/Alloisoleucine C4 C14
Leucine C4DC (Methylmalonylcarnitine) C14:1
Methionine C4DC (Succinylcarnitine) C14:2
Ornithine C5 (Isovaleryl/Valerylcarnitine) C14-OH
Phenylalanine C5 (Pivaloyl/2-methylbutyrylcarnitine) C16
Proline C5:1 C16:1
Pyroglutamic acid C5DC C16-OH
Succinylacetone C5-OH C18
Tyrosine C6 C18:1
Valine C8 C18:1-OH
C8:1 C18-OH
C18:2

Additional analytes (n=52)

2-aminobutyric acid C6-OH Methylmalonic acid
2-hydroxy-3-methylbutanoic acid Creatine Methylsuccinic/ethylmalonic acid
2-hydroxyglutaric acid Dimethylglycine Octadecanedioic acid
2-hydroxy-methylbutyric acid Dodecanedioic acid Orotic acid
2-methylbutyrylglycine Glutamic acid Propionylglycine
3-hydroxy-2-methylbutanoic acid Glutamine Sebacic acid
3-hydroxyglutaric acid Glutaric acid Serine
3-hydroxyisovaleric acid Guanidinoacetic acid Suberic acid
3-hydroxypropionic acid Hexadecanedioic acid Suberylglycine
3-methylcrotonylglycine Hexanoylglycine Succinic acid
3-methylglutaconic acid Histidine Sulfocysteine
Acetoacetic acid Homocitrulline Tetradecanedioic acid
Adipic acid Homocysteine Threonine
Asparagine Homocystine Tryptophan
Aspartic acid Hydroxyproline Uridine
Butyryl/Isobutyrylglycine Lactic acid Valeryl/Isovaleryl/Methylbutyrylglycine
C14:1-OH Lysine
C16:1-OH Methylcitric acid

Uncharacterized ion features (isobaric to) (n=24)

0.34_269/136 (homocystine) 1.72_414.4/85 (C16:1-OH) 1.91_384.3/85 (C14:2-OH)
1.3_276.2/85 (C5DC) 1.75_384.3/85 (C14:2-OH) 2.0_386.3/85 (C14:1-OH)
1.52_262.2/85 (C5-OH) 1.75_442.3/85 (C18:1-OH) 2.03_428.4/85 (C18)
1.54_386.3/85 (C14:1-OH) 1.78_416.4/85 (C16-OH) 2.1_370.4/85 (C14:1)
1.59_444.4/85 (C18-OH) 1.79_444.4/85 (C18-OH) 2.1_386.3/85 (C14:1-OH)
1.65_384.3/85 (C14:2-OH) 1.8_288.3/85 (C8) 2.1_414.4/85 (C16:1-OH)
1.66_386.3/85 (C14:1-OH) 1.8_442.3/85 (C18:1-OH) 2.18_414.4/85 (C16:1-OH)
1.69_388.4/85 (C14-OH) 1.86_444.4/85 (C18-OH) 2.26_424.4/85 (C18:2)