Table 3.
Application of the method on rofecoxib (ROF) and inhibitors of soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEHi) a–g (Fig. 7). The retention times, transition used for detection by ESI(−)MS/MS, limit of detection and linear range are shown
| Compound | Retention time/mina | MS/MS transition m/z | Compound MS conditions |
Limit of detection/nM | Linear range/nM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DP/V | CE/V | |||||
| ROF | 1.488 | 313/285 | −65 | −24 | 0.3 | 1–1000 |
| sEHi a | 1.595 | 380/176 | −100 | −24 | 0.01 | 0.03–300 |
| sEHi b | 1.743 | 394/176 | −100 | −22 | n.d.b (I.S) | n.d.b (I.S) |
| sEHi c | 1.360 | 344/176 | −95 | −20 | 0.1 | 0.3–300 |
| sEHi d | 1.300 | 308/126 | −85 | −20 | 0.01 | 0.03–300 |
| sEHi e | 1.735 | 437/260 | −95 | −22 | 0.1 | 0.3–1000 |
| sEHi f | 1.823 | 411/137 | −115 | −34 | 0.3 | 1–1000 |
| sEHi g | 1.955 | 339/214 | −70 | −34 | 1 | 3–1000 |
RSD < 0.5%.
n.d. = not determined (I.S. compound).