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. 2010 Apr;24(4):1249–1260. doi: 10.1096/fj.09-147124

Table 1.

Methodology details for mass-spectrometry-based analysis

Laboratory Sample vol. Sample enrichment
2 (HPLC-MS/MS) 500 μl (0.5 μl injected) SPE with Isolute® Env + SPE (Kinesis, St. Neots, UK); eluate evaporated under vacuum and reconstituted in 50 μl mobile phase
4 (HPLC-MS/MS) 50 μl (5 μl injected) None
4 (LC-GC/MS) 750 μl (500 μl injected) LC-prepurification followed by freeze-drying of collected fractions, hydrolysis in 60% formic acid, and derivatization with BSTFA
9 (UPLC-MS/MS) 40 μl Sample diluted with 0.1 M LiAc, pH 6.4 (40:60, v/v)
11 (HPLC-MS/MS) 120 μl (20 μl injected) Online SPE with ODS-3 column, 5 μm, 4.6 × 33 mm (Inertsil; GL Sciences Inc., Tokyo, Japan)
14 (GC-MS) 800 μl Sample diluted 1:10 with formic acid buffer (10% pH 2.75), SPE Oasis HLB columns (Waters); freeze-dried extract derivatized with BSTFA +1% TMCS
15 (HPLC-MS/MS) 20 μl Online SPE with ODS-3 C18 column, 5 μm, 4.6 × 50 mm (Inertsil)
16 (HPLC-MS/MS) 100 μl (10 μl injected) None
18 (HPLC-MS/MS) 50 μl (10 μl injected) SPE (Oasis HLB)

All techniques LC-MS/MS, unless indicated otherwise. Literature references for methodology are provided, where available. NH4Ac, ammonium acetate; SPE, solid phase extraction.