Table 1.
Calibration curves, R2 values, limits of detection (LODs), and limits of quantification (LOQs) of seven MCs spiked into wild-type and Leprdb/J mouse liver samples and extracted using the optimized protocol.
| MC Congener | LOD* (ng/g) | LOQ (ng/g) | Wild-type Calibration Curves | Leprdb/J Calibration Curves | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equation | R² | Equation | R² | |||
| MC-LR | 0.08 | 0.25 | y = 0.7133x + 0.0013 | 0.997 | y = 1.2856x + 0.1187 | 0.995 |
| MC-RR | 0.15 | 0.50 | y = 1.7273x − 0.0625 | 0.997 | y = 2.0529x − 0.0126 | 0.995 |
| MC-YR | 0.15 | 0.50 | y = 0.5487x + 0.0247 | 0.999 | y = 0.5702x + 0.0057 | 0.998 |
| MC-LA | 0.23 | 0.75 | y = 1.2411x − 0.0357 | 0.995 | y = 0.9152x + 0.0077 | 0.997 |
| MC-LF | 0.75 | 2.50 | y = 0.4632x − 0.1415 | 0.993 | y = 0.4404x − 0.0193 | 0.994 |
| MC-LW | 0.75 | 2.50 | y = 0.5882x − 0.0726 | 0.999 | y = 0.4380x − 0.0005 | 0.999 |
| MC-LR-Cys | 0.23 | 0.75 | y = 1.4500x − 0.1208 | 0.997 | y = 2.4115x − 0.0030 | 0.999 |
*LOD estimated from three tenths of the LOQ.