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. 2020 Dec 11;13(12):454. doi: 10.3390/ph13120454

Table 7.

Analytical methods for ibotenic acid and muscimol detection.

Ref. Matrix Separation Detection Qualitative/Quantitative LOD LOQ Linearity Extraction Recovery Additional Analytical Information
[199] Mushrooms GC MS Quantitative NC NC NC NC Columns: (0.75 m × 2.8 mm) OV-101 and (1.2 m × 2.8 mm) SE-30; Helium flow rate: 20 mL/min; T transfer line: 175 °C
[200] Mushrooms HPLC UV (440, 570 nm) Quantitative 30 ng NC NC NC Column: (350 mm × 2.7 mm); RT IBO: 11 min, MUS: 83 min
[188] Mushrooms HPLC UV (210 nm) Quantitative 1 ppm NC NC <98% Column: (25 mm × 4.0 mm) IRICA RP-18T; Flow rate: 0.6 mL/min; Mobile phase: H2O/ACN/MeOH (65:20:15; v/v/v) with 2.1 mM sodium dodecyl sulfate + 4 mM H3PO4, isocratic mode
[201] Mushrooms HPLC UV (230, 254 nm) Quantitative 18 µg/L IBO
0 µg/L MUS
NC 50–1000 µg/L IBO
100–3000 µg/L MUS
NC Column: (250 mm × 4.6 mm) 5 µm Spherisorb S5 ODS-2; Flow rate: 0.1 mL/min; Mobile phase: 5 mM octylammonium o-phosphate
[202] Mushrooms HPLC PDA Quantitative just of IBO NC NC NC NC Preparative column IBO: (115 mm × 13 mm) C18; Flow rate IBO: 0.5 mL/min; RT IBO: 8.2 min; Column MUS: (150 mm × 4.6) Zorbax SB-Aq; Flow rate MUS: 1.0 mL/min; RT MUS: 12.8 min; Mobile phase: H2O/ACN/MeOH (65:20:15; v/v/v) with 2.1 mM sodium dodecyl sulfate + 4 mM H3PO4, isocratic mode
HPLC UV-MS
(UV: 254 nm)
Column: (100 mm × 2.1 mm) 5 µm XTerraTM MS C18; Flow rate: 0.5 mL/min; Mobile phase: H2O/MeOH (19:1; v/v) to ACN/H2O/MeOH (18:1:1; v/v/v)
[203] Mushrooms HPLC ESI-MS/MS (triple Q)
(IBO: 159 to 113.1;159 to 42.3 m/z; MUS: 115.1 to 98.1; 115.1 to 67.2; 115.1 to 39.4 m/z)
Quantitative NC NC NC NC Column: (150 mm × 2.1 mm) 5 µm Uptisphère ODB C18; Flow rate: 0.2 mL/min; Mobile phase: 2mM ammonium formiate buffer pH 3 (A), ACN (B)
[189] Mushrooms GC MS
(SIM: IBO: 257 m/z, MUS: 243 m/z)
Quantitative IBO/MUS NC NC 10–400 ppm IBO
25–2000 ppm MUS
NC Column: (30 m × 0.25 mm) 0.25 µm DB-5 ms; Helium flow rate: 53 mL/min; T injector: 250 °C; Toven: 100 °C
[204] Mushrooms HPLC UV (256 nm) Quantitative 7.8 ppm IBO
1.4 ppm MUS
25.9 ppm IBO
4.6 ppm MUS
40–2500 ppm IBO
25–2500 ppm MUS
95.4–101.1% Column: (150 mm × 2.1 mm) 3.5 µm Symmetry C18; Flow rate: 0.2 mL/min; Mobile phase: 10 mM ammonium acetate (A), ACN (B); RT IBO: 25.92 min, MUS: 24.65 min
LC ESI-MS/MS (ion trap)
(IBO: 419 to 355; 419 to 235; 419 to 183 m/z; MUS: 347 to 317; 347 to 276; 347 to 226; 347 to 183 m/z)
Qualitative 25 ppm NA NA NA
[158] Urine HPLC ESI-MS
(Full-scan mode)
Qualitative 50 µg/L IBO
40 µg/L MUS
NC NC 15% IBO
22% MUS
Column: (150 mm × 2.0 mm) 5 µm Gemini C18; Flow rate: 0.2 mL/min; Mobile phase: 8 mmol/L heptafluorobutyric acid in H2O; RT: IBO 2.6 min, MUS 4.6 min
[176] Urine GC MS
(Full Scan: 40–400 m/z and SIM: MUS: 113 m/z; IBO: 257 m/z)
Quantitative 1 mg/L NC 1–15 mg/L 74% IBO
80% MUS
Column: (15 m × 0.25 mm) 0.25 µm HP-5MS; Helium flow rate: 1.5 mL/min; T injector: 220 °C; T transfer line: 250 °C
[186] Mushrooms LC-HILIC ESI-MS/MS (triple Q)
(IBO: 159 to 113.1 m/z; MUS: 115 to 98.1 m/z)
Quantitative <10 µg/g NC 10–500 µg/g 84.6–107% Column: (150 mm × 2.0 mm) 3 µm TSK-GEL Amide-80; Flow rate: 0.5 mL/min; Mobile phase: H2O 0.5% HCOOH (A), ACN 0.5% HCOOH (B)
[177] Serum LC-HILIC ESI-MS/MS (triple Q)
(IBO: 159 to 113.1 m/z; MUS: 115 to 98.1 m/z)
Quantitative 1 µg/L IBO
2.5 µg/L MUS
NC 10–1000 µg/L 87.9–103% Column: (150 mm × 2.0 mm) 3 µm TSK-GEL Amide-80; Flow rate: 0.5 mL/min; Mobile phase: H2O 0.5% HCOOH (A), ACN 0.5% HCOOH (B)
[187] Mushrooms Electrophoresis PDA (214 nm) Quantitative 1.5 µg/g IBO
1.8 µg/g MUS
4.6 µg/g IBO
5.4 µg/g MUS
2.5–7000 mg/L 87–95% Capillary length: 57 cm (75 µm); Running buffer: 25 mM sodium phosphate pH 3 (5:95; v/v)
[182] Urine Electrophoresis ESI-MS/MS (triple Q)
(SIM and MRM mode)
Quantitative 0.15 µg/L IBO
0.05 µg/L MUS
NC 10–1000 µg/L 92.6–95.4% Capillary length: 100 cm (50 µm); Flow rate: 0.4 mL/min; Sheath liquid: H2O/MeOH/CH3COOH (20/79.65/0.35; v/v/v)
[205] Urine NMR - Quantitative 30 mg/L IBO
3 mg/L MUS
NC 2–417 mg/L IBO
3–278 mg/L MUS
NC -
[56] Standard solution - PSI-HR-MS/MS
(IBO: 159.0397 to 113.0348 m/z MUS: 115.0504 to 98.0241 m/z)
Qualitative NA NA NA NA -

NA: not applicable; LOD: limit of detection; LOQ: limit of quantification; NC: not communicated; RT: retention time; IBO: ibotenic acid; MUS: muscimol.