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. 2021 Apr 26;11(5):270. doi: 10.3390/metabo11050270

Table 1.

Results of basic validation.

Intraday Interday Operator Autosampler Stability Recovery Carryover
QC-L
QC-M QC-H
5 Injections of One Sample Set Independent Preparations on 6 Days 10 Preparations on One Day 24 h in Between Injections Ratio Peak Area
Pre-/Post
Extraction (%)
Ratio Peak Area
Blank/
LLOQ
(%)
Exp. Conc (µM) Mean (µM) Accuracy (%) Precision (%CV) Mean (µM) Accuracy (%) Precision (%CV) Mean (µM) Accuracy (%) Precision (%CV) Ratio Conc. d1/d0 (%)
Itaconate 0.3 0.3 102.7 2.6 0.3 101.1 3.0 0.3 106.4 4.6 96.4 100.1
3 3.1 102.6 1.0 3.1 104.2 4.7 3.1 103.4 2.3 99.7 101.4
80 87.1 108.8 1.4 86.2 107.7 3.8 84.3 105.4 1.9 100.2 105.2 3.8 ± 5.1
Citraconate 0.15 0.2 100.7 4.0 0.2 100.7 6.7 0.2 114.5 4.6 90.5 103.8
3 3.1 102.9 2.4 3.1 103.7 5.2 3.0 101.0 2.8 102.3 101.0
40 44.0 110.0 1.2 43.4 108.4 3.8 42.9 107.2 2.1 98.2 106.3 5.1 ± 6.5
Mesaconate 0.3 0.3 107.7 1.8 0.3 104.1 4.9 0.3 105.4 7.0 95.2 99.2
3 3.1 104.9 2.6 3.2 105.4 4.8 3.1 102.9 1.5 97.9 101.7
80 86.9 108.7 1.4 86.1 107.6 3.4 85.2 106.5 2.1 99.0 106.1 4.5 ± 6.7
4-Octyl-Itaconate 0.03 0.03 110.9 2.2 0.03 107.9 12.2 0.04 119.3 6.8 96.6 88.8
0.3 0.3 90.5 2.3 0.3 95.4 10.6 0.3 99.0 2.3 96.1 114.9
2 2.3 112.7 1.9 2.3 113.8 5.2 2.1 107.1 3.0 97.3 170.4 21.8 ± 5.2
cis-Aconitate 0.15 0.2 100.5 1.3 0.1 99.9 4.8 0.1 98.1 4.1 102.6 99.3
3 3.1 102.5 0.9 3.1 102.8 4.0 3.0 101.5 2.0 98.8 101.3
40 43.7 109.2 1.6 43.5 108.8 2.9 42.5 106.3 1.4 99.3 109.2 3.3 ± 5
Citrate 1.2 1.3 105.3 0.8 1.3 105.4 1.1 1.3 104.8 3.8 101.3 94.9
6 6.4 106.2 1.3 6.4 106.0 2.0 6.2 103.5 1.0 101.0 97.2
20 22.0 109.9 2.1 21.8 108.9 3.8 20.9 104.7 1.4 99.8 104.4 0.2 ± 0.2
Fumarate 5 5.5 109.3 2.4 5.4 107.3 2.7 5.3 107.0 2.0 100.0 97.6
12 13.0 108.0 2.4 13.1 108.9 2.4 12.6 105.1 1.3 102.9 100.8
40 45.1 112.8 1.9 45.8 114.4 3.3 43.2 107.9 1.4 98.8 108.4 0.5 ± 1
Isocitrate 0.6 0.6 99.9 2.2 0.6 101.9 3.3 0.6 102.5 3.5 99.1 98.4
6 6.2 103.8 1.7 6.4 106.6 2.8 6.5 109.0 1.6 98.3 101.4
40 40.9 102.3 2.2 42.1 105.2 4.8 43.2 107.9 2.5 97.3 112.1 15.6 ± 11.3
Lactate 50 54.5 109.0 2.6 55.6 111.2 6.2 55.0 109.9 5.9 97.3 103.0
150 160.6 107.1 1.5 159.8 106.6 4.9 161.6 107.7 3.4 99.4 100.5
400 449.2 112.3 2.7 436.8 109.2 5.5 427.5 106.9 2.0 100.8 103.9 2.1 ± 1.3
Malate 0.6 0.7 109.8 3.8 0.7 110.4 4.1 0.7 116.6 3.9 97.9 99.8
6 6.4 107.5 2.1 6.6 109.3 3.2 6.7 111.5 2.0 98.3 102.5
40 41.4 103.4 2.0 42.0 104.9 4.9 43.0 107.5 2.3 99.7 110.7 18.8 ± 12.8
Succinate 5 4.6 92.5 1.4 4.4 87.6 7.0 3.9 78.5 2.7 98.6 99.1
12 11.3 94.2 2.0 10.8 90.0 6.1 9.3 77.6 1.7 102.2 101.5
40 41.2 103.0 1.7 39.7 99.2 6.6 35.3 88.3 1.9 97.8 106.5 13 ± 4.7

Deviations > 10% are underlined once; deviations > 15%, which do not meet FDA recommendations, are underlined twice.