Abstract
Advances in analytical instrumentation can provide significant advantages to the volume and quality of biological knowledge acquired in metabolomic investigations. The interfacing of sub-2 μm liquid chromatography (UPLC ACQUITY®) and LTQ-Orbitrap mass spectrometry systems provides many theoretical advantages. The applicability of the interfaced systems was investigated using a simple 11-component metabolite mix and a complex mammalian biofluid, serum. Metabolites were detected in the metabolite mix with signals that were linear with their concentration over 2.5-3.5 orders of magnitude, with correlation coefficients greater than 0.993 and limits of detection less than 1 μmol L-1. Reproducibility of retention time (RSD <3%) and chromatographic peak area (RSD <15%) and a high mass accuracy (
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 288-298 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Journal of Chromatography B: Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences |
Volume | 871 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 Aug 2008 |
Keywords
- Metabolic profiling
- Orbitrap
- Pre-eclampsia
- UPLC
- UPLC-MS
- XCMS