As a new technology of analyzing crude oils, comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography cou- pled with time-of-flight mass spectrometry （GCxGC- TOFMS） has received much research attention. Here we present a ca...As a new technology of analyzing crude oils, comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography cou- pled with time-of-flight mass spectrometry （GCxGC- TOFMS） has received much research attention. Here we present a case study in the Junggar Basin of NW China. Results show that the hydrocarbons, including saturates and aromatics, were all well-separated without large co- elution, which cannot be realized by conventional one-dimensional GC-MS. The GC×GC technique is especially effective for analyzing aromatics and low-to-middle- molecular-weight hydrocarbons, such as diamondoids. The geochemical characteristics of crude oils in the study area were investigated through geochemical parameters extracted by GC×GC-TOFMS, improving upon the understanding obtained by GC-MS. Thus, the work here represents a new successful application of GC×GC- TOFMS, showing its broad usefulness in petroleum geochemistry.展开更多
Marijuana use as well as abuse is a significant public health and public safety concern in the United States and using hair to identify marijuana users and abusers has been gaining acceptance in a number of venues inc...Marijuana use as well as abuse is a significant public health and public safety concern in the United States and using hair to identify marijuana users and abusers has been gaining acceptance in a number of venues including workplace, court ordered, and substance abuse treatment monitoring. After the presentation of a fully validated 2-dimensional gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method for the detection of 11-nor-9-carboxy-Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THCA), the chief metabolite of the main psychoactive compound in marijuana, Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), we evaluated the usefulness of fingernail clippings as an alternative specimen type to hair by the analysis of a set of 60 matched pairs of head hair and fingernail clippings. The limit of detection was 10 fg/mg, the limit of quantitation was 20 fg/mg, and the assay was linear from 20 fg/mg to 500 fg/mg. The intra- and inter-assay imprecision and bias studies at 4 different concentrations (50, 100, 500, and 1000 fg/mg) were acceptable where all % Target observations were within 16% of their expected concentrations and all %CV calculations were less than 13.5%. THCA was detectable in more fingernail specimens (53.3%) than hair specimens (46.7%) and the mean concentrations in nails were on average 4.9 times higher than in hair (1813 fg/mg and 364 fg/mg, respectively). The THCA concentrations in hair and nail were strongly associated (r = 0.974, P < 0.01, n = 60) and the association was significant. The study demonstrated that fingernail clippings are a suitable alternative specimen type to hair to monitor for marijuana use and abuse.展开更多
A fast and sensitive method for determination of 8 diuretics (acetazolamide, bendroflumethiazide, bumetanide, chlorthalidone, furosemide, hydrochlorothiazide, metolazone, triamterene) and masking agent (probenecid) in...A fast and sensitive method for determination of 8 diuretics (acetazolamide, bendroflumethiazide, bumetanide, chlorthalidone, furosemide, hydrochlorothiazide, metolazone, triamterene) and masking agent (probenecid) in human urine using gas-chromatography with mass spectrometric detection is described. The extraction of the substances as function of the nature of organic solvent, mixing time and pH of aqueous phase was studied. The tandem mass spectrometry was used to increase selectivity of diuretics determination due to elimination of background interferences. Fragmentation reactions were studied for each compound and their collision energies were optimized to obtain the best selectivity. The results of method’s validation demonstrate its suitability in routine analysis for confirmation purposes.展开更多
为了揭示青花菜花球表面蜡粉代谢物的成分差异,以青花菜蜡粉缺失突变体和野生型为试材,基于气相色谱-质谱(gas chromatography tandem time-of-flight mass spectrometry,GC-TOF-MS)联用技术的非靶向代谢组学,对青花菜蜡粉缺失突变体和...为了揭示青花菜花球表面蜡粉代谢物的成分差异,以青花菜蜡粉缺失突变体和野生型为试材,基于气相色谱-质谱(gas chromatography tandem time-of-flight mass spectrometry,GC-TOF-MS)联用技术的非靶向代谢组学,对青花菜蜡粉缺失突变体和野生型的花球主要代谢通路及其产物进行深入分析,并采用单变量和多元变量统计分析及数据库注释筛选差异显著的代谢物。结果表明,青花菜花蕾蜡粉中共检测出显著差异代谢物24种,包括14种氨基酸类、4种有机酸类、1种脂肪酸类、1种胺类、1种糖类和3种其他类次生代谢物;其中,下调的有18种,包括了13种氨基酸类。综合富集分析和拓扑分析获得11条重要性凸显的代谢通路,其中差异最显著的代谢通路是氨基酸的生物合成,其次是次生代谢物的生物合成;而重要性最大的是色氨酸代谢。推测青花菜蜡粉缺失可以通过调节色氨酸代谢、次生代谢物生物合成以及氨基酸生物合成等途径,调节青花菜花蕾中氨基酸类和有机酸类等次生代谢产物的物质含量,进而调控花球的生长、营养品质以及耐寒性。展开更多
为研究兽药残留高通量检测方法,使用超高效液相色谱-四极杆飞行时间串联质谱(ultra performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole time of flight tandem mass spectrometry,UPLC-Q-TOF-MS/MS)对畜禽基质样品以及21种兽药标准品进行检...为研究兽药残留高通量检测方法,使用超高效液相色谱-四极杆飞行时间串联质谱(ultra performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole time of flight tandem mass spectrometry,UPLC-Q-TOF-MS/MS)对畜禽基质样品以及21种兽药标准品进行检测,得到各兽药标准品的保留时间和特征碎片离子质谱图等信息,获得各目标化合物的线性方程、相关系数、线性范围以及测定底限。利用GNPS(global natural products social molecular networking)网站进一步探究了兽药的二级质谱裂解规律,对化合物进行结构解析和确证,发现同一种类的兽药分子裂解规律存在相似性,可以借助兽药分子的二级质谱裂解碎片实现畜禽肉中兽药残留的快速高通量筛查。基于UPLC-Q-TOF-MS/MS及GNPS分子网络技术,在24个猪肉、鱼肉样品中检出10种抗生素阳性,其中有3种不包含在已建立的兽药标准品信息库中。结果表明,相比于常规检测方法,UPLC-Q-TOF-MS/MS结合GNPS分子网络技术可以快速、简便地实现畜禽肉中兽药残留检测,且能发现未知兽药。展开更多
基金funded by the Major State Basic Research Development Program of China(973 project,Grant No.2012CB214803)National Science and Technology Major Project of China(Grant No. 2016ZX05003-005)National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.41322017 and 41472100)
文摘As a new technology of analyzing crude oils, comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography cou- pled with time-of-flight mass spectrometry （GCxGC- TOFMS） has received much research attention. Here we present a case study in the Junggar Basin of NW China. Results show that the hydrocarbons, including saturates and aromatics, were all well-separated without large co- elution, which cannot be realized by conventional one-dimensional GC-MS. The GC×GC technique is especially effective for analyzing aromatics and low-to-middle- molecular-weight hydrocarbons, such as diamondoids. The geochemical characteristics of crude oils in the study area were investigated through geochemical parameters extracted by GC×GC-TOFMS, improving upon the understanding obtained by GC-MS. Thus, the work here represents a new successful application of GC×GC- TOFMS, showing its broad usefulness in petroleum geochemistry.
文摘Marijuana use as well as abuse is a significant public health and public safety concern in the United States and using hair to identify marijuana users and abusers has been gaining acceptance in a number of venues including workplace, court ordered, and substance abuse treatment monitoring. After the presentation of a fully validated 2-dimensional gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method for the detection of 11-nor-9-carboxy-Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THCA), the chief metabolite of the main psychoactive compound in marijuana, Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), we evaluated the usefulness of fingernail clippings as an alternative specimen type to hair by the analysis of a set of 60 matched pairs of head hair and fingernail clippings. The limit of detection was 10 fg/mg, the limit of quantitation was 20 fg/mg, and the assay was linear from 20 fg/mg to 500 fg/mg. The intra- and inter-assay imprecision and bias studies at 4 different concentrations (50, 100, 500, and 1000 fg/mg) were acceptable where all % Target observations were within 16% of their expected concentrations and all %CV calculations were less than 13.5%. THCA was detectable in more fingernail specimens (53.3%) than hair specimens (46.7%) and the mean concentrations in nails were on average 4.9 times higher than in hair (1813 fg/mg and 364 fg/mg, respectively). The THCA concentrations in hair and nail were strongly associated (r = 0.974, P < 0.01, n = 60) and the association was significant. The study demonstrated that fingernail clippings are a suitable alternative specimen type to hair to monitor for marijuana use and abuse.
文摘A fast and sensitive method for determination of 8 diuretics (acetazolamide, bendroflumethiazide, bumetanide, chlorthalidone, furosemide, hydrochlorothiazide, metolazone, triamterene) and masking agent (probenecid) in human urine using gas-chromatography with mass spectrometric detection is described. The extraction of the substances as function of the nature of organic solvent, mixing time and pH of aqueous phase was studied. The tandem mass spectrometry was used to increase selectivity of diuretics determination due to elimination of background interferences. Fragmentation reactions were studied for each compound and their collision energies were optimized to obtain the best selectivity. The results of method’s validation demonstrate its suitability in routine analysis for confirmation purposes.
文摘为了揭示青花菜花球表面蜡粉代谢物的成分差异,以青花菜蜡粉缺失突变体和野生型为试材,基于气相色谱-质谱(gas chromatography tandem time-of-flight mass spectrometry,GC-TOF-MS)联用技术的非靶向代谢组学,对青花菜蜡粉缺失突变体和野生型的花球主要代谢通路及其产物进行深入分析,并采用单变量和多元变量统计分析及数据库注释筛选差异显著的代谢物。结果表明,青花菜花蕾蜡粉中共检测出显著差异代谢物24种,包括14种氨基酸类、4种有机酸类、1种脂肪酸类、1种胺类、1种糖类和3种其他类次生代谢物;其中,下调的有18种,包括了13种氨基酸类。综合富集分析和拓扑分析获得11条重要性凸显的代谢通路,其中差异最显著的代谢通路是氨基酸的生物合成,其次是次生代谢物的生物合成;而重要性最大的是色氨酸代谢。推测青花菜蜡粉缺失可以通过调节色氨酸代谢、次生代谢物生物合成以及氨基酸生物合成等途径,调节青花菜花蕾中氨基酸类和有机酸类等次生代谢产物的物质含量,进而调控花球的生长、营养品质以及耐寒性。
文摘为研究兽药残留高通量检测方法,使用超高效液相色谱-四极杆飞行时间串联质谱(ultra performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole time of flight tandem mass spectrometry,UPLC-Q-TOF-MS/MS)对畜禽基质样品以及21种兽药标准品进行检测,得到各兽药标准品的保留时间和特征碎片离子质谱图等信息,获得各目标化合物的线性方程、相关系数、线性范围以及测定底限。利用GNPS(global natural products social molecular networking)网站进一步探究了兽药的二级质谱裂解规律,对化合物进行结构解析和确证,发现同一种类的兽药分子裂解规律存在相似性,可以借助兽药分子的二级质谱裂解碎片实现畜禽肉中兽药残留的快速高通量筛查。基于UPLC-Q-TOF-MS/MS及GNPS分子网络技术,在24个猪肉、鱼肉样品中检出10种抗生素阳性,其中有3种不包含在已建立的兽药标准品信息库中。结果表明,相比于常规检测方法,UPLC-Q-TOF-MS/MS结合GNPS分子网络技术可以快速、简便地实现畜禽肉中兽药残留检测,且能发现未知兽药。
