出版社：American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
摘要：A novel analytical platform based on liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry using atmospheric pressure photoionization was applied for the simultaneous quantification of free and esterified ß-sitosterol, campesterol, brassicasterol, and stigmasterol. The total time for sample pretreatment and analysis could be reduced from 3 h [gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS)] to 15 min. The detection limits of the different phytosterols ranged between 0.25 and 0.68 µg/l. Linear ranges were between 1 and 1,000 µg/l. The within-run and between-run variabilities ranged between 1.4% and 9.9%. The analytical sensitivity was at least 150-fold higher compared with GC-MS.
Our new method allows a rapid and simultaneous determination of free and esterified phytosterols in serum.
Abbreviations: APPI, atmospheric pressure photoionization; LC-MS/MS, liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry; LPDS, lipoprotein-deficient serum
