Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To establish an headspace sampling coupled with gas chromatography and mass spectrometry method for determination of genotoxic impurity mesityl oxide in sofalcone.
METHODS The mesityl oxide in sofalcone was determined by HS-GC-MS with Agilent DB-Heavy WAX(30 m×0.25 mm, 0.25 μm) as stationary liquid capillary chromatographic column. The mass spectrometer was operated in the electron impact ionization(EI) fixed mode. The ion collection mode selected ion monitoring(SIM).
RESULTS The linearity of the calibration curve was obtained by according peak area versus concentration of mesityl oxide within 0.047 12-1.885 μg·mL
-1(LOQ-200%) with a regression coefficient(
r=0.999 6), which had a good linear relationship. The limit of quantitation(LOQ) was 47.12 ng·mL
-1, the limit of detection was 18.85 ng·mL
-1. The RSD value of the precision was 1.43%. The recoveries with the range of 84.45%-91.58%, the RSD value was 2.88%. The sample solutions were very stability.
CONCLUSION The method was convenient, accurate and had high sensitivity, good robustness, which was suitable for determination of mesityl oxide in sofalcone.