Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To establish an analytical method for the simultaneous determination of multiple anesthetics and their metabolites in aquatic products by ultra performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry with pass-through solid phase extraction purification.
METHODS After homogenization, the samples were extracted by 80% acetonitrile aqueous solution, and purified by ProElt PLS-A pass-through solid phase extraction column. The extract was determined by positive ion mode with mobile phase of 0.1% formic acid water and 0.1% formic acid acetonitrile in the separation by programmed gradient. Multiple reaction monitoring mode was used to draw standard curves with the matrix-matched method.
RESULTS The calibration curves of the 14 anesthetics showed good linearity in the concentration range of 1-50 µg·L
-1 and their metabolites showed good linearity in the concentration range of 10-500 μg·L
-1, with the correlation coefficients >0.99. The limits of detection were 0.5 μg·kg
-1 in anesthetics and 5 µg·kg
-1 in their metabolites. The lower limits of quantification were 1 μg·kg
-1 in anesthetics and 10 μg·kg
-1 in their metabolites. The recoveries at high, medium and low concentrations ranged from 62.48% to 116.5% with RSDs<10%.
CONCLUSION The method is simple and can be used for the accurate detection of anesthetics and their metabolites in aquatic products with high reliabilities.