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Evaluation of two different clean-up steps, to minimise ion suppression phenomena in ion trap liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry for the multi-residue ... [An article from: Analytica Chimica Acta]
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Evaluation of two different clean-up steps, to minimise ion suppression phenomena in ion trap liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry for the multi-residue ... [An article from: Analytica Chimica Acta] | Digital

by M. Fiori (Author), C. Civitareale (Author), S. Mirante (Author), E. Magaro (Author), B (Author)

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Publisher:  Elsevier
Publication Date:  January 24, 2005


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This digital document is a journal article from Analytica Chimica Acta, published by Elsevier in 2005. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Description: In an analytical strategy, the selectivity of the steps from the extraction to the detection is a key factor to assure both reliability and forensic validity to the results. The availability of MS/MS ion trap facilities could induce the risk to maximise the relevance of MS/MS technique, despite the choice of a more selective clean-up step. In this work, we reported about the evaluation of two different purification procedures, as requisite to minimise both matrix-induced ion suppression phenomena and progressive loss of sensitivity in LC-MS/MS multi-residue beta agonists routine analysis. To this purpose, calves urine extracts from SPE C18 not endcapped (NE) and molecular imprinted polymers (MIPs) columns were tested according to the following procedure: 20 blank samples were analysed and then spiked with pooled beta agonists before and after the clean-up step. Background noise and analytes signals were compared with those from pure standards injected at the same nominal spiking concentration. In such a way, both recovery factors and matrix phenomena were evaluated. Results indicate that MIPs clean-up is effective to reduce ion suppression phenomena below 10%, with no detectable loss of sensitivity after 20 runs. The same results are not achievable with conventional SPE C18, even if absolute recoveries are found to be better.
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