Identification and Quantification of Aconitines and Colchicine in Serum, Urine, and Plants using MonoSpin C18 and LC-MSMS
Identification and Quantification of Aconitines and Colchicine in Serum, Urine, and Plants using MonoSpin C18 and LC-MSMS
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DOI:
10.1007/s10337-015-2921-z
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发表时间:
2015-08-01
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影响因子:
1.7
通讯作者:
Inokuchi, Sadaki
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作者:
Saito, Takeshi;Umebachi, Rimako;Inokuchi, Sadaki
Aconitum and Colchicum are known to be highly toxic plants based on their respective toxins, namely aconite and colchicine. Aconite and colchicine poisoning generally occurs because of misidentification and contamination, and is also associated with homicide and suicide cases. The detection of aconitines and colchicine in body fluids and leftovers plays an important role in clinical and forensic toxicology investigation of suspected food poisoning by natural poisons. Therefore, we have developed and validated a rapid determination of aconitine, hypaconitine, jesaconitine, mesaconitine, and colchicine in serum, urine, and plants using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. All targeted compounds, together with internal standards, were extracted from serum and urine using a C-18 monolithic spin column. Recovery of all compounds from serum, spiked at concentrations of 0.1, 0.8, 6, and 18 ng mL(-1), ranged from 96.8 to 101.4 %. Recovery of all compounds from urine, spiked at concentrations of 0.1, 8, 80 and 190 ng mL(-1), ranged from 96.6 to 101.9 %. The intra- and inter-assay accuracy and precision (expressed as relative standard deviation, %RSD) evaluated for all compounds were within 96.7-103.2 % and 1.7-11.5 %, respectively. Detection limits and quantitation limits of aconitines and colchicine for serum and urine were 0.05 and 0.1 ng mL(-1), respectively. This method had a chromatographic run time of 7.0 min. Calibration curves for serum and urine ranged from 0.1 to 20 ng mL(-1) for serum and 0.1-200 ng mL(-1) for urine, respectively. The validated method was successfully applied to clinical aconitine and colchicine poisoning cases.