Stable Carbon Isotope Measurement of Individual Fatty Acids Using Gas Chromatography/Isotope Ratio Monitoring Mass Spectrometry
Stable Carbon Isotope Measurement of Individual Fatty Acids Using Gas Chromatography/Isotope Ratio Monitoring Mass Spectrometry
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使用气相色谱/同位素比监测质谱法测量单个脂肪酸的稳定碳同位素
DOI:
10.5702/massspec.42.315
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发表时间:
1994
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通讯作者:
R. Ishiwatari
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作者:
H. Naraoka;Keita Yamada;R. Ishiwatari
A gas chromatography/isotope ratio monitoring mass spectrometry (GC/IRMS) method was established for the determination of stable carbon isotopic compositions of individual saturated n-fatty acids ranging from C16 to C30. The fatty acids were derivatized to their methyl esters using BF3/methanol, and three n-alkanes were used as internal isotopic standard. Isotopic mass balance calculation indicated that the esterification caused no isotopic fractionation between the methyl ester moiety of fatty acid and methanol used. Therefore, isotopic correction was made by one additional carbon atom with the δ13C value of methanol. Analytical accuracy (deviation of the corrected δ13C values determined by GC/IRMS from those determined by a conventional method) and precision (standard deviation) were satisfactory for 90 to 360 ng of individual standard fatty acids examined. The accuracy was ±0.3‰ for average of several analyses, and the precision within 0.3‰. This method was applied to the δ13C determination of n-fatty acids ranging from C20 to C30 in a marine sediment.