PMID- 20873584 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120105 LR - 20231213 IS - 1000-8713 (Print) IS - 1000-8713 (Linking) VI - 28 IP - 6 DP - 2010 Jun TI - [Simultaneous analysis of twenty free amino acids in tobacco using liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization/ion trap tandem mass spectrometry]. PG - 615-22 AB - A method for simultaneous analysis of 20 free amino acids in tobacco was developed using liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization/ion trap tandem mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-IT-MS/MS). Tobacco samples were extracted and filtered, and analyzed without derivatization or solid phase extraction. The LC separation was carried on a reversed-phase HyPURITY C18 column (200 mm x 2.1 mm, 5 microm) with the mobile phase of 1% (v/v) acetonitrile/water solution containing 0.1% nonafluoropentanoic acid and 90% acetonitrile/water solution containing 0.1% nonafluoropentanoic acid in gradient mode. The results showed that the limits of detection (LODs) of 20 amino acids were in the range of 0.01-0.05 micromol/L (S/N = 3), the linear correlation coefficients were above 0. 997 7 in all cases, and the relative standard deviations (RSDs) of peak areas of the extracted ion chromatograms were in the range of 0.78%-4.93%. The developed method is of good efficiency, sensitivity and selectivity, and has been successfully applied to determine the free amino acids in varieties of tobacco samples. FAU - Huang, Yifei AU - Huang Y AD - Technology Center, China Tobacco Guangdong Industrial Co., Ltd., Guangzhou 510145, China. hyfchem@yahoo.com.cn FAU - Hu, Jing AU - Hu J LA - chi PT - English Abstract PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - China TA - Se Pu JT - Se pu = Chinese journal of chromatography JID - 9424804 RN - 0 (Amino Acids) SB - IM MH - Amino Acids/*analysis MH - Chromatography, Liquid/*methods MH - Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization/*methods MH - Tandem Mass Spectrometry/*methods MH - Nicotiana/*chemistry EDAT- 2010/09/30 06:00 MHDA- 2012/01/06 06:00 CRDT- 2010/09/30 06:00 PHST- 2010/09/30 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/09/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/01/06 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.3724/sp.j.1123.2010.00615 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Se Pu. 2010 Jun;28(6):615-22. doi: 10.3724/sp.j.1123.2010.00615.