PMID- 25338226 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150608 LR - 20191210 IS - 1520-5118 (Electronic) IS - 0021-8561 (Linking) VI - 62 IP - 45 DP - 2014 Nov 12 TI - Determination of four flavorings in infant formula by solid-phase extraction and gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. PG - 10881-8 LID - 10.1021/jf5013083 [doi] AB - Increasing attention has been focused on the artificial flavorings added in foods, especially those for infants and children. For the first time, a sensitive and efficient analytical method based on gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS) was developed for the simultaneous identification and quantification of four flavoring agents (vanillin, methylvanillin, ethylvanillin, and coumarin) in infant formula samples. The flavorings in samples were extracted with methanol/water (v/v, 1:1), cleaned up by solid-phase extraction, and determined by GC-MS/MS in selected reaction monitoring (SRM) mode. Both isotope-labeled internal standards and matrix-matched calibration solutions were used to correct the matrix effects. The limit of quantification (LOQ) was calculated as 10 times the standard deviation, and it was 10.0 mug kg (-1) for vanillin, methylvanillin, ethylvanillin, and coumarin. The average recoveries were in the range of 82.8-107.5% with relative standard deviations (RSDs) below 8.9% measured at three concentration levels (10, 50, and 100 mug kg(-1)). The proposed method is suitable for the sensitive and accurate simultaneous determination of four flavoring agents in infant formula samples and also provided potential use for reference in terms of real analysis of other foods. FAU - Shen, Yan AU - Shen Y AD - College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University , Wenzhou 325035, China. FAU - Hu, Beizhen AU - Hu B FAU - Chen, Xiangzhun AU - Chen X FAU - Miao, Qian AU - Miao Q FAU - Wang, Chengjun AU - Wang C FAU - Zhu, Zhenou AU - Zhu Z FAU - Han, Chao AU - Han C LA - eng PT - Evaluation Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20141031 PL - United States TA - J Agric Food Chem JT - Journal of agricultural and food chemistry JID - 0374755 RN - 0 (Benzaldehydes) RN - 0 (Coumarins) RN - 0 (Flavoring Agents) RN - A4VZ22K1WT (coumarin) RN - CHI530446X (vanillin) SB - IM MH - Benzaldehydes/chemistry/isolation & purification MH - Coumarins/chemistry/isolation & purification MH - Flavoring Agents/*chemistry/*isolation & purification MH - Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry/*methods MH - Humans MH - Infant Formula/*chemistry MH - Molecular Structure MH - Solid Phase Extraction/*methods OTO - NOTNLM OT - GC-MS/MS OT - SPE OT - flavorings OT - infant formula EDAT- 2014/10/23 06:00 MHDA- 2015/06/09 06:00 CRDT- 2014/10/23 06:00 PHST- 2014/10/23 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/10/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/06/09 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1021/jf5013083 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Agric Food Chem. 2014 Nov 12;62(45):10881-8. doi: 10.1021/jf5013083. Epub 2014 Oct 31.