PMID- 34957181 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20211228 IS - 2296-861X (Print) IS - 2296-861X (Electronic) IS - 2296-861X (Linking) VI - 8 DP - 2021 TI - Determination of 35 Free Amino Acids in Tea Using Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography Coupled With Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry. PG - 767801 LID - 10.3389/fnut.2021.767801 [doi] LID - 767801 AB - The purpose of this research was to develop a simple, sensitive, and accurate method for simultaneous determination of 35 free amino acids using ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-Q-TOF/MS). Tea samples were extracted with boiling water bath, and then separated by XBridge BEH Amide column by gradient elution. The exact mass and MS/MS spectra of the target compound was detected under the TOF-MS and Information dependent acquisition (IDA)-MS/MS mode. The results demonstrated good linearity (R (2) > 0.9980) in the range of 0.5-1,000 ng/mL. The limits of detection (LODs) were 0.13-25.00 mg/kg and the limits of quantitation (LOQs) were 0.25-50.00 mg/kg. The recovery rate ranged from 70.1 to 105.1% with relative standard deviations (RSDs) <11% (n = 6). This research provides a targeted strategy for developing an analysis method for amino acids in tea. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 Li, Ma, Li, Fan, Fan, Ma, Zhang and Zheng. FAU - Li, Jian AU - Li J AD - School of Food and Biological Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China. AD - College of Applied Arts and Science, Beijing Union University, Beijing, China. FAU - Ma, Junmei AU - Ma J AD - Hebei Food Safety Key Laboratory, Hebei Food Inspection and Research Institute, Shijiazhuang, China. AD - Hebei Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, College of Forensic Medicine, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China. FAU - Li, Qiang AU - Li Q AD - Hebei Food Safety Key Laboratory, Hebei Food Inspection and Research Institute, Shijiazhuang, China. FAU - Fan, Sufang AU - Fan S AD - Hebei Food Safety Key Laboratory, Hebei Food Inspection and Research Institute, Shijiazhuang, China. FAU - Fan, Lixin AU - Fan L AD - Hebei Food Safety Key Laboratory, Hebei Food Inspection and Research Institute, Shijiazhuang, China. FAU - Ma, Hongyu AU - Ma H AD - Hebei Food Safety Key Laboratory, Hebei Food Inspection and Research Institute, Shijiazhuang, China. FAU - Zhang, Yan AU - Zhang Y AD - Hebei Food Safety Key Laboratory, Hebei Food Inspection and Research Institute, Shijiazhuang, China. AD - Hebei Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, College of Forensic Medicine, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China. FAU - Zheng, Lei AU - Zheng L AD - School of Food and Biological Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20211201 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Nutr JT - Frontiers in nutrition JID - 101642264 PMC - PMC8697017 OTO - NOTNLM OT - detection OT - free amino acids OT - quadrupole-time of flight mass spectrometry OT - tea OT - ultra-performance liquid chromatography COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2021/12/28 06:00 MHDA- 2021/12/28 06:01 PMCR- 2021/01/01 CRDT- 2021/12/27 06:34 PHST- 2021/08/31 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/10/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/12/27 06:34 [entrez] PHST- 2021/12/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/12/28 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2021/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fnut.2021.767801 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Nutr. 2021 Dec 1;8:767801. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2021.767801. eCollection 2021.