Abstract
A liquid chromatographic/tandem mass spectrometric method using pneumatically assisted electrospray ionization (LC-ESI-MS/MS) was developed for determination of N-acetylneuramic acid and N-glycolylneuramic acid in infant formula. Reconstituted samples were hydrolysed in dilute sulfuric acid and deproteinized with acetonitrile. The extract was analysed directly without further clean-up by hydrophilic interaction chromatography. The substances were detected in negative ion mode and matrix matched standards were used for calibration. The relative intra-laboratory reproducibility standard deviation was better than 6% for both substances. An R² of 0.985 was obtained by comparison with a classical colorimetric assay based on reaction with resorcinol. The developed method is expected to be applied for accurate routine analysis of infant formulas.
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