Abstract
An efficient analytical method for simultaneous determination of 12 SFEs in serum is described. The method involves solid-phase extraction to isolate of SFEs from interfering species, especially cholesteryl esters, conversion to trimethylsilyl (TMS) ether derivatives for the direct analysis by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) using a high temperature MXT-1 (Silcosteel-treated stainless steel) capillary column. All SFEs as their TMS derivatives were well separated with excellent peak shapes within 12min. Overall recoveries ranged from 88% to 119%, with a detection limits for SFEs ranged from 2 to 30μgL−1. The linearity as correlation coefficient was higher than 0.99 except for pregnenolone-3-arachidate (r2=0.98) in the concentration range of 5–3000μgL−1. Ten serum samples obtained from volunteers were also analyzed and quantitatively determined of DHEA-3-palmitate and pregnenolone-3-stearate in 1.8–1195.8μgL−1 concentration. The devised high temperature GC–MS method could be useful for identification of SFEs in biological specimens including serum.
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