Standardless identification of selenocystathionine and its gamma-glutamyl derivatives in monkeypot nuts by 3D liquid chromatography with ICP-MS detection followed by nanoHPLC-Q-TOF-MS/MS

Analyst. 2007 May;132(5):439-49. doi: 10.1039/b618637h. Epub 2007 Mar 20.

Abstract

A three-step chromatographic procedure using orthogonal separation mechanisms (size-exclusion, cation-exchange and ion-pairing reversed phase) was developed to purify three low molecular weight selenospecies, including the major compound, from the aqueous extract of monkeypot (Lecythis minor) nuts. The following reversed-phase nanoHPLC-electrospray Q-TOF-MS/MS allowed the formal standardless identification of selenocystathionine and two isoforms of gamma-glutamyl-selenocystathionine. This is the first MS and MS/MS-based formal evidence of the presence of these compounds in a biological sample.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Chromatography, Liquid / instrumentation
  • Chromatography, Liquid / methods*
  • Cystathionine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Cystathionine / analysis
  • Dipeptides / analysis
  • Lecythidaceae*
  • Mass Spectrometry / instrumentation
  • Mass Spectrometry / methods*
  • Nanotechnology
  • Nuts / chemistry*
  • Organoselenium Compounds / analysis*
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Substances

  • Dipeptides
  • Organoselenium Compounds
  • selenocystathionine
  • Cystathionine
  • glutamylselenocystathionine