Determinación de alcaloides tropánicos en espinacas mediante cromatografía de líquidos/espectrometría de masas en tándem
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2024-01-09
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Jaén: Universidad de Jaén
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[ES] Los alcaloides tropánicos son metabolitos secundarios que se producen
naturalmente en las plantas de varias familias, como son, Brassicaceae,
Solanaceae y Erythroxylaceae, entre otros. En este trabajo se han identificado y
cuantificado dos de los alcaloides más importantes, la atropina y la escopolamina
en muestras de espinacas congeladas. La extracción de estos dos compuestos
en las muestras de espinacas fue llevada a cabo haciendo uso del método
QuEChERS, y la determinación mediante Cromatografía de Líquidos de Ultra
Elevada Eficacia acoplada a un Espectrómetro de Masas en Tándem (HPLC-MS/MS) con analizador de Triple Cuadrupolo (QqQ), ambos acoplados con una interfase de electrospray (ESI) en modo de ionización positivo. La atropina y la escopolamina son identificadas gracias a sus tiempos de retención, a la masa del ion precursor y a las masas de sus dos fragmentos mayoritarios. Se consiguió una sensibilidad y precisión satisfactorias, con un límite de detección de 0.003 μg/kg y desviaciones estándar relativa comprendidas entre 1.3 y 2.1 %.
Finalmente, se analizaron 25 muestras de espinacas de diferentes marcas para
comprobar la aplicabilidad del método para la determinación de los dos
alcaloides tropánicos, encontrándose la presencia de estos analitos en el 36 %
de las muestras analizadas a concentraciones entre 0.08 y 8.19 μg/kg.
[EN] Tropanic alkaloids are secondary metabolites that occur naturally in plants of several families, such as Brassicaceae, Solanaceae and Erythroxylaceae, among others. In this work, two of the most important alkaloids, atropine and scopolamine have been identified and quantified in frozen spinach samples. The extraction of these two compounds was carried out using the QuEChERS method, while the determination was undertaken by High Performance Liquid Chromatography coupled to Tandem Mass Spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS) with Triple Quadrupole analyzer (QqQ), using electrospray ionization in the positive ion mode. The identification of both tropane alkaloids was accomplished by retention time matching along with the two MS/MS transitions characteristic of each species. The methods displayed a remarkably high sensitivity and precision, with a detection limit of 0.003 μg/kg and relative standard deviations between 1.3 and 2.1%. Finally, 25 samples of spinach from different brands were analyzed to verify the applicability of the method for the determination of the two tropanic alkaloids, it was finding the presence of these analytes in 36% of the samples analyzed at concentrations between 0.08 and 8.19 μg/kg.
[EN] Tropanic alkaloids are secondary metabolites that occur naturally in plants of several families, such as Brassicaceae, Solanaceae and Erythroxylaceae, among others. In this work, two of the most important alkaloids, atropine and scopolamine have been identified and quantified in frozen spinach samples. The extraction of these two compounds was carried out using the QuEChERS method, while the determination was undertaken by High Performance Liquid Chromatography coupled to Tandem Mass Spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS) with Triple Quadrupole analyzer (QqQ), using electrospray ionization in the positive ion mode. The identification of both tropane alkaloids was accomplished by retention time matching along with the two MS/MS transitions characteristic of each species. The methods displayed a remarkably high sensitivity and precision, with a detection limit of 0.003 μg/kg and relative standard deviations between 1.3 and 2.1%. Finally, 25 samples of spinach from different brands were analyzed to verify the applicability of the method for the determination of the two tropanic alkaloids, it was finding the presence of these analytes in 36% of the samples analyzed at concentrations between 0.08 and 8.19 μg/kg.