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Regio- and Stereospecific Analysis of Triacylglycerols—A Brief Overview of the Challenges and the Achievements. Symmetry (Basel) 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/sym14020247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The efforts to reveal, in detail, the molecular and intramolecular structures of one of the main lipid classes, namely, triacyl-sn-glycerols, which are now known to affect their specific and important role in all living organisms, are briefly overviewed. Some milestones of significance in the gradual but continuous development and improvement of the analytical methodology to identify the triacylglycerol regio- and stereoisomers in complex lipid samples are traced throughout the years: the use of chromatography based on different separation principles; the improvements in the chromatographic technique; the development and use of different detection techniques; the attempts to simplify and automatize the analysis without losing the accuracy of identification. The spectacular recent achievements of two- and multidimensional methods used as tools in lipidomics are presented.
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Natwarlal Vadgama R, Anil A, Lali A. Identification of Glyceryl MonoRicinoleate (GMR) isomers using RP-HPLC and regio-specificity of lipases. Prep Biochem Biotechnol 2020; 50:401-407. [DOI: 10.1080/10826068.2019.1700519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- DBT-ICT Centre for Energy Biosciences, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India
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- DBT-ICT Centre for Energy Biosciences, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India
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Wei W, Jin Q, Wang X. Human milk fat substitutes: Past achievements and current trends. Prog Lipid Res 2019; 74:69-86. [DOI: 10.1016/j.plipres.2019.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2018] [Revised: 02/01/2019] [Accepted: 02/19/2019] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Triacylglycerol regioisomers in human milk resolved with an algorithmic novel electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry method. Food Chem 2017; 233:351-360. [PMID: 28530584 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.04.122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2016] [Revised: 03/16/2017] [Accepted: 04/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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A highly sensitive mass spectrometric (MS) method was developed and validated to analyze ratios of regioisomeric triacylglycerols (TAGs) in fats and oils. UPLC resolution of lithiated TAGs followed by daughter scan MS/MS of positive ions revealed several indicative ions for quantitative analysis. Reference TAGs containing C14-C20 fatty acids (FAs) showed good linear response. Analysis of Finnish and Chinese pooled human milk samples revealed hundreds of regioisomeric TAGs. At least 64mol% of the TAGs were quantified with relative standard deviation <17%. When present in the same TAG molecule together with C18 FAs, palmitic acid was typically in the sn-2 position. When together with FAs 10:0, 12:0, 14:0, 20:1 and 20:2, the sn-2 preference of 16:0 was less clear. Oleic acid occupied typically the sn-1/sn-3 positions but when together with FAs 20:1, 20:2, 18:2, 14:1, 12:0 or 10:0 the positioning of 18:1 did not follow these rules.
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de la Fuente M, Juarez M. Revisión: Aplicación de las técnicas cromatográficas al estudio de triglicéridos y esteroles de la grasa de leche / Review: Application of chromatographic techniques to the study of triglycerides and sterols of milk fat. FOOD SCI TECHNOL INT 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/108201329900500201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The latest developments in analytical techniques, mainly chromatographic, for the study of triglycer ides (TG) and sterols in milk fat are revised. Gas chromatography (GC) with packed or short capillary columns has been used to separate TG according to their carbon numbers (CN) and can be applied to the detection of foreign fats in milk fat. Combined or hyphenated chromatographic techniques are indispensable in order to identify and quantify individual molecular species of TG: thin layer chro matography (TLC) or high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with Ag+ as prefraction stage, followed by supercritical fluid chromatography, GC with long capillary column, and HPLC with reverse phase and mass spectrometry as detector. These techniques, along with non-specific and/or specific hydrolysis procedures, have allowed a better knowledge of the positional distribution of the fatty acids within the molecules of TG. Concerning the study of the esterol fraction, the supression of the stages of fat extraction—separation of the insaponifiable and derivatization—previous to the analy sis by GC represents a considerable advance that should be in part attributed to the improvement of the chromatographic techniques.
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- M.A. de la Fuente
- Departamento de Productos Lácteos. Instituto del frío (CSIC). Ciudad Universitaria s/n, 28040-Madrid España
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- Departamento de Productos Lácteos. Instituto del frío (CSIC). Ciudad Universitaria s/n, 28040-Madrid España
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Kalpio M, Nylund M, Linderborg KM, Yang B, Kristinsson B, Haraldsson GG, Kallio H. Enantioselective chromatography in analysis of triacylglycerols common in edible fats and oils. Food Chem 2015; 172:718-24. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2014.09.135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2014] [Revised: 09/12/2014] [Accepted: 09/23/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Quantitative Analysis of TAG in Oils Using Lithium Cationization and Direct-Infusion ESI Tandem Mass Spectrometry. J AM OIL CHEM SOC 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s11746-015-2604-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Ramaley L, Herrera LC, Melanson JE. Applicability of non-linear versus linear fractional abundance calibration plots for the quantitative determination of triacylglycerol regioisomers by tandem mass spectrometry. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2013; 27:1251-1259. [PMID: 23650038 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.6569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2013] [Revised: 03/06/2013] [Accepted: 03/10/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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RATIONALE Regioisomeric analysis of triacylglycerols is important in understanding lipid biochemistry and the involvement of lipids in disease and nutrition. The use of calibration plots employing fractional abundances provides a simple and rapid method for such analyses. These plots are believed to be linear, but evidence exists for non-linearity. The behavior of such plots needs to be understood to allow for proper interpretation of regioisomeric data. METHODS Solutions of five regioisomer pairs were prepared from pure standards and used to construct calibration plots using triple-stage tandem mass spectrometry (MS(3) ) with electrospray ionization (ESIMS(3) ) and cationization by lithium ions. The data were taken by direct infusion with an AB SCIEX QTRAP 2000 QqLIT mass spectrometer. RESULTS Non-linear calibration plots were observed for the four isomer pairs containing the polyunsaturated eicosapentaenoic (20:5) and docosahexaenoic (22:6) acids paired with palmitic acid (16:0) or myristic acid (14:0), while the pair including palmitic and stearic (18:0) acids provided a linear plot. A non-linear model was developed for these plots and then verified experimentally. CONCLUSIONS The fractional abundance calibration plots used in regioisomeric analysis of triacylglycerols are intrinsically non-linear, but may appear linear if the scatter in data points obscures the curvature, if the curvature is slight, or if the response factors for the two isomers in the regioisomer pair are similar. Therefore, linearity should not be assumed for these types of measurements until confirmed experimentally.
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- Louis Ramaley
- Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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A comparative study of the composition of triacylglycerol molecular species in equine and human milks. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/s13594-011-0042-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Chiofalo B, Dugo P, Bonaccorsi IL, Mondello L. Comparison of major lipid components in human and donkey milk: new perspectives for a hypoallergenic diet in humans. Immunopharmacol Immunotoxicol 2011; 33:633-44. [DOI: 10.3109/08923973.2011.555409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Leskinen HM, Suomela JP, Kallio HP. Quantification of triacylglycerol regioisomers by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography and ammonia negative ion atmospheric pressure chemical ionization tandem mass spectrometry. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2010; 24:1-5. [PMID: 19957298 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.4346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The regioisomer composition of triacylglycerols (TAGs) in various vegetable oils was determined with a new liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS method). A direct inlet ammonia negative ion chemical ionization (NICI) MS/MS method was improved by adapting it to LC negative ion (NI) atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) MS/MS system using ammonia as nebulizer gas. The method is based on the preferential formation of [M-H-RCOOH-100](-) ions during collision-induced dissociation by loss of sn-1/3 fatty acids from [M-H](-) ions. Calibration curves were created from nine reference TAGs: Ala/L/L, Gla/L/L, L/L/O, L/O/O, P/O/O, P/P/O, Po/Po/V, Po/Po/O, and C/O/O. The calibration curves were used to quantify the regioisomer compositions of selected TAGs in rapeseed oil, sunflower seed oil, palm oil, black currant seed oil, and sea buckthorn pulp oil. The method discriminates the different regioisomers and the results obtained by this method were in good agreement with previous results. This proves that this new method can be used for the determination of regiospecific distribution of fatty acids in TAGs.
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- Heidi M Leskinen
- Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland.
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Leskinen H, Suomela JP, Kallio H. Quantification of triacylglycerol regioisomers in oils and fat using different mass spectrometric and liquid chromatographic methods. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2007; 21:2361-73. [PMID: 17590869 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.3090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The regioisomers (sn-ABA/sn-AAB) of four triacylglycerols (TAGs), 18:2/18:2/18:1 (LLO), 18:2/18:1/18:1 (LOO), 16:0/18:1/18:1 (POO), and 16:0/16:0/18:1 (PPO), were quantified in lard, rapeseed oil, and sunflower seed oil by three different mass spectrometric methods using liquid chromatography (LC) and two different mass spectrometers. The ionization methods used were positive ion atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI), positive ion electrospray ionization (ESI), and negative ion chemical ionization (NICI) with ammonia as the reagent gas. The LC/APCI-MS results with two different instrumentation types, LC/ESI-MS/MS and direct inlet ammonia NICI-MS/MS, were compared. The LC/APCI-MS method is based on the preferential formation of diacylglycerol (DAG) fragment ions during ionization by loss of sn-1/3 fatty acids from [M+H]+ ions. Similar formation of the DAG ions from [M+NH4]+ ions by collision-induced dissociation (CID) in the LC/ESI-MS/MS method and the [M-H--RCOOH-100]- ions from [M-H]- ions by CID in the direct inlet ammonia NICI-MS/MS method is observed. These methods were found to be useful and reliable in determining the regioisomeric structure of TAGs. No statistically significant differences were found between the results obtained with these methods. For LLO, LOO, and POO the proportions of sn-ABA isomer calculated from the results from all four methods were in rapeseed oil 7.7 +/- 6.5, 57.9 +/- 3.3, and 4.5 +/- 6.1%, respectively, and in sunflower seed oil 12.2 +/- 6.9, 34.0 +/- 5.2, and 1.4 +/- 2.8%, respectively. The proportions of ABA of POO and PPO in lard were 95.3 +/- 3.2 and 4.9 +/- 5.6%, respectively. This study also proved that the LC/APCI-MS/MS method examined is not applicable in the quantification of TAG regioisomers because the formation of DAG ions is not clearly dependent on the positional distribution of the fatty acids.
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- Heidi Leskinen
- Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, Vatselankatu 2, Turku 20014, Finland
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Yang B, Kallio H. Analysis of triacylglycerols of seeds and berries of sea buckthorn (Hippophaë rhamnoides) of different origins by mass spectrometry and tandem mass spectrometry. Lipids 2006; 41:381-92. [PMID: 16808152 DOI: 10.1007/s11745-006-5109-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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TAG of seeds, berries, and fruit pulp/peel of different subspecies of sea buckthorn (Hippophaë rhamnoides) were analyzed by MS and tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS). The seeds contained mainly TAG with acyl carbon number (ACN) of 52 with 2-6 double bonds (DB) (20-30%), and TAG of ACN 54 with 3-9 DB (70-80%). In the pulp/peel fraction, the major TAG were species with ACN:DB of 48:1 to 48:3 (19-49%), 50:1 to 50:4 (31-41%), and 52:1 to 52:6 (9-19%). The molecular weight species of whole berries largely resembled those of fruit pulp/peel with additional species of ACN 54 from the seeds (5-24%). Subspecies (ssp.) sinensis differed from ssp. mongolica and rhamnoides by having a higher proportion of TAG of ACN 52 (27% vs. 21% and 22%, P< 0.05) and a lower proportion of ACN 54 (71% vs. 79% and 78%, P < 0.01) in seed TAG. Seed TAG of ssp. mongolica contained a higher proportion of more unsaturated species compared with those of the two other subspecies. Berry TAG of ssp. mongolica had the highest proportion of molecular species of ACN 48 due to the higher proportion of palmitic and palmitoleic acids and the lower seed content of the berries. Overall, palmitic acid favored the sn-1 and sn-3 positions. The order of preference of unsaturated FA for the sn-2 position depended at least partially on the FA combination of TAG. Seed TAG of ssp. mongolica contained a higher proportion of alpha-linolenic acid in the sn-2 position than those of ssp. sinensis. In berry TAG, ssp. mongolica had the highest proportions of palmitoleic and linoleic acids in the sn-2 position, and the lowest proportion of oleic/cis-vaccenic acid in the sn-2 position, among the three subspecies.
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- Baoru Yang
- Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, Finland.
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Linderborg (née Yli-Jokipii) KM, Kallio HPT. Triacylglycerol Fatty Acid Positional Distribution and Postprandial Lipid Metabolism. FOOD REVIEWS INTERNATIONAL 2005. [DOI: 10.1080/fri-200061623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Dugo P, Kumm T, Lo Presti M, Chiofalo B, Salimei E, Fazio A, Cotroneo A, Mondello L. Determination of triacylglycerols in donkey milk by using high performance liquid chromatography coupled with atmospheric pressure chemical ionization mass spectrometry. J Sep Sci 2005; 28:1023-30. [PMID: 16013829 DOI: 10.1002/jssc.200500025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The separation and determination of triacylglycerols (TAGs), which are the main components of naturally occurring fats and oils, in milk fat is a challenging task due to the very complex nature of this matrix. In the present study the TAG fraction of donkey milk lipids has been characterized by using high performance liquid chromatography-atmospheric pressure chemical ionization mass spectrometry (HPLC-APCI-MS). HPLC in reversed phase mode has been used for TAG separation and silver ion (Ag+) HPLC has been used as a second dimension to clarify and confirm the identification. The RP-HPLC eluate was fractionated and the fractions of interest were injected onto the Ag+-HPLC column. In both cases peak assignment was carried out by combining retention data with APCI-MS spectra information. In total, 55 TAGs in donkey milk fat were identified (without considering the positional isomers) and quantified on the basis of percentage peak areas in the RP-HPLC chromatogram (without the use of correction factors). Amongst the identified triacylglycerols, POLn, POO, PPO, CaPO, POL, and PPoO proved to be the main components of the TAG fraction of donkey milk.
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- Paola Dugo
- Dipartimento di Chimica Organica e Biologica, Facoltà di Scienze, Università di Messina, 98166 Messina, Italy
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Malone M, Evans JJ. Determining the relative amounts of positional isomers in complex mixtures of triglycerides using reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Lipids 2005; 39:273-84. [PMID: 15233407 DOI: 10.1007/s11745-004-1230-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A reversed-phase HPLC-tandem mass spectrometry (RP-HPLC-MS-MS) method was refined for the positional analysis of complex mixtures of TAG. This method has the advantages of speed, ease of automation, and specificity over traditional digestion-based methods for the positional analysis of TAG. Collision-induced dissociation (CID) of ammoniated TAG in an ion-trap mass spectrometer produced spectra that were dependent on the FA position. Dominant DAG fragments were formed from the loss of a FA moiety from the ammoniated TAG species. The loss of FA in the outer positions was favored over their loss in the central position. The combination of RP-HPLC and CID produced spectra that were free of the isotope effects that can complicate spectral interpretation in existing methods. The combination also provided selectivity based on the chromatographic fractionation of TAG, in addition to the selectivity inherent in the CID process. Proof-of-concept experiments were performed with binary mixtures of TAG from the SOS/SSO, OSO/OOS, and the PSO/POS/SPO positional isomer systems (where S is 18:0, stearic acid; O is 18:1 (cis-9), oleic acid; and P is 16:0, palmitic acid). Plots of fractional DAG fragment intensities vs. fractional composition of the binary mixtures were linear. These plots were used to determine the fractional composition of each of these isomeric systems in a variety of vegetable oils and animal fats. Current limitations, future developments, and applications of this method are discussed.
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- Michael Malone
- Chemistry Department, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02125, USA
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Yli-Jokipii KM, Schwab US, Tahvonen RL, Kurvinen JP, Mykkänen HM, Kallio HPT. Chylomicron and VLDL TAG structures and postprandial lipid response induced by lard and modified lard. Lipids 2004; 38:693-703. [PMID: 14506832 DOI: 10.1007/s11745-003-1117-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Alterations in chylomicron and VLDL TAG and the magnitude of postprandial lipemia were studied in healthy volunteers after two meals of equal FA composition but different TAG FA positional distribution. Molecular level information of individual lipoprotein TAG regioisomers was obtained with a tandem MS method. The incremental area under the response curve of VLDL TAG was larger (P = 0.021) after modified lard than after lard. In plasma TAG, the difference did not quite reach statistical significance (P = 0.086). In general, there were less TAG with palmitic acid in the sn-2 position and more TAG with oleic acid in the sn-2 position in chylomicrons than in fat ingested. From 1.5 to 8 h postprandially, the proportion of individual chylomicron TAG was constant or influenced by TAG M.W. VLDL TAG regioisomerism was similar regardless of the positional distribution of fat ingested. Significant alterations were seen in VLDL TAG FA, in M.W. fractions, and in individual regioisomers with respect to time. The TAG sn-14:0-18:1-18:1 + sn-18:1-18:1-14:0, sn-16:0-16:1-18:1 + sn-18:1-16:1-16:0, and sn-16:1-18:1-18:1 + sn-18:1-18:1-16:1 decreased (P < 0.05); and sn-16:0-16:0-18:2 + sn-18:2-16:0-16:0, sn-16:0-16:0-18:1 + sn-18:1-16:0-16:0, sn-16:0-18:1-16:0, and sn-16:0-18:1-18:2 + sn-18:2-18:1-16:0 increased (P < 0.05) after both meals. In conclusion, positional distribution of TAG FA was found to affect postprandial lipid metabolism in healthy normolipidemic subjects.
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- Kaisa M Yli-Jokipii
- Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, Finland.
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Structural characterization of triacylglycerols using electrospray ionization-MSnion-trap MS. J AM OIL CHEM SOC 2003. [DOI: 10.1007/s11746-003-0676-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Kurvinen JP, Sjövall O, Tahvonen R, Anklam E, Kallio H. Rapid MS method for analysis of cocoa butter TAG. J AM OIL CHEM SOC 2002. [DOI: 10.1007/s11746-002-0534-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- J. -P. Kurvinen
- ; Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry; University of Turku; FIN-20014 Turku Finland
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- ; Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry; University of Turku; FIN-20014 Turku Finland
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- ; Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry; University of Turku; FIN-20014 Turku Finland
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- ; DG Joint Research Centre, Institute for Health and Consumer Protection, Food Products Unit; European Commission; I-21020 Ispra (VA) Italy
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- ; Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry; University of Turku; FIN-20014 Turku Finland
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Yli-Jokipii KM, Schwab US, Tahvonen RL, Kurvinen JP, Mykkänen HM, Kallio HPT. Triacylglycerol molecular weight and to a lesser extent, fatty acid positional distribution, affect chylomicron triacylglycerol composition in women. J Nutr 2002; 132:924-9. [PMID: 11983815 DOI: 10.1093/jn/132.5.924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Postprandial composition of chylomicron triacylglycerols (TAG) and their clearance may be affected by the molecular weight of TAG, their fatty acid (FA) combinations and the positional distribution of FA in TAG. Delayed postprandial TAG clearance is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. However, due to the complexity of traditional analysis methods, the composition of individual TAG molecules is frequently overlooked. In this study, chylomicron TAG molecular weight distribution and regioisomerism were followed in 10 healthy female volunteers after two fat loads with identical FA composition but different positional distributions (palm oil and transesterified palm oil). An efficient tandem mass spectrometric method of analysis was applied. During the 6-h observation period, the relative concentrations of TAG with 48:2 [48 acyl carbons and 2 double bonds (ACN:DB)], 50:3 and 50:2 decreased, whereas the proportions of 48:0 (tripalmitin), 52:3 and 54:4 remained constant and the proportion of 54:3 (triolein) increased (P < 0.05). The existence of seven regioisomers containing palmitic, oleic and linoleic acids in different sn-positions was studied. The amount of 1,3-dipalmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycerol was less (P < 0.05) 1.5 h postprandially than at 2-5 h after palm oil, and less (P < 0.05) at 1.5 h than at 2-6 h after transesterified palm oil. This may be an indication of a loss of palmitic acid in the gut. Taken together, TAG molecular weight composition and to a lesser extent, positional distribution, seem to affect the rates of chylomicron TAG clearance in humans.
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- Kaisa M Yli-Jokipii
- Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland.
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Molecular weight distribution and regioisomeric structure of triacylglycerols in some common human milk substitutes. J AM OIL CHEM SOC 2002. [DOI: 10.1007/s11746-002-0428-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Kurvinen JP, Mu H, Kallio H, Xu X, Høy CE. Regioisomers of octanoic acid-containing structured triacylglycerols analyzed by tandem mass spectrometry using ammonia negative ion chemical ionization. Lipids 2001; 36:1377-82. [PMID: 11834091 DOI: 10.1007/s11745-001-0855-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Tandem mass spectrometry based on ammonia negative ion chemical ionization and sample introduction via direct exposure probe was applied to analysis of regioisomeric structures of octanoic acid containing structured triacylglycerols (TAG) of type MML, MLM, MLL, and LML (M, medium-chain fatty acid; L, long-chain fatty acid). Collision-induced dissociation of deprotonated parent TAG with argon was used to produce daughter ion spectra with appropriate fragmentation patterns for structure determination. Fatty acids constituting the TAG molecule were identified according to [RCO2]- ions in the daughter ion spectra. With the standard curve for ratios of [M-H-RCO2H-100]- ions corresponding to each [RCO2]- ion, determined with known mixtures of sn-1/3 and sn-2 regioisomers of structured TAG, it was possible to determine the proportions of different regioisomers in unknown samples. The method enabled quantification of MML- and MLM-type structured TAG. In the case of MLL- and LML-type TAG, it was possible to determine the most abundant regioisomer in the unknown mixture and estimate the proportions of regioisomers when there were more than 50% MLL-type isomers in the mixture.
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- J P Kurvinen
- Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, Finland
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Kalo P, Kuuranne T. Analysis of free and esterified sterols in fats and oils by flash chromatography, gas chromatography and electrospray tandem mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr A 2001; 935:237-48. [PMID: 11762776 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(01)01315-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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A method for the analysis of free and esterified sterols has been developed. Fat or oil samples were separated on solid-phase extraction silica gel columns into a sterol ester fraction, a fraction of triacylglycerols, and a free sterol fraction containing partial acylglycerols and residual triacylglycerols. Sterol esters and acylglycerols of the free sterol fraction were transesterified to methyl esters. The fatty acid methyl esters from sterol ester fraction and the free sterols from sterol ester fraction and free sterol fraction were determined by GLC. Precursor ion electrospray MS-MS of sterol fragment ions of sterol ester fractions were recorded and used for determination of sterol ester proportions in butterfat and vegetable oil samples.
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- P Kalo
- Department of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology, University of Helsinki, Finland.
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Effects of palm oil and transesterified palm oil on chylomicron and VLDL triacylglycerol structures and postprandial lipid response. J Lipid Res 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)32216-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Quantitation of acyl migration during lipase-catalyzed acidolysis, and of the regioisomers of structured triacylglycerols formed. J AM OIL CHEM SOC 2001. [DOI: 10.1007/s11746-001-0371-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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López-López A, Castellote-Bargalló AI, López-Sabater MC. Direct determination by high-performance liquid chromatography of sn-2 monopalmitin after enzymatic lipase hydrolysis. JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY. B, BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND APPLICATIONS 2001; 760:97-105. [PMID: 11522071 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4347(01)00257-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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An alternative method to determine the sn-2 monopalmitin in infant formulas was developed and validated. This method offers many advantages over the traditional methods. It follows the official method in the first steps, purification of the fat or oil through an alumina column, and subsequently the triglycerides are incubated with pancreatic lipase in order to obtain the sn-2 monoglycerides. In traditional methods the sn-2 monoglycerides are separated by preparative thin-layer chromatography and then, the 2-monoglycerides are converted into the corresponding fatty acid methyl esters and analysed by gas chromatography. In our method, separation, quantification and identification of the sn-2 monoglycerides were achieved by high-performance liquid chromatography with evaporative light-scattering detection. The detection limit (0.19 microg), quantification limit (0.38 microg), linearity range (r=0.999, range 1-200 microg) and precision (SD=1.10) show the suitability of the proposed method. This method is faster, cheaper and simple and does not consume large quantities of reagents and materials.
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- A López-López
- Dept. Nutrició i Bromatologia, Centre de Referència en Tecnologia dels Aliments, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
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Mottram HR, Evershed RP. Elucidation of the composition of bovine milk fat triacylglycerols using high-performance liquid chromatography-atmospheric pressure chemical ionisation mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr A 2001; 926:239-53. [PMID: 11556330 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(01)01048-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Bovine milk fat triacylglycerols (TAGs) have been characterised using high-performance liquid chromatography-atmospheric pressure chemical ionisation mass spectrometry (HPLC-APCI-MS) and high-temperature gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The complex nature of the fat meant that prefractionation was necessary to provide simpler fractions for more detailed molecular analyses. Silica thin-layer chromatography gave rise to two fractions, one of which contained predominantly butyric acid containing TAGs. Gel permeation chromatography (GPC) gave rise to 16 fractions, which were subsequently analysed using HPLC-APCI-MS. Twelve of the GPC fractions were also analysed by high-temperature GC-MS using a capillary column coated with a polarisable stationary phase. TAGs present in the fractions were correlated with those in the chromatogram of the whole milk fat through retention time comparison and the use of mass chromatograms. In total, 120 TAGs were identified.
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- H R Mottram
- School of Chemistry. University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, UK
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Kallio H, Yli-Jokipii K, Kurvinen JP, Sjövall O, Tahvonen R. Regioisomerism of triacylglycerols in lard, tallow, yolk, chicken skin, palm oil, palm olein, palm stearin, and a transesterified blend of palm stearin and coconut oil analyzed by tandem mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2001; 49:3363-3369. [PMID: 11453776 DOI: 10.1021/jf010015w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Triacylglycerols (TAG) of lard, tallow, egg yolk, chicken skin, palm oil, palm olein, palm stearin, and a transesterified blend of palm stearin and coconut oil (82:18) were investigated by chemical ionization and collision-induced dissociation tandem mass spectrometry. Accurate molecular level information of the regioisomeric structures of individual TAGs was achieved. When existing in a TAG molecule of lard, palmitic acid occupied 90-100% of the sn-2 position. Within the major fatty acid combinations in tallow TAGs, the secondary position sn-2 was preferentially occupied in the decreasing order by oleoyl > palmitoyl > stearoyl residues, the order in saturated TAGs being myristoyl > stearoyl = palmitoyl. TAGs in egg yolk were more asymmetric than in chicken skin, with linoleic acid highly specifically attached in the yolk sn-2 carbon. Nearly 50% of yolk TAGs contained 52 carbon atoms with two or three double bonds. Linoleic, oleic, and palmitic acids were in the sn-2 location in decreasing quantities in palm oil and its fractions. Triacylglycerols of equal molecular weight behaved similarly in the fractionation process. Randomization of the parent oil TAGs was seen in the transesterified oil. The tandem mass spectrometric analysis applied provided detailed information of the distribution of fatty acids in individual combinations in TAGs.
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- H Kallio
- Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, FIN-20014 Turku, Finland.
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Kurvinen JP, Rua P, Sjövall O, Kallio H. Software (MSPECTRA) for automatic interpretation of triacylglycerol molecular mass distribution spectra and collision induced dissociation product ion spectra obtained by ammonia negative ion chemical ionization mass spectrometry. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2001; 15:1084-1091. [PMID: 11404845 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Rapid analysis of molecular mass distributions of triacylglycerol (TAG) mixtures and regioisomeric structures of selected molecular mass species is possible using ammonia negative ion chemical ionization mass spectrometry utilizing sample introduction by direct exposure probe. However, interpretation of spectra and calculation of results is time consuming, thus lengthening the total analysis time. To facilitate result calculation a software package (MSPECTRA 1.3) was developed and applied to automatic processing of triacylglycerol molecular mass distribution spectra and collision induced dissociation (CID) product ion spectra. The program is capable of identifying triacylglycerol molecular mass species possessing different ACN:DB (acyl carbon number:number of double bonds) ratios on the basis of m/z values of [M - H](-) ions. In addition to such identification the program also corrects spectra for abundances of naturally occurring (13)C isotopes and calculates relative proportions of triacylglycerol molecular species in the analyzed samples. If several replicate spectra are processed simultaneously the program automatically calculates an average and standard deviation of relative proportions of molecular species. In the case of CID spectra the program identifies fatty acid fragment ions [RCO(2)](-) and the corresponding [M - H - RCO(2)H - 100](-) ions, and calculates the relative proportions of ions in both groups. These proportions are then used automatically to calculate the fatty acid combinations comprising the parent triacylglycerol molecule and the regiospecific positions of fatty acids. Processing of several replicate product ion spectra simultaneously produces averaged proportions of regioisomers comprising the parent triacylglycerol molecular species and the standard deviation of the analysis. The performance of the program was tested by analyzing triacylglycerol samples of human milk, human milk substitutes, human chylomicron and cocoa butter, and by comparing results obtained by automated processing of the data with manually calculated results.
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- J P Kurvinen
- Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, FIN-20014 Turku, Finland
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Fontecha J, Rı́os J, Lozada L, Fraga M, Juárez M. Composition of goat's milk fat triglycerides analysed by silver ion adsorption-TLC and GC–MS. Int Dairy J 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s0958-6946(00)00026-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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I have reviewed recent (March 1995-December 1997) papers on human milk lipids including many on fatty acid (FA) composition. The effects of maternal diets on the profiles are apparent. However, more data on the composition of milk lipids are needed. It is noteworthy that so few papers on milk FA composition have reported analyses using high-resolution gas-liquid chromatography columns. Two of these were on milk from women in North America. The diets in North America are varied and the number of analyses few. We do not have a reliable data base showing the ranges of biologically important acids. Except for the gangliosides, few new data on the other lipids appeared during this period.
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- R G Jensen
- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269-4017, USA.
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Holcapek M, Jandera P, Fischer J, Prokes B. Analytical monitoring of the production of biodiesel by high-performance liquid chromatography with various detection methods. J Chromatogr A 1999; 858:13-31. [PMID: 10544888 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(99)00790-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 225] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Gradient elution reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) was used for the determination of compounds occurring during the production of biodiesel from rapeseed oil. Individual triacylglycerols (TGs), diacylglycerols, monoacylglycerols and methyl esters of oleic, linoleic and linolenic acids and free fatty acids were separated in 25 min using a combined linear gradient with aqueous-organic and non-aqueous mobile phase steps: 70% acetonitrile+30% water in 0 min, 100% acetonitrile in 10 min, 50% acetonitrile+50% 2-propanol-hexane (5:4, v/v) in 20 min and 5 min final hold-up. Another method with a non-aqueous linear mobile phase gradient [from 100% methanol to 50% methanol+50% 2-propanol-hexane (5:4, v/v) in 15 min] was used for fast monitoring of conversion of rapeseed oil triacylglycerols to fatty acid methyl esters and for quantitation of residual TGs in the final biodiesel product. Sensitivity and linearity of various detection modes (UV detection at 205 nm, evaporative light scattering detection and mass spectrometric detection) were compared. The individual sample compounds were identified using coupled HPLC-atmospheric pressure chemical ionization mass spectrometry in the positive-ion mode.
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- M Holcapek
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Czech Republic
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Hsu FF, Turk J. Structural characterization of triacylglycerols as lithiated adducts by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry using low-energy collisionally activated dissociation on a triple stage quadrupole instrument. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 1999; 10:587-599. [PMID: 10384723 DOI: 10.1016/s1044-0305(99)00035-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We describe features of tandem mass spectra of lithiated adducts of triacylglycerol (TAG) species obtained by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ms) with low-energy collisionally activated dissociation (CAD) on a triple stage quadrupole instrument. The spectra distinguish isomeric triacylglycerol species and permit assignment of the mass of each fatty acid substituent and positions on the glycerol backbone to which substituents are esterified. Source CAD-MS2 experiments permit assignment of double bond locations in polyunsaturated fatty acid substituents. The ESI/MS/MS spectra contain [M + Li - (RnCO2H)]+, [M + Li - (RnCO2Li)]+, and RnCO+ ions, among others, that permit assignment of the masses of fatty acid substituents. Relative abundances of these ions reflect positions on the glycerol backbone to which substituents are esterified. The tandem spectra also contain ions reflecting combined elimination of two adjacent fatty acid residues, one of which is eliminated as a free fatty acid and the other as an alpha, beta-unsaturated fatty acid. Such combined losses always involve the sn-2 substituent, and this feature provides a robust means to identify that substituent. Fragment ions reflecting combined losses of both sn-1 and sn-3 substituents without loss of the sn-2 substituent are not observed. Schemes are proposed to rationalize formation of major fragment ions in tandem mass spectra of lithiated TAG that are supported by studies with deuterium-labeled TAG and by source CAD-MS2 experiments. These schemes involve initial elimination of a free fatty acid in concert with a hydrogen atom abstracted from the alpha-methylene group of an adjacent fatty acid, followed by formation of a cyclic intermediate that decomposes to yield other characteristic fragment ions. Determination of double bond location in polyunsaturated fatty acid substituents of TAG is achieved by source CAD experiments in which dilithiated adducts of fatty acid substituents are produced in the ion source and subjected to CAD in the collision cell. Product ions are analyzed in the final quadrupole to yield information on double bond location.
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- F F Hsu
- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Cheng C, Gross ML, Pittenauer E. Complete structural elucidation of triacylglycerols by tandem sector mass spectrometry. Anal Chem 1998; 70:4417-26. [PMID: 9796425 DOI: 10.1021/ac9805192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We developed a method to elucidate the complete structure of triacylglycerols by means of high-energy collisional activation tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS). Both ESI- and FAB-produced [M + NH4]+ and [M + met.]+ ions (where met. = Li, Na, and Cs) of triacylglycerols undergo charge-remote and charge-driven fragmentations. We emphasize the study of fragment ions from ESI-produced [M + NH4]+ and [M + Na]+ ions and FAB-produced [M + Na]+ ions. ESI-produced [M + NH4]+ ions fragment to produce four types of ions, [M + NH4 - RnCOONH4]+, [RnCO + 128]+, [RnCO + 74]+, and RnCO+ ions, from which the carbon number and the degree of unsaturation of each acyl group are obtained. In addition, three series of ions are produced by charge-remote fragmentations (CRFs), and analysis of their patterns gives the position and the number of double bonds on the acyl groups. Information about the position of each acyl group on the glycerol backbone, however, is not provided by collisionally activated dissociation of [M + NH4]+ ions. On the other hand, ESI- and FAB-produced [M + Na]+ ions fragment to form eight types of ions (named A-J ions) that, like those produced by CRF, are highly structurally informative. The absence of certain series members also carries useful structural information. Interpretation of these patterns enables one to obtain the number of carbons, degrees of unsaturation, and location of double bonds, as well as the positions of acyl groups on the glycerol backbone.
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- C Cheng
- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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Morera Pons S, Castellote Bargalló AI, López Sabater MC. Analysis of human milk triacylglycerols by high-performance liquid chromatography with light-scattering detection. J Chromatogr A 1998; 823:475-82. [PMID: 9818421 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(98)00584-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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A high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method for the separation of human milk triacylglycerols using a C18 Spherisorb ODS column and ternary gradient elution with dichloromethane, acetone and acetonitrile is described. The triacylglycerols are detected by light scattering. Several chromatographic conditions were assayed in order to optimize the method: sample solubility, mobile phase, column temperature and the mass detector oven temperature. The linearity, precision and relative response of the method were examined. A total of 34 peaks were separated and quantified based on the percentage peak area in the HPLC chromatogram. Mature human milk analyzed by this method contained six predominant triacylglyceride structures: POO, POL, LOO, POP, OOO and SOP, where P = palmitin, O = olein, L = linolein and S = stearin.
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- S Morera Pons
- Unitat de Nutrició i Bromatologia-CERTA, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
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- P T Ozand
- Departments of Pediatrics and Biological and Medical Research, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Aichholz R, Spitzer V, Lorbeer E. High Temperature Gas Chromatography and High Temperature Gas Chromatography - Negative Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry of Derivatized Triglycerides Containing Oxygenated Fatty Acid Acyl Groups. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1998. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-4168(19980301)21:3<152::aid-jhrc152>3.0.co;2-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Aichholz R, Spitzer V, Lorbeer E. Analysis of cyanolipids and triacylglycerols from sapindaceae seed oils with high-temperature gas chromatography and high-temperature gas chromatography-chemical ionization mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr A 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(97)00650-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Mayer BX, Reiter C, Bereuter TL. Investigation of the triacylglycerol composition of iceman's mummified tissue by high-temperature gas chromatography. JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY. B, BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND APPLICATIONS 1997; 692:1-6. [PMID: 9187376 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4347(96)00501-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The pattern of intact triacylglycerols of a skin sample from the 5300-year-old Iceman mummy (nicknamed Otzi) was resolved on a diphenyl-dimethylpolysiloxane stationary phase by high-temperature gas chromatography. Adipocere from a 64-year-old glacier mummy as well as recent human subcutaneous fat served as a comparison in this study. Qualitatively, the results for mummy samples were similar with well-preserved saturated, but decomposed unsaturated, triacylglycerols, the latter being predominant in subcutaneous fat. Excellent preservation of triacylglycerols with odd carbon numbers and branched acyl chains was observed. The results presented here shed new light on the process of mummification.
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- B X Mayer
- Institute for Organic Chemistry, University of Vienna, Austria
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Jie MSFLK, Pasha MK, Syed-Rahmatullah MSK. Fatty acids, fatty acid analogues and their derivatives. Nat Prod Rep 1997. [DOI: 10.1039/np9971400163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Creamer LK, MacGibbon AK. Some recent advances in the basic chemistry of milk proteins and lipids. Int Dairy J 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/0958-6946(96)85309-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Laakso P. Analysis of triacylglycerols— approaching the molecular composition of natural mixtures. FOOD REVIEWS INTERNATIONAL 1996. [DOI: 10.1080/87559129609541075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Evershed RP. High-resolution triacylglycerol mixture analysis using high-temperature gas chromatography / mass spectrometry with a polarizable stationary phase, negative ion chemical ionization, and mass-resolved chromatography. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 1996; 7:350-361. [PMID: 24203361 DOI: 10.1016/1044-0305(95)00701-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/1995] [Revised: 10/12/1995] [Accepted: 11/09/1995] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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High-temperature gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (HT-GC/MS) has been employed to study the behavior of mixtures of triacylglycerol molecular species on a polarizable stationary phase (immobilized 65% phenyl methyl silicone). The use of negative ion chemical ionization (NICI) at an ion source block temperature of 300 °C overcomes problems with interpretation of electron ionization (EI) mass spectra produced during the HT-GC/MS. The NICI spectra of triacylglycerols produced under these conditions contain abundant [RCO2](-), [RCO2 - 18](-), and [RCO2 - 19](-) ions, believed to be produced by nucleophilic gas-phase ammonolysis, that are used to identify the individual fatty acid moieties associated with peaks in triacylglycerol total ion chromatograms. The polarizable stationary phase produces significantly enhanced resolution of triacylglycerol molecular species compared to hightemperature stable apolar stationary phases, such as immobilized dimethyl polysiloxanes. The resolution of complex natural mixtures of triacylglycerols can be further improved by use of the Biller-Biemann enhancement technique to produce mass-resolved chromatograms. Investigation of the mass-resolved chromatograms provides important information with regard to the factors that affect elution orders of individual triacylglycerol molecular species. The analysis of mixtures of authentic triacylglycerols by HT-GC/MS via NICI provides data that relate to the analytical limits of the technique for the analysis of triacylglycerols that bear both saturated and polyunsaturated fatty acyl moieties.
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- R P Evershed
- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, BS8 1TS, Bristol, UK
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The summary will be limited to the areas that should be intensively investigated. The first is: determination of fatty acid profiles using modern methods on a world wide basis. We have no more than five or six papers in which my criterion was applied, one from Canada and the remainder from Europe with some data from Africa. Obviously, milk cannot be used as the gold standard on this meager data base. The second area is analysis of TG structure. These analyses are difficult, but structure is one of the factors controlling digestion. Data on the effects of maternal diet on structure would be useful. The third area is the role of primary or derived milk lipids as microbicidal agents. The fourth area is examination of globule parameters, i.e. number, size, volume, surface, and how they are affected by diet. There are many others which may interest the reader.
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- R G Jensen
- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269-4017, USA
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Redden PR, Lin X, Horrobin DF. Comparison of the grignard deacylation TLC and HPLC methods and high resolution 13C-NMR for the sn-2 positional analysis of triacylglycerols containing gamma-linolenic acid. Chem Phys Lipids 1996; 79:9-19. [PMID: 8907238 DOI: 10.1016/0009-3084(95)02502-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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There is increasing evidence that the fatty acid, gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) is the effective component found in evening primrose oil (EPO) which has been shown to bring about clinical improvement in a number of disease conditions. The two major triacylglycerols (TAGs) in EPO are trilinolein (LLL) and a TAG species containing one GLA and two linoleic (LA) fatty acid chains. This latter TAG, called dilinoleoyl-mono-gamma-linolenin (DLMG or Oenotheral), makes up about 15% by weight of EPO and accounts for over one-half of the total amount of GLA present in EPO. Although DLMG is comprised of three possible isomers, the abbreviation is used to represent the naturally occurring mixture of these isomers. We have isolated DLMG from EPO and also prepared its three possible isomers, sn-GLL, sn-LGL and sn-LLG, and carried out the sn-2 positional analysis using three different approaches, namely, Grignard deacylation TLC and HPLC methods and high resolution 13C-NMR spectroscopy. The results of the sn-2 positional analysis for both the natural and synthetic TAGs containing LA and GLA in this study using the three approaches are all in very good agreement. This indicates that the three positional analysis methods are valid within their acceptable error margin and can be used with confidence in determining the fatty acid composition of the sn-2 position. Given the increased availability of NMR spectrometers this method might prove to be the easiest and most convenient in determining the sn-2 position for oil or TAG samples that contain a small number of different fatty acids providing all the 13C-NMR carbonyl resonances are well resolved.
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- P R Redden
- Efamol Research Inc., Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Kuksis A, Myher JJ. Application of tandem mass spectrometry for the analysis of long-chain carboxylic acids. JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY. B, BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS 1995; 671:35-70. [PMID: 8520701 DOI: 10.1016/0378-4347(95)00212-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The application of MS-MS for the analysis of long-chain carboxylic acids and their esters has proved enormously successful but expensive. It is discussed mainly on basis of results obtained with different instruments with lesser attention to principles of the method, which have been adequately reviewed elsewhere. The use of electrospray ionization (ESI) has greatly increased the sensitivity of the method and has permitted assay of total lipid extracts. The combination of HPLC with electrospray and single quadrupole mass spectrometry, LC-ESI-CID-MS, rivals the triple quadrupole MS-MS application in many instances at considerably lower cost. However, LC-ESI-MS-MS remains the most desirable system at the present time for lipid ester analyses.
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- A Kuksis
- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, University of Toronto, Canada
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Lamberto M, Saitta M. Principal component analysis in fast atom bombardment-mass spectrometry of triacylglycerols in edible oils. J AM OIL CHEM SOC 1995. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02542062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- M. Lamberto
- ; Department of Organic and Biological Chemistry; University of Messina; P.O. Box 46 Messina 98166 Italy
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- ; Department of Organic and Biological Chemistry; University of Messina; P.O. Box 46 Messina 98166 Italy
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Spanos GA, Schwartz SJ, van Breemen RB, Huang CH. High-performance liquid chromatography with light-scattering detection and desorption chemical-ionization tandem mass spectrometry of milk fat triacylglycerols. Lipids 1995; 30:85-90. [PMID: 7760693 DOI: 10.1007/bf02537046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
Abstract
The utility of reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), desorption chemical-ionization mass spectrometry (DCI-MS) and tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) for the characterization of triacylglycerols in complex mixtures has been further explored. Triacylglycerols of anhydrous bovine milk fat were separated by using two reverse-phase C18 HPLC columns, and eluents were monitored with an evaporative light-scattering detector. Fifty-eight fractions were resolved and analyzed by positive ion isobutane DCI-MS. The formation of protonated molecules and of major fragments corresponding to the random loss of any one of the constituent fatty acids readily identified acyl carbon numbers and the number of double bonds within each fatty acid. MS/MS was only required when the original mass spectra indicated the presence of more than one triacylglycerol or of impurities in a fraction. Protonated molecules produced by DCI were fragmented using high energy collisional activation, and the resulting ions were detected by MS/MS. Odd-chain triacylglycerols were also readily distinguished using this methodology. The positive ion DCI and MS/MS techniques described here demonstrate the usefulness of this approach for the characterization of triacylglycerols in complex mixtures.
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- G A Spanos
- Department of Food Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27695, USA
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Distribution of the major fatty acids of human milk betweensn-2 andsn-1,3 positions of triacylglycerols. J AM OIL CHEM SOC 1994. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02542266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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