BACKGROUND Vitamin D is not only important for bone health but can also affect the development of several non-bone diseases. The definition of vitamin D insufficiency by serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D depends on the clinical outcome but might also be a consequence of analytical methods used for the definition. Although numerous 25-hydroxyvitamin D assays are available, their comparability ...

In this work, the first systematic characterization of triacylglycerol (TG) enantiomers in real samples using chiral high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with atmospheric pressure chemical ionization mass spectrometry (APCI-MS) is performed. Our chiral HPLC/APCI-MS method is based on the use of two cellulose-tris-(3,5-dimethylphenylcarbamate) columns connected in series using a gradien...

an on-line uv-hplc / apci-ms (atmospheric pressure chemical ionization) tandem by a platinium c18 column with an isocratic solvent system after optimizing was applied to the separation and the identification of different carotenoids including astaxanthin, canthaxanthin, apocarotenoic ester, torularhodin and beta carotene. this method was used to identify particular carotenoids produced by newly...

High performance liquid chromatography-atmospheric pressure chemical ionisation mass spectrometry (HPLC-APCI MS) was applied to the characterisation of triacylglycerols (TAGs) in animal fats. The major TAGs in four fats (beef, chicken, lamb and pork) were identified and positional isomers assigned according to their APCI mass spectra. Beef and lamb fat TAGs were confirmed as containing higher p...

A re-investigation of subaerial parts of Leontodon cichoraceus (Ten.) Sanguin. yielded the new germacrane-type sesquiterpenoid 15-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-8-[p-(beta-D-glucopyranosyloxy)phenylacetyl]-salonitenolide. The structure was established by APCI mass spectrometry and 1D- and 2D-NMR spectroscopy. A survey by HPLC-DAD and HPLC-MS gave no signs of this compound in 23 other taxa of Leontodon.

This study presents an HPLC method for simultaneous analysis of astaxanthin and its carotenoid precursors from Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous. The HPLC method is accomplished by employing a C18 column and the mobile phase methanol/water/acetonitrile/ dichloromethane (70:4:13:13, v/v/v/v). Astaxanthin is quantified by detection at 480 nm. The carotenoid precursors are identified by LC-APCI-MS and...

Silver-ion high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupled to atmospheric pressure chemical ionization mass spectrometry (APCI-MS) is used for the regioisomeric analysis of triacylglycerols (TGs). Standard mixtures of TG regioisomers are prepared by the randomization reaction from 8 mono-acid TG standards (tripalmitin, tristearin, triarachidin, triolein, trielaidin, trilinolein, trilinole...

In this study, the carotenoid profile of the echinoderm Marthasterias glacialis L. was established using HPLC-DAD-APCI-MS/MS equipped with a C(30) column. This approach rendered the identification of 20 compounds, eight of them reported for the first time in this marine organism. Differentiation of carotenoid isomers was also achieved.

A new hydroxycinnamoyl polyamine derivative, N,N',N"-triferuloylspermidine (= (E)-N-(4-aminobutyl) -3,3',3"-tris(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-N,N',N"- (butane-1,4-diyl)tris [prop-2-enamide]) (1) was detected in the H2O/MeOH extract of pollen from Hippeastrum x hortorum. The compound was identified by on-line-coupled high-performance liquid chromatography and atmospheric-pressure chemical-ionizati...