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Bryant C Nelson1, Mary B Satterfield, Lorna T Sniegoski
1Analytical Chemistry Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-0001, USA. bryant.nelson@nist.gov
Abstract:
A unified extraction and quantification procedure based on stable isotope-dilution liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) has been developed for the simultaneous determination of total homocysteine and folate (5-methyltetrahydrofolic acid and folic acid) levels in human serum and plasma. This is the first report documenting the simultaneous extraction and quantification of these structurally dissimilar analytes. Analytes are quantitatively isolated from samples (500 microL) prior to LC/MS/MS analysis using a two-step stabilization process combined with C18 solid-phase extraction. The method exhibits excellent linearity over 4 orders of magnitude for each analyte. Measurement repeatability (RSD, N = 2) ranged from 0.3% to 3% for all analytes over 1 day of analysis. Total method variability (RSD, N = 6) ranged from 0.7% to 10% for all analytes over three independent days of analysis. The accuracy and practical applicability of the method were demonstrated by applying the method to the quantitative determination of each analyte in a new NIST serum Standard Reference Material (NIST SRM 1955 Homocysteine and Folate in Frozen Human Serum) and in a small subset of normal donor plasma samples.
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