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Quantitative Determination of De Novo Fatty Acid Synthesis in Brown Adipose Tissue Using Deuterium Oxide
Published on: May 12, 2023
Accurate quantification of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in environmental samples using deuterium-labeled
Nobuyasu Itoh1, Masahiko Numata, Yoshie Aoyagi
1National Metrology Institute of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8563, Japan. nobuyasu-itoh@aist.go.jp
Abstract:
For the accurate quantification of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in environmental samples by isotope-dilution mass spectrometry (IDMS) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), we used deuterium-labeled PAHs (D-PAHs) as internal standards for microg g(-1)-level certified reference materials and corresponding calibration solutions. Although pressurized liquid extraction (PLE) causes significant biases in the analytical results for ng g(-1)-level samples (2.4-15%), biases in the analytical results by PLE (190 degrees C, 20 MPa, 2 cycles) were small (<2.3%) and negligible for microg g(-1)-level samples when expanded uncertainty (coverage factor k = 2) was considered.
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