HPLC–MS/MS Methods for Detecting Muscarine, Muscimol, and Ibotenic Acid in Fungal Samples and Biological Matrices
摘要
This paper describes a two-step algorithm for detecting muscarine, ibotenic acid, and muscimol in urine samples. A two-step procedure was developed for detecting muscarine, muscimol, and ibotenic acid using a data-dependent mode of MRM analysis with the simultaneous full mass spectrum recording of the target substances. Analytes were detected by HPLC coupled with a triple quadrupole mass spectrometric detector (LC–MS/MS Shimadzu 8050). Chromatographic separation was performed in a Phenomenex Kinetex C18 reversed-phase column. At the first step, muscarine was detected in a diluted urine sample. At the second step, muscimol and ibotenic acid were found using a bimolecular dansylation method. The procedure has been successfully applied to routine chemical and toxicological analyses of urine samples from patients suspected of mushroom poisoning.