On-line coupling of high-performance liquid chromatography to a continuous-flow enzyme assay based on electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

A.R. de Boer, T. Letzel, D.A. van Elswijk, H. Lingeman, W.M.A. Niessen, H. Irth

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Abstract

Liquid chromatography (LC) was coupled on-line to a continuous-flow enzymatic assay using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) as readout for the screening of enzyme inhibitors in complex samples. Inhibitors were detected by changes in the concentration of the enzymatic reaction products, indicating the inhibition of enzymatic activity. The molecular masses of the inhibitors were determined with high certainty by using retention time matching and peak shape comparison. Due to the high matching accuracy, baseline separation of coeluting analytes was not necessary in order to identify the correct masses of the bioactive compounds. The continuous-flow system was successfully applied for the screening of complex samples, such as natural extracts. For a red clover extract, detection limits of 0.3-0.8 μmol/L were obtained. System validation was performed by determining the IC
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3155-61
JournalAnalytical Chemistry
Volume76
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2004

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