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Simultaneous GC-MS analysis of melatonin and its precursors as ethoxycarbonyl/pentafluoropropionyl derivatives in rat urine

  • M. J. Paik
  • , D. T. Nguyen
  • , Y. J. Kim
  • , J. Y. Shin
  • , W. Shim
  • , E. Y. Cho
  • , J. H. Yoon
  • , K. R. Kim
  • , Y. S. Lee
  • , N. Kim
  • , S. W. Park
  • , G. Lee
  • , Y. H. Ahn

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Abstract

Melatonin is synthesized from acetylserotonin, which is a deacetylated product of serotoinin. Simultaneous analysis of melatonin and its precursors in rat urine was performed using their (N,O)-ethoxycarbonyl/N-pentafluoropropionyl (EOC/PFP) derivatives by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The mass spectral data of acetylserotonin as mono-O-EOC/mono-N-PFP and serotonin as di-(N,O)-EOC/di-N-PFP derivatives were newly established. This method exhibited good linearity (r ≥ 0.996), repeatability (% relative standard deviation = 6.9-9.4), accuracy (% relative error = -8.9 to 8.6) with detection limits of 0.005 to 0.03 ng mL-1. This method was developed for the simultaneous measurement of melatonin and its precursors in rat urine.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1213-1217
Number of pages5
JournalChromatographia
Volume72
Issue number11-12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2010

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by a grant from the Korea Communications Commission (09-basic-02) and by the National Research Foundation of Korea Grant funded by the Korean Govern ment (KRF-2008-314-E00183). This research was performed with an Agilent 6890 N GC interfaced to an Agilent 5975B MSD in Cooperative Center for Research Facilities of Ajou University, Wonchon-dong, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon 443-721, Republic of Korea.

Keywords

  • Ethoxycarbonyl/pentafluoropropionyl derivatives
  • Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
  • Melatonin, acetylserotonin and serotonin

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