TY - JOUR
T1 - Determination of alkylresorcinol metabolites in human urine by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
AU - Marklund, Matti
AU - Landberg, Rikard
AU - Åman, Per
AU - Kamal-Eldin, Afaf
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank the Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences , and Spatial Planning (FORMAS) for funding. We also thank Erika Jansson for skillful technical assistance.
PY - 2010/4/1
Y1 - 2010/4/1
N2 - Alkylresorcinols (ARs) are phenolic lipids present at high concentrations in the outer parts of rye and wheat kernels and have been proposed as biomarkers for intake of whole grain and bran products of these cereals. AR are absorbed in the small intestine and after hepatic metabolism two major metabolites, 3,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid (DHBA) and 3-(3,5-dihydroxyphenyl)-1-propanoic acid (DHPPA), are excreted in urine either as such or as conjugates. Urine samples from nine individuals were incubated with different enzymes to assess type and extent of conjugates. In comparison with DHBA, which was mostly found in the free form, the less polar DHPPA was conjugated to a greater extent and the major conjugates were glucuronides. In this method, urine samples were hydrolyzed using β-glucuronidase from Helix pomatia and syringic acid was used as internal standard. Samples, silylated with BSTFA, were analyzed by GC-MS utilizing a BP-5 fused silica capillary column and single ion monitoring of molecular ions (m/z 370 [DHBA], m/z 398 [DHPPA]). Recoveries of DHBA and DHPPA were estimated to be 94% and 93%, respectively. The average intra-assay/inter-assay coefficients of variation were 4.9/5.7% for DHBA and 7.6/9.3% for DHPPA.
AB - Alkylresorcinols (ARs) are phenolic lipids present at high concentrations in the outer parts of rye and wheat kernels and have been proposed as biomarkers for intake of whole grain and bran products of these cereals. AR are absorbed in the small intestine and after hepatic metabolism two major metabolites, 3,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid (DHBA) and 3-(3,5-dihydroxyphenyl)-1-propanoic acid (DHPPA), are excreted in urine either as such or as conjugates. Urine samples from nine individuals were incubated with different enzymes to assess type and extent of conjugates. In comparison with DHBA, which was mostly found in the free form, the less polar DHPPA was conjugated to a greater extent and the major conjugates were glucuronides. In this method, urine samples were hydrolyzed using β-glucuronidase from Helix pomatia and syringic acid was used as internal standard. Samples, silylated with BSTFA, were analyzed by GC-MS utilizing a BP-5 fused silica capillary column and single ion monitoring of molecular ions (m/z 370 [DHBA], m/z 398 [DHPPA]). Recoveries of DHBA and DHPPA were estimated to be 94% and 93%, respectively. The average intra-assay/inter-assay coefficients of variation were 4.9/5.7% for DHBA and 7.6/9.3% for DHPPA.
KW - Alkylresorcinols
KW - Biomarker
KW - GC-MS
KW - Metabolites
KW - Whole grain
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jchromb.2010.02.007
DO - 10.1016/j.jchromb.2010.02.007
M3 - Article
C2 - 20223713
AN - SCOPUS:77949491361
SN - 1570-0232
VL - 878
SP - 888
EP - 894
JO - Journal of Chromatography B: Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences
JF - Journal of Chromatography B: Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences
IS - 11-12
ER -