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Ion‐spray mass spectrometry of marine neurotoxins
Author(s) -
Quilliam Michael A.,
Thomson Bruce A.,
Scott George J.,
Siu K. W. Michael
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
rapid communications in mass spectrometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.528
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1097-0231
pISSN - 0951-4198
DOI - 10.1002/rcm.1290030508
Subject(s) - chemistry , mass spectrometry , ion , chromatography , environmental chemistry , organic chemistry
Ion‐spray mass spectrometry was investigated for the analysis of three marine neurotoxins: domoic acid, saxitoxin and tetrodotoxin. All three compounds gave positive‐ion spectra with abundant ions of protonated molecules and no significant fragmentation. Domoic acid gave a negative‐ion spectrum with a strong [M–H] − ion. Tandem mass spectrometry provided useful fragment‐ion spectra for all compounds. Detection limits for flow injection analyses with selected‐ion monitoring were determined to be 30 pg for saxitoxin, 100 pg for domoic acid and 200 pg for tetrodotoxin. Combining liquid chromatography with ion‐spray mass spectrometry allowed the determination of domoic acid and some of its isomers in toxic shellfish tissue extracts.