Fully automated method based on on-line molecularly imprinted polymer solid-phase extraction for determination of lovastatin in dietary supplements containing red yeast rice.
Lucie NovosvětskáPetr ChocholoušFrantišek ŠvecHana SklenářováPublished in: Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry (2019)
A fully automated method for the determination of lovastatin in dietary supplements containing red yeast rice has been developed. It uses a sequential injection analysis system combined with solid-phase extraction applying highly selective molecularly imprinted polymer sorbent. A miniaturized column for on-line extraction was prepared by packing 4.5 mg of the sorbent in a 5.0 × 2.5-mm-i.d. cartridge, which was used in the flow manifold. Sequential injection analysis manifold enabled all steps of lovastatin extraction and continuous spectrophotometric detection at 240 nm. A limit of detection of 60 μg g-1, a limit of quantitation of 200 μg g-1, and a linear calibration range of 200-2000 μg g-1 were achieved. Intra-day and inter-day precision values (RSD) were ≤ 6.7% and ≤ 4.9%, respectively, and method recovery values of spiked red yeast rice extracts at 200, 1000, and 2000 μg g-1 concentration levels were 82.9, 95.2, and 87.7%. Our method was used for determination of lovastatin lactone in four dietary supplements containing red yeast rice as a natural source of lovastatin, also known as monacolin K. The extracted samples were subsequently analyzed by the reference UHPLC-MS/MS method. Statistical comparison of results (F test, t test, α = 0.05) obtained by both methods did not reveal significant difference. A substantial advantage of the new automated approach is high sample throughput thanks to the analysis time of 7.5 min, miniaturization via down-scaling the extraction column, and smaller sample and solvent consumption, as well as reduced generation of waste. Graphical abstract ᅟ.
Keyphrases
- solid phase extraction
- molecularly imprinted
- liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry
- high performance liquid chromatography
- simultaneous determination
- tandem mass spectrometry
- gas chromatography mass spectrometry
- liquid chromatography
- ultra high performance liquid chromatography
- ms ms
- gas chromatography
- machine learning
- mass spectrometry
- saccharomyces cerevisiae
- deep learning
- ultrasound guided
- risk assessment
- single cell
- label free
- photodynamic therapy
- ionic liquid
- heavy metals
- sewage sludge