Enhanced performance in the determination of ibuprofen 1-β-O-acyl glucuronide in urine by combining high field asymmetric waveform ion mobility spectrometry with liquid chromatography-time-of-flight mass spectrometry.

Robert W Smith, Danielle E Toutoungi, James C Reynolds, Anthony W T Bristow, Andrew Ray, Ashley Sage, Ian D Wilson, Daniel J Weston, Billy Boyle, Colin S Creaser

Index: J. Chromatogr. A. 1278 , 76-81, (2013)

Full Text: HTML

Abstract

The incorporation of a chip-based high field asymmetric waveform ion mobility spectrometry (FAIMS) separation in the ultra (high)-performance liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry (UHPLC-HRMS) determination of the (R/S) ibuprofen 1-β-O-acyl glucuronide metabolite in urine is reported. UHPLC-FAIMS-HRMS reduced matrix chemical noise, improved the limit of quantitation approximately two-fold and increased the linear dynamic range compared to the determination of the metabolite without FAIMS separation. A quantitative evaluation of the prototype UHPLC-FAIMS-HRMS system showed better reproducibility for the drug metabolite (%RSD 2.7%) at biologically relevant concentrations in urine. In-source collision induced dissociation of the FAIMS-selected deprotonated metabolite was used to fragment the ion prior to mass analysis, enhancing selectivity by removing co-eluting species and aiding the qualitative identification of the metabolite by increasing the signal-to-noise ratio of the fragment ions.Copyright © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.