Miniaturized and modified QuEChERS method with mesostructured silica as clean-up sorbent for pyrrolizidine alkaloids determination in aromatic herbs

This work proposes the miniaturization and modification of the QuEChERS strategy using different large pore mesostructured silicas, non-modified and modified with amino groups (NH2), as dispersive clean-up sorbents for multi-component extraction of 21 pyrrolizidine alkaloids from different aromatic...

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Autores: Izcara, Sergio, Casado, Natalia, Morante-Zarcero, Sonia, Pérez-Quintanilla, Damián, Sierra, Isabel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Repositorio:BURJC-Digital. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
OAI Identifier:oai:burjcdigital.urjc.es:10115/19469
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10115/19469
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Pyrrolizidine alkaloids
Aromatic herbs
Mesostructured silicas
µ-QuEChERS
UHPLC-MS/MS
Food safety
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Sumario:This work proposes the miniaturization and modification of the QuEChERS strategy using different large pore mesostructured silicas, non-modified and modified with amino groups (NH2), as dispersive clean-up sorbents for multi-component extraction of 21 pyrrolizidine alkaloids from different aromatic herbs, combined with ultra-high performance liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry analysis. The procedure was miniaturized by reducing the amounts of sample (0.2 g), solvents (2 mL), clean-up sorbents (25 mg sorbent + 150 mg MgSO4) and partitioning salts (0.65 g) employed. Best results were achieved using mesostructured silicas (LP-MS-NH2) than conventional PSA. The method was validated (overall recoveries 73–105%) and applied to the analysis of 17 samples. All the samples were contaminated with PAs (average concentration 262 µg/Kg). Thyme and basil samples were the most contaminated, whereas rosemary was the least. Lasiocarpine, senecivernine N-oxide and europine N-oxide were the main PAs that contributed to their contamination.