Abstract
Reverse-phase solid-phase extraction (SPE) is regularly used for separating and puri-fying food-derived oligosaccharides and peptides prior to liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) analysis. However, the diversity in physicochemical properties of peptides may prevent the complete separation of the two types of analytes. Peptides present in the oligosaccharide fraction not only interfere with glycomics analysis but also escape peptidomics analysis. This work evaluated different SPE approaches for improving LC-MS/MS analysis of both oligosaccharides and peptides through testing on peptide standards and a food sample of commercial interest (proteolyzed almond extract). Compared with conventional reverse-phase SPE, mixed-mode SPE (reverse-phase/strong cation exchange) was more effective in retaining small/hydrophilic peptides and capturing them in the high-organic fraction and thus allowed the identification of more oligosaccharides and dipeptides in the proteolyzed almond extract, with satisfactory MS/MS confir-mation. Overall, mixed-mode SPE emerged as the ideal method for simultaneously improving the identification of food-derived oligosaccharides and small peptides using LC-MS/MS analysis.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 340 |
Journal | Foods |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 1 2022 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Funding: Funding for this study was made possible by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service through grant AM170100XXXXG011 and USDA NIFA project CA−DFST-2187-H. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the USDA.
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Keywords
- Glycomics
- LC-MS/MS
- Mixed-mode solid-phase extraction
- Peptidomics
- Protein hydrolysates
- Sample preparation
PubMed: MeSH publication types
- Journal Article