Development of a LC-MS/MS method for the simultaneous screening of seven water-soluble vitamins in processing semi-coarse wheat flour products

Anal Bioanal Chem. 2015 May;407(12):3471-9. doi: 10.1007/s00216-015-8553-1. Epub 2015 Feb 21.

Abstract

Wheat is the second largest crop cultivated around the world and constitutes a major part of the daily diet in Europe. It is therefore important to determine the content of micronutrient in wheat and wheat-based food products to define the contribution of wheat-based foods to the nutrition of the consumers. The aim of the present work was to develop a simple and rapid method based on liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) for the simultaneous determination of seven water-soluble vitamins in various wheat-based food materials. The vitamins present in the test material were separated in less than 15 min by using a reverse-phase C18 column, and analyzed by positive ion electrospray selected reaction monitoring MS/MS. The MS response for all the vitamins was linear over the working range (0.05 to 9 μg/mL) with correlation coefficients ranging between 0.991 and 1. Limits of quantification in the different food materials ranged from 0.09 to 3.5 μg/g. Intra-day and inter-day precision were found satisfactory. The developed method was applied for the simultaneous analysis of the water-soluble vitamin natural content of different semi-coarse wheat flours and in their corresponding baking products.

MeSH terms

  • Carbon Isotopes
  • Chromatography, Reverse-Phase / methods*
  • Flour / analysis*
  • Food Analysis / methods*
  • Hydrolysis
  • Limit of Detection
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Solid Phase Extraction
  • Solubility
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry / methods*
  • Triticum / chemistry
  • Vitamins / analysis*
  • Vitamins / chemistry

Substances

  • Carbon Isotopes
  • Vitamins