[Determination of 10 organic acids in alcoholic products by ion chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry]

Se Pu. 2022 Dec;40(12):1128-1135. doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1123.2022.01020.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

A method was developed for the determination of 10 organic acids in liquor, yellow rice wine, and dry red wine by ion chromatography-triple quadrupole mass spectrometry (IC-MS/MS). First, the liquor samples were diluted with deionized water, degassed with nitrogen, and analyzed by IC-MS/MS. Then, the yellow rice wine and dry red wine samples were purified with different solid-phase extraction cartridges. Finally, the GCB solid-phase extraction cartridge was selected for purification, diluted with deionized water, and analyzed by IC-MS/MS. The samples were separated using a Dionex IonPac AS11-HC anion analysis column with high capacity and strong hydrophilicity, with an KOH aqueous solution as the eluent, which was produced by an automatic generator for gradient elution. After being suppressed using a suppressor, the eluent was injected directly into the electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS), ionized in negative ion mode, detected in multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode, and quantified using an external standard method. Oxalic acid, fumaric acid, maleic acid, malic acid, tartaric acid, citric acid, quinic acid, and aconitic acid showed good linear relationships in the range of 0.05-2 mg/L. Succinic acid and lactic acid showed good linearities in the range of 0.05-5 mg/L and 0.05-10 mg/L, respectively. The correlation coefficients (r2) were >0.99. The limits of detection (LODs) and limits of quantification (LOQs) were 1.0-8.0 μg/L and 3.5-26.5 μg/L, respectively. The average recoveries ranged from 83.0% to 112.1%, and the relative standard deviations (RSDs) were <9.1% in spiked samples at three levels. The proposed method allowed easy pretreatment without using organic solvents or derivatization processing. Overall, the proposed method is accurate, rapid, sensitive, and it is suitable for the qualitative and quantitative analyses of the 10 organic acids in three wine samples. Moreover, it can be used for the determination of flavor and quality of alcoholic products.

建立了一种离子色谱-串联质谱(IC-MS/MS)测定白酒、黄酒、干红葡萄酒3种酒类样品中10种有机酸含量的方法。白酒样品氮吹后,经去离子水稀释,用IC-MS/MS分析检测;干红葡萄酒样品和黄酒样品,对比不同固相萃取小柱净化能力,最终选择石墨化炭黑固相萃取小柱进行净化,经去离子水稀释,用IC-MS/MS分析检测。选用高容量、强亲水性的Dionex IonPacTM AS11-HC型阴离子分析柱进行分离,以淋洗液自动发生器在线产生的KOH水溶液为淋洗液,进行梯度淋洗。淋洗液经抑制器抑制后直接进入电喷雾电离串联质谱(ESI-MS/MS),采用负离子模式电离,多反应监测(MRM)模式检测,外标法定量。在该实验条件下:草酸、富马酸、马来酸、苹果酸、酒石酸、柠檬酸、奎尼酸和乌头酸在0.05~2 mg/L范围内线性关系良好;琥珀酸在0.05~5 mg/L范围内线性关系良好;乳酸在0.05~10 mg/L范围内线性关系良好(相关系数r2>0.99)。10种有机酸的检出限(S/N=3)在1.0~8.0 μg/L范围内,定量限(S/N=10)在3.5~26.5 μg/L范围内,在3个不同浓度的添加水平下,平均回收率在83.0%~112.1%之间,相对标准偏差≤9.1%,满足检测要求。该方法前处理简单,不使用有机溶剂,不需进行衍生化处理,测定快速、准确,灵敏度高,适用于3种酒类样品中10种有机酸的定量分析,为酒类食品的风味及品质测定提供方法支持。

Keywords: dry red wine; ion chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (IC-MS/MS); liquor; organic acids; yellow rice wine.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Chromatography
  • Organic Chemicals*
  • Solid Phase Extraction
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry*
  • Water

Substances

  • Organic Chemicals
  • Water