Determination of Amino Acids in Corn Seed by Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry

Autor: Paula Podea, Sevastiţa Muste, Ioan Has, Stăncuţa Scrob, Monica Culea, Sonia Suvar
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Analytical Letters. 48:37-46
ISSN: 1532-236X
0003-2719
DOI: 10.1080/00032719.2014.930869
Popis: A gas chromatography–mass spectrometry method was developed for the determination of free amino acids from corn inbred lines flour. Amino acids were extracted using 6% trichloroacetic acid. The extracts were purified using an ion-exchange solid phase, derivatized as trifluoroacetic butyl esters, and analyzed. The 15N-methionine was used as the internal standard. The method was repeatable for most of the amino acids (coefficient of variation was in the order of 20%), and good accuracy and limits of detection were obtained. Among the free amino acids determined, the highest concentrations were obtained for aspartic acid, proline, gamma-aminobutyric acid, lysine, alanine, glutamic acid, and histidine. The study established the variation of the free amino acids within the inbred lines.
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