Direct Derivatization vs Aqueous Extraction Methods of Fecal Free Fatty Acids for GC-MS Analysis.
Bashar Amer, Caroline Nebel, Hanne C Bertram, Grith Mortensen, Trine K Dalsgaard
Index: Lipids 50 , 681-9, (2015)
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Abstract
A comprehensive and accurate determination of free fatty acids (FFA) is required for fecal metabolomic investigations. The present study compares three aqueous extraction methods (1) ULTRA-TURRAX(®), (2) whirl mixing and (3) basic ULTRA-TURRAX extraction of fecal FFA with a direct derivatization approach using ethyl chloroformate as the derivatization reagent before determination by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The direct derivatization method resulted in significantly higher estimations (P < 0.01) of short- and long-chain fatty acids than was the case when applying the aqueous extraction methods using ULTRA-TURRAX, whirl mixing, or basic ULTRA-TURRAX extraction before the derivatization step. Thus, avoiding an aqueous extraction before derivatization reduces the loss of volatile short-chain FFA and the less water-soluble long-chain FFA.
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