Quantitative Analysis of Tetramethylenedisulfotetramine (Tetramine) Spiked into Beverages by Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry with Validation by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
2009
Owens, Janel | Hok, Saphon | Alcaraz, Armando | Koester, Carolyn
Tetramethylenedisulfotetramine, commonly known as tetramine, is a highly neurotoxic rodenticide (human oral LD50 = 0.1 mg/kg) used in hundreds of deliberate and accidental food poisoning events in China. This paper describes a method for the quantitation of tetramine spiked into beverages, including milk, juice, tea, cola, and water, with cleanup by C8 solid phase extraction and liquid-liquid extraction. Quantitation by high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) was based upon fragmentation of m/z 347 to m/z 268. The method was validated by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) operated in selected ion monitoring mode for ions m/z 212, 240, and 360. The limit of quantitation was 0.10 μg/mL by LC-MS/MS versus 0.15 μg/mL for GC-MS. Fortifications of the beverages at 2.5 and 0.25 μg/mL were recovered ranging from 73 to 128% by liquid-liquid extraction for GC-MS analysis, from 13 to 96% by SPE, and from 10 to 101% by liquid-liquid extraction for LC-MS/MS analysis.
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