Conditioning Optimization Washing Optimization Elution Optimization S/N ratio PE (%) %Ion suppression
0.5 mL of MeoH followed by 0.5mL of water 1 mL of MeoH followedby 1mL of water 1 mL of 10% of Liq.NH3 in MeoH Fail 81.4 8.1
0.5 mL of MeoH followed by 0.5mL of water 1 mL of MeoH followed by 1 mL of water 1 mL of 10% of Liq.NH3 in ACN Fail 89.5 4.9
0.5 mL of MeoH followed by 0.5mL of water 1 mL of 1% formic acid in water (v/v) followed by 1 mL of MeoH 1 mL of 10% of Liq.NH3 in ACN Fail 95.5 3.6
1 mL of 10% of Liq.NH3 in ACN and 1 mL of 1% Formic acid in water 1 mL of 1% formic acid in water (v/v) followed by 1 mL of MeoH 1 mL of 10% of Liq.NH3 in ACN Fail 99.5 0.5
Preparation of sample:750 μL of 1% formic acid in water solution as pretreatment for 100 μL of plasma based on results from Table 2.
Table 3: Process efficiency and matrix effect of Niacin after SPE with Oasis MCX cartridge at LQC level analyzed on model API-3000.