{"title":"皂化后液-液萃取- LC-MS/MS测定桤木叶中麦角甾醇的方法的建立与验证","authors":"Björn Kusebauch, Stefan Bader, Steffen Carl","doi":"10.1016/j.mex.2025.103495","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Ergosterol is widely used as proxy for the estimation of leaf litter associated fungal biomass. According to a common textbook method, ergosterol can be extracted from plant tissue with methanolic potassium hydroxide followed by purification with solid-phase extraction (SPE) and detection via high-performance liquid chromatography-ultraviolet (HPLC-UV). As an alternative, we developed a method using liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) of the methanolic extract with cyclohexane instead of time consuming and error prone SPE. For ergosterol detection, HPLC-UV was replaced by the more sensitive and selective liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). The method was validated for alder leaves at 10 µg/g dw (LOQ) and 500 µg/g dw with mean recoveries between 95.1 and 100.2 % (relative standard deviations < 10 %) and has been successfully applied for the measurement of fungicide effects on leaf litter associated aquatic fungi.<ul><li><span>•</span><span><div>Selective and flexible analytical method for ergosterol quantification in alder leaves using LLE and LC-MS/MS instead of SPE and HPLC-UV</div></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><div>Optional use of 7-dehydrocholesterol as internal standard to allow for compensation of volumetric variations during sample preparation and signal drift in LC-MS/MS</div></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><div>Method validation for three mass transitions according to guidance document SANTE/2020/12830 including matrix effect evaluation and stability investigations</div></span></li></ul></div></div>","PeriodicalId":18446,"journal":{"name":"MethodsX","volume":"15 ","pages":"Article 103495"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"Development and validation of an alternative method for ergosterol determination in alder leaves using liquid-liquid extraction and LC-MS/MS after saponification\",\"authors\":\"Björn Kusebauch, Stefan Bader, Steffen Carl\",\"doi\":\"10.1016/j.mex.2025.103495\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"<div><div>Ergosterol is widely used as proxy for the estimation of leaf litter associated fungal biomass. 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Development and validation of an alternative method for ergosterol determination in alder leaves using liquid-liquid extraction and LC-MS/MS after saponification
Ergosterol is widely used as proxy for the estimation of leaf litter associated fungal biomass. According to a common textbook method, ergosterol can be extracted from plant tissue with methanolic potassium hydroxide followed by purification with solid-phase extraction (SPE) and detection via high-performance liquid chromatography-ultraviolet (HPLC-UV). As an alternative, we developed a method using liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) of the methanolic extract with cyclohexane instead of time consuming and error prone SPE. For ergosterol detection, HPLC-UV was replaced by the more sensitive and selective liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). The method was validated for alder leaves at 10 µg/g dw (LOQ) and 500 µg/g dw with mean recoveries between 95.1 and 100.2 % (relative standard deviations < 10 %) and has been successfully applied for the measurement of fungicide effects on leaf litter associated aquatic fungi.
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Selective and flexible analytical method for ergosterol quantification in alder leaves using LLE and LC-MS/MS instead of SPE and HPLC-UV
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Optional use of 7-dehydrocholesterol as internal standard to allow for compensation of volumetric variations during sample preparation and signal drift in LC-MS/MS
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Method validation for three mass transitions according to guidance document SANTE/2020/12830 including matrix effect evaluation and stability investigations