{"title":"利用液相色谱-串联质谱法分析电子烟烟雾中蒸发的咖啡因并澄清次要成分。","authors":"Makoto Takada, Suzuna Saruwatari, Yutaro Yanagita, Junpei Mutoh, Hajime Harada, Naoya Kishikawa, Takashi Kitahara, Naotaka Kuroda, Mitsuhiro Wada","doi":"10.1007/s11419-022-00636-8","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are used widely, and e-cigarettes containing caffeine (Caf) have recently become commercially available. However, no risk evaluation of these Caf-containing products has been performed to date. Such an evaluation requires a sensitive analytical method for quantifying Caf in smoke from e-cigarettes. The aim of this study was to establish a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method for quantifying vaporized Caf from commercially available e-cigarettes, and to determine minor components related to Caf in cigarette smoke extract (CSE).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A sampling system for Caf using a suction pump was designed and sampling conditions were optimized.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The optimized LC-MS/MS conditions allowed the sensitive determination of Caf in smoke with a limit of detection of 0.03 ng/mL at a signal-to-noise ratio of 3. The method was applied to CSEs from five e-cigarette products and the concentration of Caf ranged from 0.894 ± 0.090 to 3.32 ± 0.14 μg/mL smoke (n = 3). Additionally, minor components related to Caf, such as theobromine, theophylline, and paraxanthine, were detected in CSE and in e-liquid at very low concentrations, indicating that they were impurities in e-liquid and vaporized along with Caf.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This is the first report to determine the concentration of vaporized Caf using an LC-MS/MS method and to clarify several minor components in smoke from e-cigarettes.</p>","PeriodicalId":12329,"journal":{"name":"Forensic Toxicology","volume":"41 1","pages":"135-141"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8000,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"Analysis of vaporized caffeine in smoke from e-cigarettes using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry and clarification of minor components.\",\"authors\":\"Makoto Takada, Suzuna Saruwatari, Yutaro Yanagita, Junpei Mutoh, Hajime Harada, Naoya Kishikawa, Takashi Kitahara, Naotaka Kuroda, Mitsuhiro Wada\",\"doi\":\"10.1007/s11419-022-00636-8\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are used widely, and e-cigarettes containing caffeine (Caf) have recently become commercially available. 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Analysis of vaporized caffeine in smoke from e-cigarettes using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry and clarification of minor components.
Purpose: Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are used widely, and e-cigarettes containing caffeine (Caf) have recently become commercially available. However, no risk evaluation of these Caf-containing products has been performed to date. Such an evaluation requires a sensitive analytical method for quantifying Caf in smoke from e-cigarettes. The aim of this study was to establish a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method for quantifying vaporized Caf from commercially available e-cigarettes, and to determine minor components related to Caf in cigarette smoke extract (CSE).
Methods: A sampling system for Caf using a suction pump was designed and sampling conditions were optimized.
Results: The optimized LC-MS/MS conditions allowed the sensitive determination of Caf in smoke with a limit of detection of 0.03 ng/mL at a signal-to-noise ratio of 3. The method was applied to CSEs from five e-cigarette products and the concentration of Caf ranged from 0.894 ± 0.090 to 3.32 ± 0.14 μg/mL smoke (n = 3). Additionally, minor components related to Caf, such as theobromine, theophylline, and paraxanthine, were detected in CSE and in e-liquid at very low concentrations, indicating that they were impurities in e-liquid and vaporized along with Caf.
Conclusion: This is the first report to determine the concentration of vaporized Caf using an LC-MS/MS method and to clarify several minor components in smoke from e-cigarettes.
期刊介绍:
The journal Forensic Toxicology provides an international forum for publication of studies on toxic substances, drugs of abuse, doping agents, chemical warfare agents, and their metabolisms and analyses, which are related to laws and ethics. It includes original articles, reviews, mini-reviews, short communications, and case reports. Although a major focus of the journal is on the development or improvement of analytical methods for the above-mentioned chemicals in human matrices, appropriate studies with animal experiments are also published.
Forensic Toxicology is the official publication of the Japanese Association of Forensic Toxicology (JAFT) and is the continuation of the Japanese Journal of Forensic Toxicology (ISSN 0915-9606).