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Polydopamine-coated magnetic molecularly imprinted polymers with fragment template for identification of Pulsatilla saponins metabolites in rat feces with UPLC-Q-TOF-MS Yuzhen Zhang, Jia-Wei Zhang, Chong-Zhi Wang, Lian-Di Zhou, qihui zhang, and Chun-Su Yuan J. Agric. Food Chem., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b05747 • Publication Date (Web): 20 Dec 2017 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on December 20, 2017

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Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Polydopamine-coated magnetic molecularly imprinted polymers with fragment

template

for

identification

of

Pulsatilla

saponins

metabolites in rat feces with UPLC-Q-TOF-MS Yu-Zhen Zhang1, Jia-Wei Zhang1, Chong-Zhi Wang3, Lian-Di Zhou2,*, Qi-Hui Zhang1, 3,*, Chun-Su Yuan3

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School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044,

China; 2

Basic Medical College, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China;

3

Tang Center for Herbal Medicine Research and Department of Anesthesia & Critical Care,

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, U.S.A..

*Correspondence: 1* E-mail: [email protected] (Q.H. Zhang), Fax: (+86)-023-65102531; 2* E-mail: [email protected] (D.L. Zhou), Fax: (+86)-023-65714434.

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ABSTRACT 1

In this work, a modified pretreatment method using magnetic molecularly

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imprinted polymers (MMIPs) was successfully applied to study the metabolites of an

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important botanical with ultra-performance liquid chromatography/quadrupole time-

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of-flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-Q-TOF-MS). The MMIPs for glucoside-specific

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adsorption was used to identify metabolites of Pulsatilla chinensis in rat feces.

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Polymers were prepared by using Fe3O4 nanoparticles as the supporting matrix, D-

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glucose as fragment template and dopamine as the functional monomer and cross-

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linker. Results showed that MMIPs exhibited excellent extraction performance, large

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adsorption capacity (5.65 mg/g), fast kinetics (60 min) and magnetic separation.

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Furthermore, the MMIPs coupled with UPLC-Q-TOF-MS were successfully utilized

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for the identification of 17 compounds including 15 metabolites from the Pulsatilla

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saponin metabolic pool. This study provides a reliable protocol for the separation and

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identification of saponin metabolites in a complex biological sample, including those

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from herbal medicines.

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Keywords: Magnetic molecularly imprinted polymers; Metabolites study; P. chinensis;

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Fragment template.

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1. Introduction 17

Pulsatilla chinensis (Bunge) Regel is a medical and edible botanical, which has

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been used for thousands of years in Asia. Ever-dwindling numbers of the wild plant

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has forced the price of P. chinensis higher and higher, with the shortage replaced

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through artificial cultivation.1 As an edible tonic tea, P. chinensis is widely consumed

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alone or in combination with other botanicals for preventing viral infection.1,2 In

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addition, P. chinensis is commonly used for treating intestinal amebiasis, malaria,

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vaginal trichomoniasis, bacterial infections and malignant tumors.3,4 The triterpenoid

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saponins have been demonstrated to be the main chemical constituents and major

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active ingredients of P. chinensis.3 Anemoside B4 (AB4), the most important bioactive

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triterpenoid saponin of P. chinensis, has been reported to possess anti-inflammatory

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activity.5 It can significantly inhibit the proliferation of Hep G2 cells6 and has

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prominent effects on the antitumor activities associated with cell proliferation,

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apoptosis and oxidative stress.7,8

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Recently, we reported the metabolic profile of AB4 associated with the microflora

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in rat small and large intestines. Ten metabolites were detected and identified with

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ultra-performance

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spectrometry (UPLC-Q-TOF-MS).8 However, metabolic studies in complex

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biological samples are still challenging analytically because of the low concentration

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of analytes in complex biological matrices.9 Thus, developing powerful enrichment

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and high selectivity techniques for the extraction of target components from complex

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samples remains an important role.

liquid

chromatography/quadrupole

time-of-flight

mass

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Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs), with three dimensional complementary

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cavities engineered through templates, has attracted great attention in the fields of 3



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complex matrices,10-13 drug delivery,9,14,15 biosensor,16-18 selective photocatalytic

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degradation19,20 and chromatographic separation.21,22 Furthermore, magnetic surface

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imprinted materials can be rapidly and conveniently separated from sample under

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external magnetic fields without centrifugation or filtration procedures23 and can also

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improve mass transfer and reduce permanent entrapment.24 Thus, the novel magnetic

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MIPs (MMIPs) technique has widespread application in the pre-treatment of samples.

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Dopamine (DA) is a small-molecule mimicking adhesive proteins, which contains

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catechol and amine functional groups. At a weak alkaline pH, it can produce an

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adherent polydopamine (PDA) by self-polymerization.25 Recently, it has been

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reported that the self-polymerization of the functional monomer dopamine is used in

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the preparation of imprinted nanoparticles.26,27 Thus, we innovatively developed a

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facile, simple and green approach to imprint templates on the surface coating of

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magnetic nanoparticles with a thin layer of PDA polymers.

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However, some template molecules, such as purified natural products, are so

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expensive that they limit the application of the MMIPs technique. Imprinted polymers

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prepared with fragment templates (partial structures of templates) could solve the

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problem of these expensive and rare templates.13 Moreover, MMIPs using fragment

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templates can avoid template leakage28 and adsorb a number of active ingredients.29

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Thus, it is of importance to extract the saponin metabolites of Pulsatilla and generate

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comprehensive metabolite information.

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Herein, we describe the synthesis of MMIPs based PDA polymer using candidate

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fragment templates, which derive from the four components of AB4, D-glucose, L-

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rhamnose, L-arabinose and oleanolic acid. In addition, we describe the application of

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MMIPs in the isolation of metabolites of triterpenoid saponins in rat feces after oral

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administration of P. chinensis. In this present study, we incorporate aspects of green 4


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chemistry in the synthesis of MMIPs and determine the suitability and sensitivity of

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our technique as a new option for identifying metabolites from a metabolic pool in

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complex biological systems.

2. Materials and methods 2.1. Chemicals and reagents 68

Anemoside B4 standard (>98%) was obtained from Sichuan Vic's Biological

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Technology Co., Ltd (Sichuan, China). D-glucose, L-rhamnose, L-arabinose, oleanolic

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acid and dopamine hydrochloride (DA·HCl) were acquired from Adamas Reagent Co.,

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Ltd (Basel, Switzerland). Iron (III) chloride hexahydrate (FeCl3·6H2O), sodium

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acetate

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(Na3C6H5O7·2H2O), hydrochloric acid (HCl), methanol (MeOH), anhydrous ethanol

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(EtOH) and acetic acid (AcOH) were purchased from Chengdu ke Long chemical

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reagent factory (Chengdu, China). Acetonitrile (ACN) and formic acid of HPLC grade

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were from Merck (Darmstadt, Germany). The ultrapure water used in experiments

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was prepared by a Milli-Q system (Millipore, Milford, MA, USA). Other reagents

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were of analytical grade.

anhydrous

(NaAc),

ethylene

glycol

(CH2OH)2,

sodium

citrate

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Scanning electron microscope (SEM) and Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

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images were adopted by merlin compact (ZEISS, Germany) and JEM 2100F (JEOL,

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Japan). FT-IR spectra were obtained by an IR Affinity-1 Fourier Transform Near IR

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spectrometer (Shimadzu, Japan). The thermo gravimetric analysis was performed by

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TGA/DSL1/1600LF (Mettler Toledo, Switzerland). UPLC analysis was carried out on

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a Nexera UPLC LC-30A system (Shimadzu, Kyoto, Japan) equipped with a binary

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pump, an online degasser, an autoinjector and a thermostatically controlled column 5



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compartment. The Agilent Zorbax Eclipse plus C18 column (2.1×100 mm, 1.8 μm)

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was used for chromatographic separation. 2.3. Synthesis of MMIPs nanoparticles

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The synthetic routine of MMIPs is shown in Figure 1. First, magnetic Fe3O4

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nanoparticles (Fe3O4 NPs) were synthesized by solvothermal method. Typically, 1.35

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g of FeCl3·6H2O were dissolved in 40 mL of ethylene glycol and magnetically stirred

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at room temperature until forming a clear solution. Subsequently, 3.1 g of sodium

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acetate anhydrous and 0.4 g of sodium citrate were added. After that, the mixtures

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were vigorously stirred at 150 °C for 30 min, and then the homogeneous black

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solution was transferred to a Teflon-lined stainless steel autoclave. The autoclave was

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maintained at 200 °C for 8 h. Finally, the obtained black materials were rinsed with

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anhydrous ethanol and ultrapure water, and then dried under vacuum at 50 °C for 8 h.

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After that, 75 mg of synthesized magnetic nanoparticles were dispersed into 30 mL

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of Tris–HCl buffer solution (pH=8.5, 10 mM) under ultrasonic vibration. Then 75 mg

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of D-glucose was added and the mixture solution was shaken at room temperature for

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30 min, followed by the addition of 75 mg of DA·HCl. The resulting mixtures were

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reacted by self-polymerization in the dark and mechanically stirred at room

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temperature for 12 h. The harvested products were collected using a magnet and

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washed with acetonitrile-acetic acid (9:1, v/v) several times to remove D-glucose and

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then dried under vacuum for further use. As a control, the corresponding MNIPs were

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prepared in the identical manner without of D-glucose. 2.4. Adsorption experiments

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The adsorption capacity of MMIPs/MNIPs was evaluated using AB4, as the test compound.

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The static adsorption experiments were carried out at 30 °C. 15 mg of

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MMIPs/MNIPs were added to 3 mL of different concentrations (10 µg/mL-100

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µg/mL) of AB4, which dissolved in Tris–HCl buffer solution (pH=8.5, 10 mM). Then,

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the solution was shaken on an oscillator at 90 rmp for 4 h. The adsorption capacity of

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MMIPs/MNIPs (Q, mg/g) was calculated based on following equation:

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Q = (C0-Ce) · V/m

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Where C0 (μg/mL) is the concentration of the initial solution, Ce (μg/mL) is the

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equilibrium concentration of AB4 solution, V (mL) is the volume of AB4 solution, and

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m means the mass of MIPs/NIPs (mg).

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To further estimate the adsorption capacity of MMIPs/MNIPs, kinetic adsorption

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experiments were also done at 30 °C. 15 mg of MMIPs/MNIPs were mixed with 3 mL

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of 80 µg/mL Tris–HCl (pH=8.5, 10 mM) AB4 solution. Afterwards, the mixtures were

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shaken on an oscillator at 90 rmp for 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, 60 and 90 min. The

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equilibrium adsorption capacity of MMIPs/MNIPs (Q, mg/g) at different times was

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calculated with the following equation:

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Q = (C0-Ct) · V/m Here, Ct (μg/mL) is equilibrium concentration of AB4 solution at different times. 2.5. UPLC-MS analysis

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UPLC analysis was operated on a Nexera UPLC-LC-30A system (Shimadzu,

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Kyoto, Japan). Chromatographic separation was carried out on an Agilent Zorbax

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Eclipse plus C18 column (2.1×100 mm, 1.8 μm) with flow rate of 0.3 mL/min at 30 °C.

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Gradient mobile phase consisted of A ( 0.1% formic acid in water ) and B ( 0.1%

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formic acid in acetonitrile ) was as follows: 10–25% B at 0–2 min, 25–70% B at 3–20

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min, 70–95% B at 21–25 min, 95–95% B at 26–27 min, 95-10% B at 28–30 min. The

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sample volume injected was set at 2 μL, while spectra were acquired at 203 nm. 7



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Electrospray ionization (ESI) source was used for the ionization on AB Sciex

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Triple TOF™ 5600+ system. The following MS/MS conditions were optimized as

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follows: ion spray voltage, 4.5 kV; the turbo spray temperature, 550 °C; collision

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energy, -55 eV. The scan range of m/z 100-1500 was chosen in negative modes.

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Nitrogen was used as the nebulizer gas, and the nebulizer gas (gas 1) and the heater

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gas (gas 2) were set to 60 and 60 ips, respectively. A real time multiple mass defect

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filter and dynamic background subtraction performed on AB Sciex software

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(Analyst® TF 1.6 software), which was used to screen the profile and provide a whole

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production scan to avoid the omission of minor metabolites. In addition, an automated

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calibration delivery system was used to regulate MS and MS/MS behavior in the

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experiment. Data were evaluated by PeakView™ 1.2 and Metabolite Pilot™ 1.5

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software (AB Sciex, Foster City, CA, USA). The theoretical mass tolerance was set at

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the mass accuracy of

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