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APCI well i onizes strongly polar metabolites

m.e
Table 1. The sensitivity and range of LC/ESI-MS and LC/ Linear n (%) c. f.
Equation*
6.3689
range (fig) 1.1037
APC1 -MS for metabolite analysis 1 0
LOD LOQ R 1 0
2
(S/N = 3) (S/11 10)
11.39
Ion source Molecules (11g) (P,g) 6.51
APCI Sucrose . 0.0075 0.015 0.015-3 y =1E + 08x - 5E + 06
y = 9E + 06x + 91022 0.9959 1.55
9 1.92
Tartaric acid 0.0075 0.015 0.03-3 1.80
y = 1E + 08x - 4E + 06 0.9963 74
Epicatechin 0,0005 0.0025 0.01-1 y = 1E + 08x - 3E + 06
y = lE + 09x - 5E + 07 0.9995

0.998
0 7
4
Caftaric acid 0.02 0.04 0.05-1
ESI Sucrose 0.0003 0.0015 0.0034.3 y = 3E + 07x + 144687
0.9913
Quercetin h. 90.005 9980.015
0
0.05-1
Tartaric acid 0.0003 0.0015 0.015-0.225 y = 1E + 07x + 219025
Caftaric acid 0.0003 0.0025 0.0025-0.1 y = 1E + 08x + 151835
0.9987 8 36
Epicatechin 0.0003 0.00075 0.00075-0.02 y = 2E + 08x - 29942 0.9985
8 48
Quercetin h. 5E-06 0.00025 0.00025-0.1 y = 7E + 08x + 750098
0.9978 1248
of detection (LOD) and limit of quantification (LOQ) were defined as the minimum acceptable
signals, with signal to T h e
l i m i t noise (S/N)
ratios of 3 and 10, respectively.
Regression equation: y = ax + b, where x is the amount of compounds in lig and y is the detection
response (peak area of the *Least-squares linear regression analysis.
extracted signal).
R2 is the correlation coefficient determined from n points for each calibration curve.
m.e. (/0): percentage of the matrix effects; c.f.: correction factor; quercetin h: quercetin 3-0-glucoside.
Figure 5. The relative abundance of sugars and MS and LC/APCI-MS. The data were processedw roceass
tartaric acid in grape berries at different time
points and vintages, based on the signals for a sedpwpliitehdMZtorntinhee
molecular ionization produced by APCI and
ESI. AU: arbitrary units. The error bars and multivariate statistical
represent standard deviations (n = 3). analysis resulting data
Univariate statistical analysis confirmed matrix in order to colpa mrefrthf
that each comparison was statistically
significant (t-test; p-value <0.05). the two ion sources. Among the 608
the performance
Comilla berries collected at three different ripening detected only by ESI and 6 with APCI. Since
stages (V, the two ion sources are both atmospheric
pressure ionization (API) sources and they
El and R2) during the 2007 and 2008 growing were used to analyze the same methanolic
seasons were grape extracts, we did not expect to find many ?
wiz features detected only with one of them.
used to prepare methanolic extracts for analysis by Few peak area values were missing in the data
LC/ES[- matrix (less than 10%), indicating that the
ch ro ma tog ra phi c pe ak ext ra ct ion,
de convolu tion, alignment and gap filling
Rapid Connun. Mass Spectrom. 2017, 31, 292 300 -
operations were correctly performed by
MZmine. In fact, a high abundance of missing
values in the data matrix (more than 10%) is
undesired because this might affect the
multivariate statistical analysis by reducing
the representativeness of the
samples. Missing values were
Sugars considered as missing rather than
A,pcnoto
0 APCI 200g
zero because zero is in turn a
'LSI 2007 mathematic value and therefore
a LSI 2010 influencing the final statistical
output. PCA revealed clear
separation along PC1 for the
samples analyzed by the two
different methods, and this explained
62.9% of the variation. This
suggested that the two ion sources can
be distinguished by their ability to
Esriy ripmict
better ionize specific types of
,

molecules, probably reflecting the


different methods of ionization. A
supervised OPLS-DA model was
generated in which the two classes
were based on the ionization source
(APCI as class 1 and ESI as class 2).
S u r p r i s i n g l y, t h e m o d e l s h o w e d
t h a t s t r o n g l y p o l a r metabolites
such as sugars and organic acids
correlated more closely with the
rairfpripettin Lat,ripienin APCI class than the ESI class,
g
apparently contradicting earlier
reports in which APCI rather than ESI is

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DISCUSSION
recommended for the ionization of weakly How ev e r, we fo und th at mod er at el y and
polar/non-polar metabolites,121 including w ea kly pola r
triterpenes,L carotenoids and chlorophylls,I191
I81
molecules such as flavanols, flavones, and
long-chain fattv acids,12I resveratro1121-231 acyla fed and
and triacylglycerols. 124'25IESI is claimed to be glycosylated anthocyanins correlated more
highly sensitive, with good S/N ratios over a
wide range of metabolites.1261 closely with the

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