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An Improved Method to Quantify Short-Chain Fatty Acids in Biological Samples Using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

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Journal Metabolites
Publisher MDPI
Date 2022 Jun 23
PMID 35736458
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Abstract

Gut microbial metabolites, short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), are found at multiple locations in the host body and are identified as important metabolites in gut microbiome-associated diseases. Quantifying SCFAs in diverse biological samples is important to understand their roles in host health. This study developed an accurate SCFA quantification method by performing gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS) in human plasma, serum, feces, and mouse cecum tissue. The samples were acidified with hydrochloric acid, and the SCFAs were extracted using methyl tert-butyl ether. In this method, distilled water was selected as a surrogate matrix for the quantification of SCFAs in target biological samples. The method was validated in terms of linearity, parallelism, precision, recovery, and matrix effect. The developed method was further applied in target biological samples. In conclusion, this optimized method can be used as a simultaneous SCFA quantification method in diverse biological samples.

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