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Separation of toxicologically relevant arsenic species for speciation analysis by RP-HPLC-ICP-MS
Kanásová, Mária ; Matoušek, Tomáš (advisor) ; Červený, Václav (referee)
The thesis is mapping possibilities of separation of toxicologically relevant arsenic species complexed with peptides by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (RP-HPLC-ICP-MS). The C18 chromatography column and gradient elution of the mobile phase (0,1% formic acid with gradient of acetonitrile) was used. At these conditions the separation of simple arsenic species - arsenite (As(III)), arsenate (As(V)), monomethylarsenic acid (MA(III)), monomethylarsenous acid (MA(V)), dimethylarsenic acid (DMA(III)) and dimethylarsenous acid (DMA(V)) was not successful. However, separation of arsenic- -glutathione complexes - arsenic triglutathione (ATG), methylarsenic diglutathione (MADG) and dimethylarsenic glutathione (DMAG) was obtained. Several chromatographic peaks were observed at higher concentration of acetonitrile in mobile phase. The analysis of two in vitro methylation mixtures was also examined. Mixtures contained arsenite (As(III)), S-(5'-adenosyl)methionine chloride (SAM), tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine (TCEP) and arsenic(3+)methyltrasferase enzyme (AS3MT) probably participating in human arsenic metabolism. Second mixture also included glutathione (GSH). Several chromatographic peaks of complex species were obtained by analyzing these...
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