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Assisted Inhibition Effect of Acetylcholinesterase With N-Octylphosphonic Acid and Application in High Sensitive Detection of Organophosphorous Pesticides by Matrix-Assisted Laser desorption/ionization Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry

Assisted Inhibition Effect of Acetylcholinesterase With N-Octylphosphonic Acid and Application in High Sensitive Detection of Organophosphorous Pesticides by Matrix-Assisted Laser desorption/ionization Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry

Tingting Cai, Li Zhang, Haoyang Wang, Jing Zhang, Yinlong Guo

Anal Chim Acta. 2011 Nov 14;706(2):291-6.

PMID: 22023864

Abstract:

A simple and practical approach to improve the sensitivity of acetylcholinesterase (AChE)-inhibited method has been developed for monitoring organophosphorous (OP) pesticide residues. In this work, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization Fourier transform mass spectrometry (MALDI-FTMS) was used to detect AChE activity. Due to its good salt-tolerance and low sample consumption, MALDI-FTMS facilitates rapid and high-throughput screening of OP pesticides. Here we describe a new method to obtain low detection limits via employing external reagents. Among candidate compounds, n-octylphosphonic acid (n-Octyl-PA) displays assistant effect to enhance AChE inhibition by OP pesticides. In presence of n-Octyl-PA, the percentages of AChE inhibition still kept correlation with OP pesticide concentrations. The detection limits were improved significantly even by 10(2)-10(3) folds in comparison with conventional enzyme-inhibited methods. Different detection limits of OP pesticides with different toxicities were as low as 0.005 μg L(-1) for high toxic pesticides and 0.05 μg L(-1) for low toxic pesticides. Besides, the reliability of results from this method to analyze cowpea samples had been demonstrated by liquid-chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). The application of this commercial available assistant agent shows great promise to detect OP compounds in complicated biological matrix and broadens the mind for high sensitivity detection of OP pesticide residues in agricultural products.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP4724485	Octylphosphonic acid		4724-48-5	Price

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