Determination of 9 Biological Amines and 2 Organic Amines in Fish Meat by Precolumn Derivatization Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry Based on Hinsberg Reaction

• Published in: Food analytical methods Vol. 16; no. 8; pp. 1381 - 1391
• Main Authors: He, Xiwen, Lei, Hao, Zhao, Juan, Wang, Junming, Li, Songli, Li, Hong, Zhao, Caihui
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.08.2023; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Acetonitrile; Amines; Analytical Chemistry; Analytical methods; Biogenic amines; Chemistry; Chemistry and Materials Science; Chemistry/Food Science; Chromatography; Fish; Food Science; High performance liquid chromatography; Ions; Liquid chromatography; Mass spectrometry; Mass spectroscopy; Meat; Microbiology; Scientific imaging; Trichloroacetic acid; Water baths; Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry; Biological amines; Organic amines; Hinsberg reaction; Precolumn derivatization; Fish meat
• ISSN: 1936-9751; 1936-976X
• DOI: 10.1007/s12161-023-02515-3

Multiple studies have demonstrated the harmful effects of consuming high levels of biogenic amines (BAs) and organic amines (OAs), underscoring the need for precise monitoring techniques. This study presents an innovative precolumn derivatization high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry approach, utilizing the Hinsberg reaction, which can accurately detect 9 BAs and 2 OAs in fish meat with excellent sensitivity. BAs and OAs in fish meat were extracted using 5% trichloroacetic acid solution. Add dansyl chloride-acetonitrile solution (5 mg mL −1 ) and react in the dark at 45 °C water bath temperature for 30 min. The derivative products were analyzed on a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometer. The results presented in this study provide excellent RSDs of 0.7–5.4% and great linear relationship ( R 2  > 0.99) for 9 BAs and 2 OAs; high recoveries were obtained in different fish samples (79.4–101.4%). This study provides new analytical methods for BAs and OAs, providing a solution to the potential hazards of these amines in fish meat.