Syntheses of labeled vitamers of folic acid to be used as internal standards in stable isotope dilution assays

Achim Freisleben, Peter Schieberle, Michael Rychlik*

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Abstract

[2H4]Folic acid was synthesized by deuterating p-aminobenzoic acid, which was then coupled to glutamic acid and 6-formylpterin, Using [2H4]folic acid as starting component enabled the preparation of labeled vitamers tetrahydrofolate, 5-formyltetrahydrofolate, 5-methyltetrahydrofolate, and 10-formylfolate which were characterized by electrospray mass spectrometry and collision-induced dissociation. The mass spectrometric studies confirmed that the compounds could be used as internal standards in stable isotope dilution assays.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4760-4768
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Volume50
Issue number17
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 Aug 2002
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Electrospray mass spectrometry
  • Folates
  • Labeled folic acid
  • Stable isotope dilution assay

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