1.Determination of Organic Acids from Mainstream Cigarette Smoke using Ultra Low Temperature Solvent Extraction Followed by Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography/Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry
Quan ZHANG ; Zhangmin XIANG ; Kai CAI ; Shuping ZHOU ; Zhaoliang GENG ; Yushuang GUO ; Wensheng CHEN
Chinese Journal of Analytical Chemistry 2014;(8):1125-1131
A new method for the determination of organic acids from mainstream cigarette smoke using ultra low temperature solvent extraction-comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography/time-of-flight mass spectrometry(GC×GC-TOF/MS)was established. The mainstream smoke was directly trapped by ethyl ether with ultra low temperature solvent extraction device, and cleaned up with liquid-liquid extraction. The concentrated extracts were further derived by N,O-bis(trimethylsily)trifluoroacetamide (BSTFA). The good separation of silanized product was achieved by the column set of DB-1 (30 m × 0. 25 mm, 1. 0 μm) as the 1st column and DB-wax (1. 5 m × 0. 1 mm, 0. 1 μm) as the 2nd column with modulation period of 6 s and scan range of m/z 45-450 . The results showed that linearity correlation coefficients were larger than 0 . 99 , and the average recoveries were between 80. 17% and 107. 81% with the relative standard deviations (RSD) in the range of 0 . 4%-12 . 1% ( n=5 ) . The detection limit and the quantitation limit were 1 . 3-24 . 5 μg/kg and 4. 1-77. 1 μg/kg, respectively.
2.Questionnaire investigation of the awareness of doctors' attitude to geriatric syndrome in old patients with cancer
Lingxiao WANG ; Zhangmin MENG ; Shuangshuang NIE ; Bing XIANG ; Jun LI ; Qianqian SUN ; Hai QIN ; Youling GONG ; Changchuan PAN ; Cheng YI ; Yongxue YANG ; Shuang WANG
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics 2017;36(5):579-582
Objective To improve the quality of the management of the elderly patients with cancer in Sichuan province,and to understand the attitudes and perspectives of elderly surgeons and oncologists for the management and treatment of elderly patients with cancer.Methods A face-toface questionnaire interview was conducted with oncologists (n 64) and geriatricians (n =64).128 physicians were involved in this study.Results The cancer management and therapeutics were deemed appropriate at present by 9.38% (6/64)of the geriatricians and 25.00% (16/64)of the oncologists.The 39.06% (25/64) of geriatricians used to notice geriatric syndromes,while 81.25% (52/64)of oncologists never concerned about the geriatric syndrome(P=0.011).As for the causes of the therapy-associated toxicity,oncologist versus geriatrician payed an attention to malnutrition (100.00% vs.100.00% in both groups),to mobility disorders(65.63% vs.65.63%,84/128 in both groups),to cognitive impairment/mood disorder (89.06% in geriatrician group vs.75.00% in oncologist group,P=0.038).For the factors affecting treatment decisions,a physical ability attention (oncologists vs geriatricians:70.31% vs.92.19%;P =0.002),and comorbidity (oncologists vs geriatricians:62.50% vs.79.69%,P =0.032) had statistically significant difference.In addition,lack of geriatrics knowledge was also reported by more oncologists.However,one hundred percent of participants wanted very much to cooperate with each other in their clinical work.When responding to the clinical scenario,the 10.94% (7/64)of geriatricians and 32.81% (21/64)of oncologists chose modified treatment for 65-74 years old patient with cancer(P =0.003).When the age of the patients was 75-84 years old,only 12.50 % (8/64) of geriatricians prefer end-of-life care,while 31.25 % (20/64) of oncologists chose it (P =0.010).Conclusions Selection of treatment decisions in the elderly patients with cancer affect by ageing.Both oncologists and geriatricians are concerned with the elderly patients with cancer,ageing syndrome,total sickness and functional status.And these doctors support an establishment of a multi disciplinary team cooperation for the elderly patients with cancer.Therefore,the establishment of mutual cooperation between the two professionals is necessary and feasible.
3.Rapid and sensitive analysis of trace β-blockers by magnetic solid-phase extraction coupled with Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry
Xue XIAO ; Kaili HE ; Ya-Jun HOU ; Zhangmin XIANG ; Yunyun YANG
Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis 2022;12(2):293-300
A rapid and sensitive method for analyzing trace β-blockers in complex biological samples,which involved magnetic solid-phase extraction(MSPE)coupled with Fourier transform ion cyclotron reso-nance mass spectrometry(FTICR-MS),was developed.Novel nanosilver-functionalized magnetic nano-particles with an interlayer of poly(3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine)(polyDOPA@Ag-MNPs)were synthesized and used as MSPE adsorbents to extract trace β-blockers from biological samples.After extraction,the analytes loaded on the polyDOPA@Ag-MNPs were desorbed using an organic solvent and analyzed by FTICR-MS.The method was rapid and sensitive,with a total detection procedure of less than 10 min as well as limits of detection and quantification in the ranges of 3.5-6.8 pg/mL and 11.7-22.8 pg/mL,respectively.The accuracy of the method was also desirable,with recoveries ranging from 80.9%to 91.0%following the detection of analytes in human blood samples.All the experimental results demonstrated that the developed MSPE-FTICR-MS method was suitable for the rapid and sensitive analysis of trace β-blockers in complex biological samples.