Research Article

An Optimized High Throughput Clean-Up Method Using Mixed-Mode SPE Plate for the Analysis of Free Arachidonic Acid in Plasma by LC-MS/MS

Table 2

Recoveries of arachidonic acid in spiked samples treated by four sample pretreatment methods.

Concentration of arachidonic acid spiked in plasmaPPT ( = 5)LLE ( = 5)SPE ( = 5)MAS-M ( = 5)
Recoveries (%)RSD (%)Recoveries (%)RSD (%)Recoveries (%)RSD (%)Recoveries (%)RSD (%)

500 ng/mL129.3211.1485.4855.90132.9519.60103.215.17
2 μg/mL130.422.0667.0582.2194.669.2199.385.34