Research Article

Biomarker Profiling for Pyridoxine Dependent Epilepsy in Dried Blood Spots by HILIC-ESI-MS

Table 1

Method performance specifications for AASA/P6C and pipecolic acid.

AnalytePerformance specifications
Calibration range (g/mL)LinearityLOQ (g/mL)LOD (g/mL)QC Levels (g/mL)Accuracy ()Precision ()Percent Recovery ()
InterIntraInterIntra

AASA/P6C0.05-10
(r2=0.999)
0.050.01LLOQ (0.05)92.0699.713.433.12-
LQC (0.5)101.98100.155.165.3180.22
MQC (1)100.7896.783.604.1680.88
HQC (8)101.3294.127.875.1285.12

Pipecolic acid0.05-9
(r2=0.997)
0.050.01LLOQ (0.05)100.1099.222.253.78-
LQC (0.5)98.10100.871.665.0090.33
MQC (1)100.32100.213.382.8493.23
HQC (8)98.1798.742.342.3192.16

LOQ: limit of quantification, LOD: limit of detection, LLOQ: lower limit of quantification, LQC: low quality control, MQC: medium quality control, HQC: high quality control, AASA: alpha-amino adipic semialdehyde, and P6C: piperidine-6-carboxylic acid.