Research Article

Speciation Analysis of Arsenic Compounds by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography in Combination with Inductively Coupled Plasma Dynamic Reaction Cell Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry: Application for Vietnamese Rice Samples

Table 5

Analytical figure of merits of speciation analysis of five arsenic species in HPLC-ICP-DRC-QMS.

No.AnalyteRegression equationR2LOD (ng·g−1) (mean value ± SD, )LOQ (ng·g−1) (mean value ± SD, )LODa (pg) (mean value ± SD, )LOQa (pg) (mean value ± SD, )

1AsBy = (83200 ± 1300) ∗ x − (63400 ± 56500)0.99880.5 ± 0.11.7 ± 0.325.8 ± 4.285.9 ± 13.9
2As(III)y = (48900 ± 600) ∗ x − (35100 ± 28200)0.99912.9 ± 0.39.6 ± 0.9144.2 ± 46.2480.6 ± 154
3DMAy = (52900 ± 700) ∗ x − (44200 ± 32300)0.99900.7 ± 0.22.4 ± 0.636.0 ± 8.5119.8 ± 28.5
4MMAy = (49000 ± 700) ∗ x + (41600 ± 15700)0.99920.9 ± 0.13.1 ± 0.446.1 ± 5.6153.8 ± 18.6
5As(V)y = (56100 ± 300) ∗ x + (9600 ± 13600)0.99980.9 ± 0.22.9 ± 0.642.8 ± 9.0146.0 ± 30

aAbsolute amount of the analyte injected into the column.