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Table 2 Method performance as measured in two consecutive days with three different concentrations of metabolites (low, medium and high)

From: Simultaneous detection of lysine metabolites by a single LC–MS/MS method: monitoring lysine degradation in mouse plasma

Compound

Theoretical concentration

ng mL−1

Intraday precision (n = 5)

(mean ± S.D.)

Interday precision (n = 10)

(mean ± S.D.)

%RSD

%CV

l-Amino adipic acid

18.8

19.1 ± 3.1

19.2 ± 2.2

11.7

99.9

37.5

36.3 ± 2.1

39.1 ± 4.8

12.4

99.9

75

75.9 ± 8.47

75.8 ± 6.5

10.5

100.0

l-Saccharopine

18.8

20.3 ± 2.8

19.1 ± 2.5

13.1

99.8

37.5

38.4 ± 3.8

37.5 ± 4.8

12.7

99.7

75

71.9 ± 5.1

71.1 ± 5.9

12.3

99.8

l-Pipecolic acid

18.8

19.1 ± 1.4

19.1 ± 0.97

5.1

100.0

37.5

37.5 ± 0.8

37.4 ± 0.95

2.6

100.1

75

76.4 ± 8.6

75.1 ± 4.3

5.7

100.0

l-Glutamic acid

18.8

18.7 ± 1.7

18.6 ± 1.6

8.6

100.0

37.5

35.4 ± 2.1

37.5 ± 3.1

8.3

99.9

75

72.3 ± 5.7

74.7 ± 5.3

7.1

99.9

l-Glutamine

18.8

20.1 ± 3.8

19.5 ± 2.9

15.1

99.9

37.5

38.5 ± 4.3

37.6 ± 4.4

11.7

99.7

75

73.7 ± 5.8

73.7 ± 8.7

8.8

99.9

Pyridoxal phosphate

18.8

18.2 ± 1.5

18.7 ± 1.6

8.4

104.0

37.5

36.2 ± 1.9

37.9 ± 2.7

7.1

100.0

75

73.5 ± 6.1

75.7 ± 4.8

6.4

100.1

Piperideine-6-carboxylic acid

18.8

18.5 ± 1.31

19.5 ± 1.4

5.6

99.3

37.5

36.4 ± 1.2

37.53 ± 0.8

7.8

100.6

75

74.1 ± 8.6

76.6 ± 5.4

7.9

99.9

  1. The calculated concentrations, %RSD and %CV were obtained using MultiQuant 3.0.1 software (ABSciex)