DETERMINATION OF ERGOSTEROL IN ORGANIC DUST BY GAS-CHROMATOGRAPHY MASS-SPECTROMETRY

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AXELSSON, BO [1 ]
SARAF, A [1 ]
LARSSON, L [1 ]
机构
[1] LUND UNIV, DEPT MED MICROBIOL, S-22362 LUND, SWEDEN
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JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY B-ANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE BIOMEDICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES | 1995年 / 666卷 / 01期
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10.1016/0378-4347(94)00553-H
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Q5 [生物化学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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A gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric method was developed for the determination of ergosterol in organic dust. Samples were hydrolyzed under alkaline conditions, and the hydrolysate was extracted, purified on a silica-gel column, and subjected to derivatization. The limit of detection of the trimethyisilyl ether derivative of ergosterol was approximately 10 pg and that of the tert. -butyldimethylsilyl ether derivative was approximately 20 pg (injected amounts). House dust contained 6-45 mu g ergosterol/g and air from a pig barn contained 0.2-0.3 ng ergosterol/liter. The proposed method can be used as a complement or alternative to microscopy and culturing for measuring fungal biomass in air-borne organic dust.
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