Objective To establish a rapid method for determination of citric acid in wine samples by ion chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (IC/ESI-MS) in the negative ESI and se-lected ion monitor (SIM) mode. Methods Citric acid was separated by high capacity and hydroxide selective column IonPac AS20 with KOH eluent generated from EGC. Peak area of citrate ion (m/z=191) was monitored for quantifying. Results The limit of detection was 17.6 μg/L for citric acid. A linear calibration was obtained over the range from 50 to 1000 μg/L with a correlation coefficient of 0.9992. The relative standard deviation for 8 injections of standard solution (200 μg/L) was 0.77%. This method was applied to detect the citric acid in different kinds of wine samples which were purchased in market, and the rates of recovery were higher than 95%. Conclusion The method could meet the requirements of quantitative analysis of citric acid in wine samples, and also could improve the sensitivity and accuracy of the analysis.
标题:离子色谱-质谱联用(ICMS)法检测葡萄酒样品中的柠檬酸
英文标题:Determination of citric acid in wine samples by ion chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (IC/MS)