carried out by the post column derivatization method with Fmoc-Cl.33 (link) The samples containing hydroxyproline were analyzed
by using the Waters 2695 HPLC system equipped with a Diomansil C18
column (250 mm long with 4.6 mm in inner diameter). The chromatographic
conditions were as follows: mobile phase A [NaAc–HAc buffer
(50 mM, pH 4.2):acetonitrile, 70:30] and mobile phase B [NaAc–HAc
buffer (50 mM, pH 4.2):acetonitrile, 30:70] were used with a gradient
elution program at a flow rate of 1 mL·min–1, and the column temperature was kept at 25 °C. The injection
volume was 10 μL. Fmoc-Cl derivatives of amino acids and hydroxyl
amino acids formed in the reaction mixture were detected spectrofluorometrically
at 263 nm.
LC–MS analysis was carried out using a Waters
ACQUITY UPLC–MS system with a Waters ACQUITY UPLC HSS C18 reversed
phase column (inner diameter: 1.8 μm). The inlet, MS transfer
line, and ion source temperatures were set at 280, 280, and 230 °C,
respectively.