ultraperformance liquid chromatography (Nexera LC-40 system, Shimadzu)
on a C18 column (Synergi Fusion-RP; 4 μm particle size, 250
mm × 2 mm, 80 Å, Phenomenex, 00G-4424-B0). The mobile phases
consisted of 5 mM ammonium acetate pH 5.3 (solvent A) and pure acetonitrile
(solvent B). The 30 min elution gradient started with 100% phase A
followed by a linear gradient to 8% solvent B at 13 min. Solvent B
was increased further to 40% over 10 min. After 2 min, solvent B was
decreased back to 0% at 25.5 min. Initial conditions were regenerated
by rinsing with 100% solvent A for an additional 4.5 min. The flow
rate was 0.4 mL/min, and the column temperature was 35 °C.