TQ MS with electrospray
ionization was used to measure compound concentration. The mass spectrometer
was coupled to an Acquity UPLC system (Waters, Milford, MA) equipped
with a Waters BEH C18 2.1 × 50 mm (1.7 μm) column at 60
°C and an autosampler at 10 °C. The injection volume was
10 μL. The mobile phase was composed of two solvents: solvent
A, 5% acetonitrile and 0.1% formic acid in water; and solvent B, 0.1%
formic acid in acetonitrile. The chromatographic run consisted of
a linear gradient at a flow rate of 0.5 mL/min. The gradient comprised
an increase from 5% to 90% of solvent B from 0.5 to 1.2 min, followed
by a hold from 1.2 to 1.6 min and a return to the initial conditions
at 1.7 min until the end of the run (2 min). Mass transitions and
their respective cone voltages and collision energies are in Table
S1,