injected into an HPLC system equipped with 1260 quat pump, 1290 vial
sample, 1260 TCC column oven, and 1260 DAD VL detector (Agilent Co.,
Santa Clara) and was eluted through a reversed-phase C18 column (Zorbax
300 extend-C18, 4.6 × 100 mm2 (3.5 μm), Agilent
Co., Santa Clara). The mobile phase was 0.1% formic acid/acetonitrile,
5:95, at a flow rate of 1 mL/min, and UV detection was performed at
264 and 282 nm. Vitamin D2 and ergosterol were determined
by comparing the retention times to those of the standards, and quantification
was conducted by using a calibration curve.
The two compounds
vitamin D2 and ergosterol were well separated, with retention
times of 5.8 and 7.8 min, respectively. Quantification of vitamin
D2 and ergosterol was achieved by extrapolation from a
standard curve. The eight-point calibration curves used for quantification,
which were obtained using a linear fit, ranged from 1 to 200 μg/mL
(y = 17.19x – 1.30) and from
10 to 100 μg/mL (y = 10.69x + 4.79) and had r2 values of 0.9999
and 0.9998 for vitamin D2 and ergosterol, respectively.
The average recoveries (n = 9) of vitamin D2 and ergosterol were 98.69 and 100.31% with average relative standard
deviations (RSDs) (n = 9) of 2.91 and 2.69%, respectively.