GABA, N-(3-aminopropyl)pyrrolidin-2-one, acetyl chloride,
and sodium triacetoxyborohydride were obtained from Sigma Aldrich
(St. Louis, MO). LC–MS grade water, methanol, and acetonitrile
were from Honeywell Burdick & Jackson (Muskegon, MI). Formic acid
was obtained from Fischer Scientific (Pittsburgh, PA). Bulk human
urine was obtained from Gemini Bio-Products (West Sacramento, CA).
Fresh human urine was obtained from healthy donors at Colorado State
University. Patient urine for metabolite identification was from a
subset of the samples used for metabolite discovery in the previously
published study.10 (link)