Methanol, 2-propanol, dichloromethane, water, ammonium-acetate were purchased from VWR International, LLC (Radnor, Radnor, PA, USA). All of them were of HPLC grade. Internal standard (ISTD) kits for quantitative lipidomic analysis of human samples were bought from AB Sciex Germany GmbH (Darmstadt, Germany). The kits contain ISTDs for 13 lipid classes including ceramides (Cers), cholesterolesters (CEs), DGs, acylceradmides (ACer), fatty acids (FAs), hexosylceramides (HexCers), lactosylceramides (LacCers), LPCs, LPEs, PCs, phosphatidylethanolamines (PEs), SMs, and TGs. The composition of ISTD standard mixtures containing isotope-labelled lipid molecules were described in detail previously [18 (link)]. Spike standards with quality control plasma kits, SelexION tuning kits, and system suitability test kits were also obtained from AB Sciex Germany GmbH.
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