Liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS) grade H2O, acetonitrile (ACN) and formic acid for UHPLC-DAD-MS/MS analysis and HPLC grade methanol (MeOH), reagent grade diethyl ether, hydrochloric acid (HCl, 37%), and NaCl used for sample preparation were all purchased from VWR Chemicals (Oslo, Norway). Milli-Q H2O (Merck; Darmstadt, Germany) was used in sample and buffer preparation. Purine and HP-0921, Agilent part number: G1969-85003, were used as internal standards for MS spectra calibration, purchased from Matriks AS (Oslo, Norway). In this study, calcium and magnesium (Ca2+/Mg2+) free seawater (CMFSW)58 (link) and calcium and magnesium free modified anticoagulant buffer containing 462 mM NaCl, 10.7 mM KCl, 7 mM Na2SO4, 2.1 mM NaHCO3, and 20 mM EGTA (CMFSW-E), pH 7.859 (link) were used.
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