RP-UHPLC/MS two sub–2 μm C18 columns used for study of retention behavior of lipids.
HR-MS/MS in both polarity modes with high mass accuracy used for identification.
Method is applied for human plasma, human erythrocytes, human urine and porcine brain.
Over 400 lipids from 14 classes and 5 lipid categories are unambiguously identified.
Retention times vs. fatty acyl chain length or DB number fitted by polynomial regressions.