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Exploratory analysis of human urine by LC–ESI-TOF MS after high intake of olive oil: understanding the metabolism of polyphenols

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Olive oil polyphenols have important biological properties which closely depend on their bioavailability; it is, therefore, essential to understand how polyphenols are absorbed, metabolized, and eliminated from the body. An analytical method based on rapid-resolution liquid chromatography (RRLC) coupled with mass spectrometric detection with a time-of-flight analyzer (RRLC–ESI-TOF MS) has been developed for analysis of the main olive oil phenolic compounds and their metabolites in human urine. Urine samples from ten healthy volunteers were collected before and 2, 4, and 6 h after intake of 50 mL extra-virgin olive oil. The proposed method includes liquid–liquid extraction with ethyl acetate, which provides extraction recoveries of the phenolic compounds studied between 35 and 75% from spiked urine samples. Good repeatability was obtained—the relative standard deviations (RSDs) of peak areas in intra-day and inter-day studies were 4.3 and 6.5%, respectively. Statistical studies enabled us to discriminate between urine samples before and after intake, and facilitated the search for m/z values enabling this discrimination. Based on the very accurate mass information and the isotopic pattern provided by the TOF MS analyzer, together with other available information, ten of these biomarkers and more than 50 metabolites, obtained through phase I and phase II biotransformation reactions, were tentatively identified. Additionally, kinetic studies were conducted on the metabolites identified as possible biomarkers; for most of the compounds concentrations were maximum in the first two hours.

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The authors are very grateful to Ministry of Education and Science (FPU, AP2005-4356 and Project AGL 2008-05108-613 CO3-03/ALI), and Junta de Andalucía (P07-AGR-02629 and P09-FQM-5469). We are also very grateful to the volunteers for their valuable cooperation in the study.

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García-Villalba, R., Carrasco-Pancorbo, A., Nevedomskaya, E. et al. Exploratory analysis of human urine by LC–ESI-TOF MS after high intake of olive oil: understanding the metabolism of polyphenols. Anal Bioanal Chem 398, 463–475 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-010-3899-x

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