Table 3 Precision, recovery and reporting limit and signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) for each BA.

From: Determination of free and conjugated bile acids in serum of Apoe(−/−) mice fed different lingonberry fractions by UHPLC-MS

Bile acids

Intra-assayCVs* (%)

Inter-assayCVs** (%)

Recovery (%)1000 ng/mL

Reporting limit(RL) ng/mL

S/N instandard

Unconjugated

CA

3.2

2.6

142

5

84

α-MCA

2.8

23.6

101

5

48

β-MCA

2.9

17.3

114

5

85

ω-MCA

2.2

18.8

128

5

81

CDCA

3.4

38.3

103

5

14

DCA

4

19.3

115

5

54

HDCA

2.9

9.7

152

5

20

UDCA

3.5

27.3

95

5

24

LCA

8.9

10.6

117

50

16

Glycine- conjugated

G-CA

3.4

4

137

5

47

G-LCA

1.7

31

78

5

22

G-CDCA

3.7

17.2

116

5

60

G-DCA

4.1

25

108

5

14

G-UDCA

2.7

27.6

103

5

19

Taurine-conjugated

T-CA

3.6

14.7

120

5

16

T-α-MCA

4.1

27.5

111

5

61

T-β-MCA

4.1

17.2

106

5

51

T-UDCA

3.7

20.2

108

5

34

T-CDCA

3.9

39.5

90

5

37

T-DCA

4.8

38.7

86

5

50

T-LCA

10.2

22.7

124

10

14

  1. Serum samples of rats were used for method validation. *(n = 3) **(n = 6).