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    Using LC/MS to Quantify Metabolites in Urine Samples Post Clinical Exposure to Benzoates in Beverages

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    Worthington, Cameron
    Abstract
    Evidence has suggested that benzoate consumption has the potential to cause weight loss prevention. Benzoate is conjugated with glycine in the mitochondrial matrix to form hippurate which is eliminated in urine. IRB approval has been gained for clinical studies targeting a total of 20 overweight or obese young adults (18-30, BMI >25) from which urine samples were obtained before and after varying exposure to benzoate. Preliminary metabolite injections, instrument optimization, and calibration curve creation has been completed for benzoic acid and hippuric acid for LC/MS optimization. Primary injections resulted in identification of precursor and product ions of both metabolites. This also allowed for identification of ion transitions that will be used for quantification and qualification of the metabolites. The instrument was tuned to each ion, and mass spectrometer parameters were set and optimized. A standard calibration curve was created using developed LC methods for each metabolite.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10342/6875
    Subject
    Sodium benzoate, obesity, and mass spectrometry
    Date
    2018-05-01
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    Worthington, Cameron. (May 2018). Using LC/MS to Quantify Metabolites in Urine Samples Post Clinical Exposure to Benzoates in Beverages (Honors Thesis, East Carolina University). Retrieved from the Scholarship. (http://hdl.handle.net/10342/6875.)

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    Worthington, Cameron. Using LC/MS to Quantify Metabolites in Urine Samples Post Clinical Exposure to Benzoates in Beverages. Honors Thesis. East Carolina University, May 2018. The Scholarship. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/6875. September 27, 2023.
    Chicago:
    Worthington, Cameron, “Using LC/MS to Quantify Metabolites in Urine Samples Post Clinical Exposure to Benzoates in Beverages” (Honors Thesis., East Carolina University, May 2018).
    AMA:
    Worthington, Cameron. Using LC/MS to Quantify Metabolites in Urine Samples Post Clinical Exposure to Benzoates in Beverages [Honors Thesis]. Greenville, NC: East Carolina University; May 2018.
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    East Carolina University

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