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Journal of Zhejiang University (Agriculture and Life Sciences)  2021, Vol. 47 Issue (5): 667-672    DOI: 10.3785/j.issn.1008-9209.2020.11.201
Animal sciences & veterinary medicine     
Determination of the volatile fatty acid contents in rumen fluid of ruminants by headspace-gas chromatograph method
Junhong WANG(),Ge GAO,Yuanyuan ZHANG,Ying SHAN,Weiren DONG()
College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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Abstract  

A headspace-gas chromatograph (HS-GC) (external standard method) was established for the determination of the volatile fatty acid (VFA) contents in rumen fluid of ruminants. Under the optimized headspace sampling conditions (balance temperature at 85 ℃ and equilibrium time of 30 min), the method was verified and used to detect the VFA. The coefficient of determination of regression equation for each compound was not less than 0.999 7. The limit of detection (LOD) was 0.036-0.329 mmol/L. The recovery rates of three different concentrations of standards were 93.540%-108.130%. The detection results showed that the relative standard deviations (RSDs) of VFA in all samples were less than 2.3%, and the method was stable within three days. The developed method is simple, which has accurate quantity and good repeatability, and suitable for the quantitative analysis of VFA in rumen fluid of ruminants.



Key wordsheadspace-gas chromatograph (HS-GC)      rumen fluid of ruminants      volatile fatty acids (VFA)      external standard method     
Received: 20 November 2020      Published: 27 October 2021
CLC:  S 815.2  
Corresponding Authors: Weiren DONG     E-mail: jhwang@zju.edu.cn;dongweiren@zju.edu.cn
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Junhong WANG,Ge GAO,Yuanyuan ZHANG,Ying SHAN,Weiren DONG. Determination of the volatile fatty acid contents in rumen fluid of ruminants by headspace-gas chromatograph method. Journal of Zhejiang University (Agriculture and Life Sciences), 2021, 47(5): 667-672.

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顶空-气相色谱法测定反刍动物瘤胃液中挥发性脂肪酸含量

利用顶空-气相色谱检测方法(外标法)测定反刍动物瘤胃液中挥发性脂肪酸含量,并对顶空进样条件进行优化。在最佳平衡温度(85 ℃)和平衡时间(30 min)的顶空进样条件下,各挥发性脂肪酸的线性关系良好,回归方程决定系数均不小于0.999 7,检出限为0.036~0.329 mmol/L,样品的加标回收率为93.540%~108.130%。检测结果表明,样品中挥发性脂肪酸浓度的相对标准偏差均小于2.3%,3 d内稳定性良好。该方法操作简单、定量准确、重复性好,适用于反刍动物瘤胃液中挥发性脂肪酸的快速检测。


关键词: 顶空-气相色谱,  反刍动物瘤胃液,  挥发性脂肪酸,  外标法 
Fig. 1 Relationship between balance temperature and response signal intensity
Fig. 2 Relationship between balance time and response signal strength intensity

挥发性脂肪酸

Volatile fatty acids

保留时间

Retention time/min

线性范围

Linear range/(mmol/L)

线性回归方程

Linear regression equation

R2

检出限

LOD/(mmol/L)

RSD/%
乙酸 Acetic acid6.9095.0~160.0y=841.06x-1 091.1120.999 80.3292.917
丙酸 Propionic acid8.1820.5~16.0y=2 860.22x-208.6220.999 70.0873.268
丁酸 Butyric acid9.5040.5~16.0y=6 665.07x-490.2100.999 70.0363.464
Table 1 Retention time, linear range, linear regression equation, and LOD of the volatile fatty acids

挥发性脂肪酸

Volatile fatty acids

样品浓度

Concentration of

sample/(mmol/L)

RSD/%

保留时间

Retention

time

峰面积

Peak area

乙酸 Acetic acid43.5030.6471.609
丙酸 Propionic acid13.8210.5893.045
丁酸 Butyric acid12.8470.5423.240
Table 2 Within-day precision

挥发性脂肪酸

Volatile fatty acids

1 d2 d3 d

样品浓度

Concentration of

sample/(mmol/L)

峰面积相对

标准偏差

RSD of peak

area/%

样品浓度

Concentration of

sample/(mmol/L)

峰面积相对

标准偏差

RSD of peak

area/%

样品浓度

Concentration of

sample/(mmol/L)

峰面积相对

标准偏差

RSD of peak

area/%

乙酸 Acetic acid43.7170.42945.2471.67249.8082.303
丙酸 Propionic acid13.8920.49814.0841.25514.8552.156
丁酸 Butyric acid12.8790.93913.1200.33313.2991.374
Table 3 Between-day precision

挥发性脂肪酸

Volatile fatty acids

1 d2 d3 d

样品浓度

Concentration of

sample/(mmol/L)

峰面积相对

标准偏差

RSD of peak

area/%

样品浓度

Concentration of

sample/(mmol/L)

峰面积相对

标准偏差

RSD of peak

area/%

样品浓度

Concentration of sample/(mmol/L)

峰面积相对

标准偏差

RSD of peak

area/%

乙酸 Acetic acid39.4930.28741.2020.44744.0540.820
丙酸 Propionic acid4.2600.2604.2214.7594.4324.540
丁酸Butyric acid3.8971.7724.1363.3144.0728.318
Table 4 Stability of the standards

挥发性

脂肪酸

Volatile

fatty acids

初始量

Initial

quantity/

(mmol/L)

加标量

Spike

quantity/

(mmol/L)

测定值

Measured

value/

(mmol/L)

回收率

Recovery

rate/%

乙酸

Acetic acid

24.81719.85343.49794.090
24.81751.651108.130
29.78055.855104.220

丁酸

Butyric acid

4.3213.4567.789100.350
4.3218.36393.540
5.1859.30696.140
Table 5 Spike recovery rate of samples
Fig. 3 Chromatograms of the volatile fatty acids and other organic solvents1: Ethanol; 2: 1-propyl alcohol; 3: 1-butanol; 4: Acetic acid; 5: Propionic acid; 6: Butyric acid.

样品

Sample

乙酸 Acetic acid丙酸 Propionic acid丁酸 Butyric acid

浓度

Concentration/

(mmol/L)

RSD/%

浓度

Concentration/

(mmol/L)

RSD/%

浓度

Concentration/

(mmol/L)

RSD/%
奶牛瘤胃液 Rumen fluid of dairy cows58.5211.37814.0741.37810.6260.127
湖羊瘤胃液 Rumen fluid of Hu sheep45.4702.90813.2791.82110.4881.827

人工瘤胃发酵液

Artificial rumen fermentation fluid

34.0993.3339.9941.0388.7682.298
Table 6 Volatile fatty acid contents in three rumen fluids of ruminants
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