3 , HCl and H2 SO4 are the most commonly used acid catalysts

3 , HCl and H2 SO4 are the most 4-Hydroxytamoxifen site commonly used acid catalysts to perform acid-catalyzed transesterification; this procedure is also commonly performed in methanol, in order to generate FAMEs of FAs esterified to triacylglycerols and polar lipids [110]. Transmethylation of esterified FA can be easily performed at room temperature using methanolic KOH 2M, which is one of the most commonly used methods for FAME analysis due to its simplicity [109,111,112].Mar. Drugs 2016, 14,14 ofThe disadvantages of using this methodology are the lower sensitivity for less abundant species and the large amount of lipids needed for derivatization. Most importantly, since GC yields information on the hydrolysis products of lipids, not on the parent compounds, the identification of classes is not complete, and the information on the fatty acid prime location is lost. GC-FID and GC-MS have been extensively used to ascertain polar lipid composition in macroalgae and halophytes (including seagrasses), usually after the separation of polar lipid classes by TLC. Currently GC-MS-based approaches have been useful to identify the acyl composition of the polar lipidome of some macrophytes namely, Sesuvium portulacastruma, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum [113], Suaeda altissima, Salicornia europaea, Artemisia lerchiana [114], Chondrus crispus, Ulva sp., Lamaria sp., Sargassum sp., Zostera sp., among others [21,115]. 4.2.3. Liquid Chromatography (LC) HPLC, also popularly known as LC, allows the fractionation of lipid extract in different lipid classes, similarly to TLC. Nowadays, the LC is usually coupled to MS (LC-MS) to promote the separation of lipid classes and its analysis in the same chromatographic run. The LC analysis of lipids can be performed using reverse phase (RPLC), normal phase (NPLC) or hydrophilic interactions (HILIC). RPLC has been most widely used in analysis of complex lipids (as reviewed in [116]). The separation is based on their hydrophobic properties; lipids are separated based on length and number of double bonds of fatty acyl composition. Thus, lipids containing longer and saturated fatty acyl chains are eluted later than those containing shorter and polyunsaturated acyl chains. On the other hand, NPLC and HILIC distinguish lipids according to their hydrophilic properties. In both cases, lipids are separated according to their polar head groups, thus being well suited when aiming to separate different lipid classes. HILIC is an alternative to HPLC when aiming to separate polar compounds, being compatible and providing a higher sensitivity than HPLC when coupled with MS. This is especially true for electrospray, which has enhanced the popularity of coupling HILIC with MS in bioanalytical applications. HILIC coupled to MS was successfully applied to decode the lipidome of the red macroalgae Chondrus crispus [37] and the green macroalgae Codium tomentosum [68], among other red and brown macroalgae [107]. Although HILIC is increasing in popularity, RPLC is still widely used in lipidomics, namely, in plant XAV-939 web lipidomics to separate GLs [80,117?20]. Kendal et al. [50] used a C18 column to show which GL species could be obtained from Ulva armaricana and Solieria chordalis, possessing anti-proliferative properties against lung tumor. RPLC was also applied in the identification of eicosanoids in the red macroalgae Gracilaria asiatica [121] and other oxylipins [122]. In fact, LC-MS platforms have greatly improved the resolution, sensitivity and mass range, so.3 , HCl and H2 SO4 are the most commonly used acid catalysts to perform acid-catalyzed transesterification; this procedure is also commonly performed in methanol, in order to generate FAMEs of FAs esterified to triacylglycerols and polar lipids [110]. Transmethylation of esterified FA can be easily performed at room temperature using methanolic KOH 2M, which is one of the most commonly used methods for FAME analysis due to its simplicity [109,111,112].Mar. Drugs 2016, 14,14 ofThe disadvantages of using this methodology are the lower sensitivity for less abundant species and the large amount of lipids needed for derivatization. Most importantly, since GC yields information on the hydrolysis products of lipids, not on the parent compounds, the identification of classes is not complete, and the information on the fatty acid prime location is lost. GC-FID and GC-MS have been extensively used to ascertain polar lipid composition in macroalgae and halophytes (including seagrasses), usually after the separation of polar lipid classes by TLC. Currently GC-MS-based approaches have been useful to identify the acyl composition of the polar lipidome of some macrophytes namely, Sesuvium portulacastruma, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum [113], Suaeda altissima, Salicornia europaea, Artemisia lerchiana [114], Chondrus crispus, Ulva sp., Lamaria sp., Sargassum sp., Zostera sp., among others [21,115]. 4.2.3. Liquid Chromatography (LC) HPLC, also popularly known as LC, allows the fractionation of lipid extract in different lipid classes, similarly to TLC. Nowadays, the LC is usually coupled to MS (LC-MS) to promote the separation of lipid classes and its analysis in the same chromatographic run. The LC analysis of lipids can be performed using reverse phase (RPLC), normal phase (NPLC) or hydrophilic interactions (HILIC). RPLC has been most widely used in analysis of complex lipids (as reviewed in [116]). The separation is based on their hydrophobic properties; lipids are separated based on length and number of double bonds of fatty acyl composition. Thus, lipids containing longer and saturated fatty acyl chains are eluted later than those containing shorter and polyunsaturated acyl chains. On the other hand, NPLC and HILIC distinguish lipids according to their hydrophilic properties. In both cases, lipids are separated according to their polar head groups, thus being well suited when aiming to separate different lipid classes. HILIC is an alternative to HPLC when aiming to separate polar compounds, being compatible and providing a higher sensitivity than HPLC when coupled with MS. This is especially true for electrospray, which has enhanced the popularity of coupling HILIC with MS in bioanalytical applications. HILIC coupled to MS was successfully applied to decode the lipidome of the red macroalgae Chondrus crispus [37] and the green macroalgae Codium tomentosum [68], among other red and brown macroalgae [107]. Although HILIC is increasing in popularity, RPLC is still widely used in lipidomics, namely, in plant lipidomics to separate GLs [80,117?20]. Kendal et al. [50] used a C18 column to show which GL species could be obtained from Ulva armaricana and Solieria chordalis, possessing anti-proliferative properties against lung tumor. RPLC was also applied in the identification of eicosanoids in the red macroalgae Gracilaria asiatica [121] and other oxylipins [122]. In fact, LC-MS platforms have greatly improved the resolution, sensitivity and mass range, so.