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Some aromatic metabolites, such as 4-hydroxyphenyllactic, 4-hydroxyphenylacetic, phenyllactic, and 4-hydroxybenzoic acids have previously demonstrated their diagnostic significance in critically ill patients and patients with post-COVID-19 syndrome. In this study, a sensitive method, including serum protein precipitation with methanol and ultra-high-pressure liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS\/MS) detection, was developed and validated for six phenyl- and five indole-containing acids in human serum. The liquid\u2013liquid extraction was also examined, but it demonstrated unsatisfactory results based on analyte recoveries and the matrix effect. However, the recoveries for all analytes reached 100% and matrix effects were not observed using protein precipitation. This made it possible to use deionized water as a blank matrix. The lower limits of quantitation (LLOQs) were from 0.02 to 0.25 \u03bcmol\/L. The validated method was used for the analysis of serum samples of healthy volunteers (n = 48) to reveal the reference values of the target analytes. The concentrations of the most clinically significant metabolite 4-hydroxyphenyllactic acid, which were revealed using UPLC-MS\/MS and a previously developed gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method, were completely comparable. The proposed UPLC-MS\/MS protocol can be used in the routine clinical practice of medical centers.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/metabo13111128","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,11,3]],"date-time":"2023-11-03T10:51:28Z","timestamp":1699008688000},"page":"1128","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Analysis of 4-Hydroxyphenyllactic Acid and Other Diagnostically Important Metabolites of \u03b1-Amino Acids in Human Blood Serum Using a Validated and Sensitive Ultra-High-Pressure Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry Method"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Pavel D.","family":"Sobolev","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Exacte Labs Bioanalytical Laboratory, 20-2 Nauchny Proezd, 117246 Moscow, Russia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Natalia A.","family":"Burnakova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Exacte Labs Bioanalytical Laboratory, 20-2 Nauchny Proezd, 117246 Moscow, Russia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2328-1610","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Natalia V.","family":"Beloborodova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Federal Research and Clinical Center of Intensive Care Medicine and Rehabilitology, 25-2 Petrovka Str., 107031 Moscow, Russia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alexander I.","family":"Revelsky","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, GSP-1, 1-3 Leninskie Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6470-0485","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alisa K.","family":"Pautova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Federal Research and Clinical Center of Intensive Care Medicine and Rehabilitology, 25-2 Petrovka Str., 107031 Moscow, Russia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,11,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"9.23.1","DOI":"10.1002\/cpph.19","article-title":"Biomarkers\u2014A General Review","volume":"76","author":"Aronson","year":"2017","journal-title":"Curr. 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