Analytical Platform for the Study of Metabolic Pathway of Propyl Propane Thiosulfonate (PTSO) from Allium spp. García-Nicolás, María Rodríguez Sojo, María Jesús Ruiz Malagón, Antonio Jesús Hidalgo García, Laura Guillamón, Enrique Baños, Alberto Gálvez Peralta, Julio Juan Propyl propane thiosulfonate Rats Metabolisation In vivo study Analytical platform The present work is focused on the development of an analytical platform to elucidate the metabolic pathway of PTSO from onion, an organosulfur compound well-known for its functional and technological properties and its potential application in animal and human nutrition. This analytical platform consisted of the use of gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and ultra-high performance liquid chromatography quadrupole with time-of-flight MS (UHPLC-Q-TOF-MS) in order to monitor volatile and non-volatile compounds derived from the PTSO. For the extraction of the compounds of interest, two different sample treatments were developed: liquid–liquid extraction (LLE) and salting-out assisted liquid–liquid extraction (SALLE) for GC–MS and UHPLC-Q-TOF-MS analysis, respectively. Once the analytical platform was optimised and validated, an in vivo study was planned to elucidate PTSO metabolisation, revealing the presence of dipropyl disulfide (DPDS) in liver samples with concentrations between 0.11 and 0.61 µg g−1. The DPDS maximum concentration in the liver was observed at 0.5 h after the intake. DPDS was also present in all plasma samples with concentrations between 2.1 and 2.4 µg mL−1. In regard to PTSO, it was only found in plasma at times above 5 h (0.18 µg mL−1). Both PTSO and DPDS were excreted via urine 24 h after ingestion. 2023-04-14T10:36:45Z 2023-04-14T10:36:45Z 2023-02-15 journal article García-Nicolás, M.; Pastor-Belda, M.; Campillo, N.; Rodríguez-Sojo, M.J.; Ruiz-Malagón, A.J.; Hidalgo-García, L.; Abad, P.; de la Torre, J.M.; Guillamón, E.; Baños, A.; et al. Analytical Platform for the Study of Metabolic Pathway of Propyl Propane Thiosulfonate (PTSO) from Allium spp. Foods 2023, 12, 823. [https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12040823] https://hdl.handle.net/10481/81048 10.3390/foods12040823 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ open access Atribución 4.0 Internacional MDPI