The present application relates to a method for detecting the content of a
glycosaminoglycan carboxylated derivative in a sample, and an application thereof. The method comprises: (1) hydrolyzing a sample to obtain a
hydrolysate containing a compound as represented by formula (I); (2) testing the
hydrolysate by means of liquid
chromatography-
tandem mass spectrometry; and (3) by using a
glycosaminoglycan carboxylated derivative as a standard substance, hydrolyzing solutions thereof having different gradient concentrations according to the method in step (1), detecting, according to the method in step (2),
mass spectrum
signal peak areas of the compound as represented by formula (I) in the hydrolysates of the standard substance solutions having different concentrations, forming a
standard curve on the basis of the
mass spectrum
signal peak areas against the amounts of the
glycosaminoglycan carboxylated derivative standard substance, and according to the
standard curve, calculating the content of the glycosaminoglycan carboxylated derivative in the sample according to the
mass spectrum peak areas of the compound as represented by formula (I) determined in step (2). According to the method in the present application,
hydrolysis products of a specific structure can be stably obtained by
hydrolysis of the glycosaminoglycan carboxylated derivative, the structure can be detected by means of MS, and a
hydrolysis product having higher
mass spectrum abundance is selected, so that the amount of the glycosaminoglycan carboxylated derivative can be indirectly calculated. Moreover, the detection method has strong specificity, high accuracy, good precision, low limit of quantitation, and low limit of detection.