AninternalstandardshouldbeusedwhenperformingMSquantitation
Anappropriateinternalstandardwillcontrolforextraction,HPLCinjectionandionizationvariability
InacomplexmatrixitisnotuncommonfortwodifferentstandardlevelsinSRMintegratedplots,atthelowerendofthestandardcurve,togivenearlyanidenticalresponse
Itisonlywhenaninternalstandardisusedthatthetwopointscanbedifferentiated
Someresearchersattempttopreparestandardcurvesandrunsampleswithoutaninternalstandardandfindmoderatesuccess
Oftenwithoutaninternalstandard%RSDsofreplicatescanbeashighas20%
Usinganinternalstandardthe%RSDscanbebroughtdowntoapproximately2%
Weruntriplicatesateachlevelofourstandardcurve
HowdoIchooseaninternalstandard
Thebestinternalstandardisanisotopicallylabeledversionofthemoleculeyouwanttoquantify
Anisotopicallylabeledinternalstandar