“…In the unique SPE, miglitol would pass through the cartridge, but the cationic interferences causing ion suppression would be retained by the cation‐exchange sorbent that was bonded to the silica surface under conditions where an alkaline solvent was used for PPT and SPE. Furthermore, a nonpolar lipid, which was thought to pass through the cartridge if the sorbent was not mixed‐mode but ion‐exchange only and to cause the deterioration of the analytical column based on the results of our previous research for another monomeric sugar (Mizuno‐Yasuhira et al ., ), should be retained by the octadecyl group that is bonded to the silica surface of the mixed‐mode cartridge. Consequently, the MonoSpin C 18 ‐CX mixed‐mode cartridge, which has an octadecyl group and a sulfonic acid group for cation‐exchange on the surface of its silica monolithic support, along with acetonitrile–28% ammonia solution (98:2, v/v) as a solvent for PPT and preconditioning SPE, were selected.…”