N-acyl phosphatidylethanolamines (NAPEs) are synthesized in response to stress in a variety of organisms from bacteria to man. More recently, non-enzymatic modification of the ethanolamine headgroup of PE by various aldehydes including levuglandin/isoketals, which are γ-ketoaldehydes (γKAs) derived from arachidonic acid, has also been demonstrated. The levels of these various N-modified PEs formed during stress and their biological significance remain to be fully characterized. Such studies require an accurate, facile, and cost-effective method for quantifying N-modified PEs. Previously, NAPE and some of the non-enzymatically N-modified PE species have been quantified by mass spectrometry after hydrolysis to their constituent N-acylethanolamine by enzymatic hydrolysis, most typically with S. chromofuscus phospholipase D (PLD). However, enzymatic hydrolysis is not cost-effective for routine analysis of large number of samples and hydrolytic efficiency may vary for different N-modified PEs, making quantitation more difficult. We therefore sought a robust and inexpensive chemical hydrolysis approach. Methylamine (CH3NH2) mediated deacylation has previously been used in headgroup analysis of phosphatidylinositol phosphates. We therefore developed an accurate assay for NAPEs and γKA-PEs using CH3NH2 mediated deacylation and quantitation of the resulting glycerophospho-N-modified ethanolamines by LC/MS/MS.