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KMID : 0043320080310121644
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Archives of Pharmacal Research
2008 Volume.31 No. 12 p.1644 ~ p.1651
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Simultaneous Determination of Methamphetamine, 3,4-Methylenedioxy- N-methylamphetamine, 3,4-Methylenedioxy-N-ethylamphetamine, N,NDimethylamphetamine, and Their Metabolites in Urine by Liquid Chromatography- Electrospray Ionization-Tandem Mass Spectrometry
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Kim Jin-Young
Jin Chang-Bae
Yoo Hye-Hyun
In Moon-Kyo
Ko Beom-Jun
Cheong Jae-Chul
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Abstract
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A liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometric (LC-ESI-MS/MS) method was developed and validated for the simultaneous detection and quantification of seven amphetamine derivatives (amphetamine (AP), methamphetamine (MA), 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-amphetamine (MDA), 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methamphetamine (MDMA), 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-ethylamphetamine (MDEA), N,N-dimethylamphetamine (DMA), and N,N-dimethylamphetamine-N-oxide (DMANO)) in human urine. Seven deuterium-labeled compounds were prepared for use as internal standards to quantify the analytes. One milliliter of urine was combined with 1 mL of 0.2 M sodium carbonate buffer solution (pH 9.0) before solid phase extraction (SPE). An Oasis HLB SPE column followed by chromatographic separation on a Capcell Pak C18 MG-II column (150 × 2.0 mm I.D., 5 μm) and electrospray mass spectrometry with multiple reaction monitoring were used for selective and sensitive detection. The use of ammonium formate (5 mM, pH adjusted to 4.0 with formic acid, Solvent A) and acetonitrile (Solvent B) as the mobile phase at a flow rate of 230 μL/min was found to be the most effective for the separation. The linear ranges were 5.0-1000 ng/mL for AP, MDA, MDMA, MDEA, DMA, and DMANO and 10.0- 1000 ng/mL for MA, with good correlation coefficients (r2 > 0.996). The intra-day, inter-day, and interperson precisions were within 14.6%, 12.1% and 15.5%, respectively. The intra-day, inter-day, and interperson accuracies were between -11.6 and 9.0%, -7.9 and 2.3%, and -13.2 and 4.3%, respectively. The limits of detection (LODs) for each analytical compound were lower than 1.95 ng/mL. The recovery ranged from 72.3 to 103.3%. The applicability of the developed method was examined by analyzing several urine samples from confirmed drug abusers.
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KEYWORD
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Methamphetamine, Dimethylamphetamine, MDMA, MDEA, LC-MS/MS, Urine
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