Quantitative analysis of quazepam and its metabolites in human blood, urine, and bile by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. 2014

Jing Zhou, and Koji Yamaguchi, and Youkichi Ohno
Department of Forensic Science, Zhejiang Police College, Hangzhou, PR China; Department of Legal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.

Quazepam (QZP), which is a long-acting benzodiazepine-type hypnotic, and its 4 metabolites, 2-oxoquazepam, N-desalkyl-2-oxoquazepam (DOQ), 3-hydroxy-2-oxoquazepam (HOQ), and 3-hydroxy-N-desalkyl-2-oxoquazepam, in human blood, urine, and bile were quantitatively analyzed by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. The analytes were extracted from blood by protein precipitation followed by solid phase extraction, and from urine and bile by liquid-liquid extraction and cleanup using a PSA solid phase extraction cartridge. This method was applied to a medico-legal autopsy case, in which the deceased had been prescribed QZP approximately 3 weeks before his death. In blood, the concentrations of free DOQ (160±7 ng/mL for heart blood and 181±12 ng/mL for femoral blood) were the highest of all the analytes and in agreement with the concentration at a steady state. This indicates that the deceased consecutively received QZP for at least several days until the concentrations reached approximately the same level as that in the steady state. An extremely high concentration of total HOQ (the sum of conjugated and free HOQ) in bile was also found (56,200±1900 ng/mL). This accumulation of HOQ in bile is probably due to enterohepatic circulation. This study demonstrates that the combination of the concentrations of QZP and its metabolites in biological matrices can provide more information about the amount and frequency of QZP administration.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D006993 Hypnotics and Sedatives Drugs used to induce drowsiness or sleep or to reduce psychological excitement or anxiety. Hypnotic,Sedative,Sedative and Hypnotic,Sedatives,Hypnotic Effect,Hypnotic Effects,Hypnotics,Sedative Effect,Sedative Effects,Sedatives and Hypnotics,Effect, Hypnotic,Effect, Sedative,Effects, Hypnotic,Effects, Sedative,Hypnotic and Sedative
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D002853 Chromatography, Liquid Chromatographic techniques in which the mobile phase is a liquid. Liquid Chromatography
D005479 Flurazepam A benzodiazepine derivative used mainly as a hypnotic. Apo-Flurazepam,Dalmadorm,Dalmane,Dormodor,Flurazepam Dihydrochloride,Flurazepam Hydrochloride,Flurazepam Mono-Perchlorate,Flurazepam Monohydrochloride,Staurodorm,Apo Flurazepam,Dihydrochloride, Flurazepam,Flurazepam Mono Perchlorate,Hydrochloride, Flurazepam,Mono-Perchlorate, Flurazepam,Monohydrochloride, Flurazepam
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001569 Benzodiazepines A group of two-ring heterocyclic compounds consisting of a benzene ring fused to a diazepine ring. Benzodiazepine,Benzodiazepine Compounds
D001570 Benzodiazepinones
D001646 Bile An emulsifying agent produced in the LIVER and secreted into the DUODENUM. Its composition includes BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; CHOLESTEROL; and ELECTROLYTES. It aids DIGESTION of fats in the duodenum. Biliary Sludge,Sludge, Biliary
D015394 Molecular Structure The location of the atoms, groups or ions relative to one another in a molecule, as well as the number, type and location of covalent bonds. Structure, Molecular,Molecular Structures,Structures, Molecular

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