Confirmation and quantitation of cocaine, benzoylecgonine, ecgonine methyl ester in human urine by GC/MS. 1988

S J Mulé, and G A Casella
New York State DSAS Testing and Research Laboratory, Brooklyn 11217.

A rapid, sensitive, reliable quantitative GC/MS method using 0.2 mL of urine was developed for the confirmation of cocaine use. After a simple organic solvent extraction and derivatization with pentafluoropropionic anhydride, cocaine, benzoylecgonine, and ecgonine methyl ester were identified by GC/MS through the retention time for the total ion current and selected ion monitoring (SIM) for each analyte. Quantitation was achieved by obtaining the calibration curves for the molecular ion ratios of the analyte/ketamine (IS) over a range of 12.5-250 ng/mL (0.1-2 ng total). The extraction efficiency for these analytes ranged from 70 to 82%. The sensitivity limit of detection for each analyte was 12.5 ng/mL (0.1 ng) at p less than 0.01. Intra- and interday precision for these analytes ranged between 14.7 and 29.5% CV. This method is in routine use in our laboratory for the GC/MS confirmation of enzyme immunoassay cocaine-positive urine samples.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008401 Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry A microanalytical technique combining mass spectrometry and gas chromatography for the qualitative as well as quantitative determinations of compounds. Chromatography, Gas-Liquid-Mass Spectrometry,Chromatography, Gas-Mass Spectrometry,GCMS,Spectrometry, Mass-Gas Chromatography,Spectrum Analysis, Mass-Gas Chromatography,Gas-Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry,Mass Spectrometry-Gas Chromatography,Chromatography, Gas Liquid Mass Spectrometry,Chromatography, Gas Mass Spectrometry,Chromatography, Mass Spectrometry-Gas,Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry, Gas,Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry, Gas-Liquid,Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry,Gas Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry,Mass Spectrometry Gas Chromatography,Spectrometries, Mass-Gas Chromatography,Spectrometry, Gas Chromatography-Mass,Spectrometry, Gas-Liquid Chromatography-Mass,Spectrometry, Mass Gas Chromatography,Spectrometry-Gas Chromatography, Mass,Spectrum Analysis, Mass Gas Chromatography
D003042 Cocaine An alkaloid ester extracted from the leaves of plants including coca. It is a local anesthetic and vasoconstrictor and is clinically used for that purpose, particularly in the eye, ear, nose, and throat. It also has powerful central nervous system effects similar to the amphetamines and is a drug of abuse. Cocaine, like amphetamines, acts by multiple mechanisms on brain catecholaminergic neurons; the mechanism of its reinforcing effects is thought to involve inhibition of dopamine uptake. Cocaine HCl,Cocaine Hydrochloride,HCl, Cocaine,Hydrochloride, Cocaine
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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