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Quantitation of cocaine and its principal metabolite, benzoylecgonine, by GLC-mass spectrometry using stable isotope labeled analogs as internal standards. 1978

S P Jindal, and P Vestergaard

A quantitative GLC-mass spectrometric assay was developed for the determination of cocaine and its principal metabolite, benzoylecgonine, in human urine. The assay utilizes selective ion focusing to monitor in a GLC effluent the molecular ions of cocaine and benzoylecgonine generated by electron-impact ionization. Cocaine-d(3) and benzoylecgonine-d(3) were the internal standards. The assay can measure 2 ng of cocaine/ml and 5 ng of benzoylecgonine/ml with about 5% precision. The curves relating the amounts of cocaine and benzoylecgonine added versus the amounts found over a large range of cocaine and benzoylecgonine concentrations were straight lines with nearly zero intercepts and slopes of 0.98 +/- 0.01 and 0.97 +/- 0.01, respectively. The method was used for the analysis of urinary cocaine and benzoylecgonine in cocaine addicts. Assay specificity was confirmed by complete identity of the mass spectra of cocaine and benzoylecgonine with those of authentic materials.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008722	Methods	A series of steps taken in order to conduct research.	Techniques,Methodological Studies,Methodological Study,Procedures,Studies, Methodological,Study, Methodological,Method,Procedure,Technique
D002849	Chromatography, Gas	Fractionation of a vaporized sample as a consequence of partition between a mobile gaseous phase and a stationary phase held in a column. Two types are gas-solid chromatography, where the fixed phase is a solid, and gas-liquid, in which the stationary phase is a nonvolatile liquid supported on an inert solid matrix.	Chromatography, Gas-Liquid,Gas Chromatography,Chromatographies, Gas,Chromatographies, Gas-Liquid,Chromatography, Gas Liquid,Gas Chromatographies,Gas-Liquid Chromatographies,Gas-Liquid 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
D003903	Deuterium	The stable isotope of hydrogen. It has one neutron and one proton in the nucleus.	Deuterons,Hydrogen-2,Hydrogen 2
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013058	Mass Spectrometry	An analytical method used in determining the identity of a chemical based on its mass using mass analyzers/mass spectrometers.	Mass Spectroscopy,Spectrometry, Mass,Spectroscopy, Mass,Spectrum Analysis, Mass,Analysis, Mass Spectrum,Mass Spectrum Analysis,Analyses, Mass Spectrum,Mass Spectrum Analyses,Spectrum Analyses, Mass