Simultaneous gas chromatographic determination of methamphetamine, amphetamine and their p-hydroxylated metabolites in plasma and urine. 1997

S Cheung, and H Nolte, and S V Otton, and R F Tyndale, and P H Wu, and E M Sellers
Biobehavioral Research Department, Addiction Research Foundation of Ontario, Toronto, Canada.

We report a method for the simultaneous determination of methamphetamine, amphetamine and their hydroxylated metabolites in plasma and urine samples using a GC-NPD system. The analytical procedures are: (1) adjust the sample to pH 11.5 with bicarbonate buffer, saturate with NaCl and extract with acetate; (2) back-extract the amines in the ethyl acetate fraction with 0.1 M HCl; (3) adjust the pH of the acid fraction to 11.5 and follow by extraction in ethyl acetate; (4) reduce the volume of ethyl acetate under nitrogen and derivatize the concentrate with trifluoroacetic anhydride or heptafluorobutyric anhydride before the GC analysis. The derivatives were separated on a GC-NPD system equipped with a HP-5 column of 25 m x 0.32 m I.D. and a 0.52 micron film of 5% phenylmethylsilicone. The detection limit (taking a signal-to-noise ratio of 2) of heptafluorobutyl derivatives of methamphetamine and its metabolites in plasma and the trifluoroacetyl derivatives in urine was 1 ng/ml (22 pg on column). The limit of quantitation of the heptafluorobutyl derivatives in the plasma was 1 ng/ml (22 pg on column), and that of the trifluoroacetyl derivatives in urine was 20 ng/ml (73 pg on column). The between-day variation was from 0.9 to 17.4% and within-day variation from 0.9 to 8.3%. This method was used successfully in the quantitative determination of methamphetamine and its p-hydroxylated metabolites in the plasma and urine of human subjects.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008694 Methamphetamine A central nervous system stimulant and sympathomimetic with actions and uses similar to DEXTROAMPHETAMINE. The smokable form is a drug of abuse and is referred to as crank, crystal, crystal meth, ice, and speed. Deoxyephedrine,Desoxyephedrine,Desoxyn,Madrine,Metamfetamine,Methamphetamine Hydrochloride,Methylamphetamine,N-Methylamphetamine,Hydrochloride, Methamphetamine,N Methylamphetamine
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
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D006900 Hydroxylation Placing of a hydroxyl group on a compound in a position where one did not exist before. (Stedman, 26th ed) Hydroxylations
D000661 Amphetamine A powerful central nervous system stimulant and sympathomimetic. Amphetamine has multiple mechanisms of action including blocking uptake of adrenergics and dopamine, stimulation of release of monamines, and inhibiting monoamine oxidase. Amphetamine is also a drug of abuse and a psychotomimetic. The l- and the d,l-forms are included here. The l-form has less central nervous system activity but stronger cardiovascular effects. The d-form is DEXTROAMPHETAMINE. Desoxynorephedrin,Levoamphetamine,Phenopromin,l-Amphetamine,Amfetamine,Amphetamine Sulfate,Amphetamine Sulfate (2:1),Centramina,Fenamine,Mydrial,Phenamine,Thyramine,levo-Amphetamine,Sulfate, Amphetamine,l Amphetamine,levo Amphetamine
D000697 Central Nervous System Stimulants A loosely defined group of drugs that tend to increase behavioral alertness, agitation, or excitation. They work by a variety of mechanisms, but usually not by direct excitation of neurons. The many drugs that have such actions as side effects to their main therapeutic use are not included here. Analeptic,Analeptic Agent,Analeptic Drug,Analeptics,CNS Stimulant,CNS Stimulants,Central Nervous System Stimulant,Central Stimulant,Analeptic Agents,Analeptic Drugs,Central Stimulants,Agent, Analeptic,Agents, Analeptic,Drug, Analeptic,Drugs, Analeptic,Stimulant, CNS,Stimulant, Central,Stimulants, CNS,Stimulants, Central
D012680 Sensitivity and Specificity Binary classification measures to assess test results. Sensitivity or recall rate is the proportion of true positives. Specificity is the probability of correctly determining the absence of a condition. (From Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed) Specificity,Sensitivity,Specificity and Sensitivity
D015203 Reproducibility of Results The statistical reproducibility of measurements (often in a clinical context), including the testing of instrumentation or techniques to obtain reproducible results. The concept includes reproducibility of physiological measurements, which may be used to develop rules to assess probability or prognosis, or response to a stimulus; reproducibility of occurrence of a condition; and reproducibility of experimental results. Reliability and Validity,Reliability of Result,Reproducibility Of Result,Reproducibility of Finding,Validity of Result,Validity of Results,Face Validity,Reliability (Epidemiology),Reliability of Results,Reproducibility of Findings,Test-Retest Reliability,Validity (Epidemiology),Finding Reproducibilities,Finding Reproducibility,Of Result, Reproducibility,Of Results, Reproducibility,Reliabilities, Test-Retest,Reliability, Test-Retest,Result Reliabilities,Result Reliability,Result Validities,Result Validity,Result, Reproducibility Of,Results, Reproducibility Of,Test Retest Reliability,Validity and Reliability,Validity, Face

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