Determination of illicit drugs and their metabolites in human urine by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry including relative ion intensity criterion

J Anal Toxicol. 2007 Nov-Dec;31(9):573-80. doi: 10.1093/jat/31.9.573.

Abstract

A method, using 0.5 mL of urine, was developed for the simultaneous determination of ecgonine methyl ester, benzoylecgonine, morphine, codeine, 6-acetylmorphine, amphetamine, methamphetamine, 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methadone, 2-ethylidene-1,5-dimethyl-3,3-diphenylpyrrolidine (EDDP), and d-lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). The analysis was performed by liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry, after solid-phase extraction in the presence of their deuterated analogues. Reversed-phase separation on an Atlantis dC18 column was achieved in 12.5 min, under gradient conditions. The method was fully validated, including linearity (1-2000 microg/L for ecgonine methyl ester, benzoylecgonine, 6-acetylmorphine, methamphetamine, MDMA, and EDDP; 2-2000 microg/L for morphine, codeine, MDA, and methadone; 2-1000 microg/L for amphetamine, and 0.2-100 microg/L for LSD; r(2)>0.99); recovery (>65%), within-day and between-day precision, and accuracy (CV and MRE<15%); limit of detection (0.1 microg/L for LSD, 0.5 microg/L for ecgonine methyl ester, benzoylecgonine, methamphetamine, MDMA, 6-monoacetylmorphine, and EDDP, and 1 microg/L for amphetamine, MDA, morphine, and methadone); quantitation (lowest level of the calibration curve); relative ion intensities, freeze-and-thaw stability, and matrix effect. The procedure showed to be sensitive and specific, and was applied to real cases and quality control samples from a quality control program.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Amphetamines / urine
  • Chromatography, Liquid
  • Cocaine / analogs & derivatives
  • Cocaine / urine
  • Humans
  • Illicit Drugs / urine*
  • Lysergic Acid Diethylamide / urine
  • Methadone / urine
  • Morphine / urine
  • Pyrrolidines / urine
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Substances

  • Amphetamines
  • Illicit Drugs
  • Pyrrolidines
  • benzoylecgonine
  • Morphine
  • Lysergic Acid Diethylamide
  • Cocaine
  • Methadone
  • ecgonine methyl ester
  • 2-ethylidene-1,5-dimethyl-3,3-diphenylpyrrolidine