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Pipette tip solid-phase extraction and gas chromatography – mass spectrometry for the determination of methamphetamine and amphetamine in human whole blood

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Methamphetamine and amphetamine were extracted from human whole blood samples using pipette tip solid-phase extraction (SPE) with MonoTip C18 tips, on which C18-bonded monolithic silica gel was fixed. Human whole blood (0.1 mL) containing methamphetamine and amphetamine, with N-methylbenzylamine as an internal standard, was mixed with 0.4 mL of distilled water and 50 μL of 5 M sodium hydroxide solution. After centrifugation, the supernatant was extracted to the C18 phase of the tip (pipette tip volume, 200 μL) by 25 repeated aspirating/dispensing cycles using a manual micropipettor. Analytes retained in the C18 phase were eluted with methanol by five repeated aspirating/dispensing cycles. After derivatization with trifluoroacetic anhydride, analytes were measured by gas chromatography – mass spectrometry with selected ion monitoring in the positive-ion electron impact mode. Recoveries of methamphetamine and amphetamine spiked into whole blood were more than 87.6 and 81.7%, respectively. Regression equations for methamphetamine and amphetamine showed excellent linearity in the range of 0.5–100 ng/0.1 mL. The limits of detection for methamphetamine and amphetamine were 0.15 and 0.11 ng/0.1 mL, respectively. Intra- and interday coefficients of variation for both stimulants were not greater than 9.6 and 13.8%, respectively. The determination of methamphetamine and amphetamine in autopsy whole blood samples is presented, and was shown to validate the present methodology.

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This study was supported in part by a grant-in-aid from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture of Japan.

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  1. Department of Legal Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 142-8555, Japan

    Chika Hasegawa, Takeshi Kumazawa, Xiao-Pen Lee, Akemi Marumo, Natsuko Shinmen & Keizo Sato

  2. Department of Legal Medicine, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, Nagakute-cho, Aichi , 480-1195, Japan

    Hiroshi Seno

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Hasegawa, C., Kumazawa, T., Lee, XP. et al. Pipette tip solid-phase extraction and gas chromatography – mass spectrometry for the determination of methamphetamine and amphetamine in human whole blood. Anal Bioanal Chem 389, 563–570 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-007-1460-3

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