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Measurement of nitrosodimethylamine by capillary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry with the 15N-labelled compound as an internal standard

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Artifactual formation of N-nitrosodimethylamine during the extraction procedure from aminopyrine and nitrite was examined. The use of the basic pH condition was the most effective in preventing artifactual formation. Sulfamic acid or ascorbic acid was partially effective in preventing artifactual formation. Since significant losses of volatile N-nitrosodimethylamine occur during the extraction and concentration steps, we analyzed N-nitrosodimethylamine by combined gas chromatography mass spectrometry with 15N-nitrosodimethylamine as an internal standard. The use of a fused silica capillary column enabled us to obtain a fine separation of the chromatogram. This methodology was applied to our model experiment, which was performed to locate the formation of N-nitrosodimethylamine when a rabbit was exposed to NO2 after the administration of aminopyrine. SO3 inhaled together with NO2 was found to increase the nitrosation.

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  1. Division of Environmental Health Research, Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, 69-3, 1-chome, 537, Nakamichi, Higashinari-ku, Osaka, Japan

    Hiroaki Kosaka & Mitsuro Uozumi

  2. Department of Environmental Medicine, Kagawa Medical School, 761-07, Kagawa

    Taichi Nakajima

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Supported by a grant in aid for environmental science from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan

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Kosaka, H., Uozumi, M. & Nakajima, T. Measurement of nitrosodimethylamine by capillary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry with the 15N-labelled compound as an internal standard. Int. Arch Occup Environ Heath 54, 233–239 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00379052

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