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JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL TOXICOLOGY
Volume 39, Issue 1, Pages 52-57Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/jat/bku114
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The aim of our study was to present a new headspace-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (HS-GC-MS) method applicable to the routine determination of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) concentrations in biological and gaseous samples. The primary analytical drawback of the GC/MS methods for H2S measurement discussed in the literature was the absence of a specific H2S internal standard required to perform quantification. Although a deuterated hydrogen sulfide (D2S) standard is currently available, this standard is not often used because this standard is expensive and is only available in the gas phase. As an alternative approach, D2S can be generated in situ by reacting deuterated chloride with sodium sulfide; however, this technique can lead to low recovery yield and potential isotopic fractionation. Therefore, N2O was chosen for use as an internal standard. This method allows precise measurements of H2S concentrations in biological and gaseous samples. Therefore, a full validation using accuracy profile based on the beta-expectation tolerance interval is presented. Finally, this method was applied to quantify H2S in an actual case of H2S fatal intoxication.
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