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JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY B-ANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE BIOMEDICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES
Volume 880, Issue -, Pages 6-11Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2011.10.029
Keywords
Sputum; HPLC; Mass spectrometry; Validation; Sample pre-treatment; Bioanalysis
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A bioanalytical method for the quantitative determination of budesonide and fluticasone in human sputum was developed. Sputolysin (R) Reagent was added to the sputum samples. After incubation (37 degrees C; 60-70 min under shaking) and automated solid phase extraction the extracts were analysed using LC-MS/MS. Budesonide and fluticasone showed good linearity (r>0.99) over the range 0.1-100 nM in the first and second validation batch, and over the range 0.25-10,000 nM in the third and fourth validation batch. The lower limit of quantification (LLOQ) achieved was 5 nM for budesonide and fluticasone in 100 mu L human sputum. lntra-run and inter-run RSD for four quality control levels (5-100 nM) were within 6.9% (budesonide) and 8.0% (fluticasone). The accuracy ranged from -11.4% to -1.6% (budesonide), and from -11.8% to 0.4% (fluticasone). The validated method was applied to clinical sputum samples from COPD patients. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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