Journal
ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 406, Issue 21, Pages 5195-5202Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-014-7702-2
Keywords
Organophosphorus nerve agents; Metabolites; Serum; Exposure
Funding
- Intramural CDC HHS [CC999999] Funding Source: Medline
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Although nerve agent use is prohibited, concerns remain for human exposure to nerve agents during decommissioning, research, and warfare. Exposure can be detected through the analysis of hydrolysis products in urine as well as blood. An analytical method to detect exposure to five nerve agents, including VX, VR (Russian VX), GB (sarin), GD (soman), and GF (cyclosarin), through the analysis of the hydrolysis products, which are the primary metabolites, in serum has been developed and characterized. This method uses solid-phase extraction coupled with high-performance liquid chromatography for separation and isotopic dilution tandem mass spectrometry for detection. An uncommon buffer of ammonium fluoride was used to enhance ionization and improve sensitivity when coupled with hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography resulting in detection limits from 0.3 to 0.5 ng/mL. The assessment of two quality control samples demonstrated high accuracy (101-105 %) and high precision (5-8 %) for the detection of these five nerve agent hydrolysis products in serum.
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