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JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIOMEDICAL ANALYSIS
Volume 43, Issue 3, Pages 1045-1048Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2006.09.008
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escitalopram; urine; sol-gel; ESI-TOF-MS; on-line; sample cleanup
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A escitalopram from urine and the for mass spectrometry detrimental matrix is washed away by applied pressure. The analyte is, eluted by a solution containing organic modifier and directly electrosprayed into a time-of-flight mass spectrometer, ESI-TOF-MS. This method makes it possible to load large volumes of sample onto the column and preconcentrate escitalopram on-line before detection. Standard addition of escitalopram to the urine sample gave a linear calibration curve (R-2 = 0.988). The analyzed sample was found to contain an escitalopram concentration of 0.62 ng/ml, well in line with earlier publications. The calculated LOD was 10 pg/ml and LOQ was 34 pg/ml as compared to earlier reports with a LLOQ of I ng/ml. The intra day variation of the escitalopram peak area is less than 6.3%. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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