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JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A
卷 990, 期 1-2, 页码 99-110出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9673(02)01704-1
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hydroxybutyric acid
gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), a minor metabolite or precursor- of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), acts as a neurotransmitter/neurornodulator via binding to GABA receptors and to specific presynaptic GHB,receptors. Based upon the stimulatory effects, GHB is widely abused. Thus, there is great interest in monitoring GHB in body fluids and tissues. We have developed an assay for urinary GHB that is based upon liquid-liquid extraction and capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) with indirect UV absorption detection. The background electrolyte is composed of 4 mM nicotinic acid (compound for indirect detection), 3 mM spermine (reversal of electroosmosis) and histidine (added to reach a pH of 6.2). Having a 50 mum I.D. capillary of 40 cm effective length, 1-octanesulfonic acid as internal standard, solute detection at 214 nm and a diluted urine with a conductivity of 2.4 mS/cm, GHB concentrations greater than or equal to2 mug/ml can be detected. Limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantitation (LOQ) were determined to be dependent on urine concentration and varied between 2-24 and 5-60 mug/ml, respectively. Data obtained suggest that LOD and LOQ (both in mug/ml) can be estimated with the relationships 0.83 kappa and 2.1 kappa, respectively, where kappa is the conductivity of the urine in mS/cm. The assay was successfully applied to urines collected after administration of 25 mg sodium GHB/kg body mass. Negative electrospray ionization ion-trap tandem mass spectrometry was used to confirm the presence of GHB in the urinary extract via selected reaction monitoring of the m/z 103.1-->m/z 85.1 precursor-product ion transition. Independent of urine concentration, this approach meets the urinary cut-off level of 10 mug/ml that is required for recognition of the presence of exogenous GHB. Furthermore, data obtained with injection of plain or diluted urine indicate that CZE could be used to rapidly recognize GHB amounts (in mug/ml) that are greater than or equal to 4 K. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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