Electrospray Ionization Interface (electrospray + ionization_interface)

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Selected Abstracts


Development and validation of a liquid chromatographic/electrospray ionization mass spectrometric method for the quantitation of prazepam and its main metabolites in human plasma

JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY (INCORP BIOLOGICAL MASS SPECTROMETRY), Issue 4 2005
Paraskevi Valavani
Abstract A method was developed and fully validated for the quantitation of prazepam and its major metabolites, oxazepam and nordiazepam, in human plasma. Sample pretreatment was achieved by solid-phase extraction using Oasis HLB cartridges. The extracts were analysed by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupled with single-quadrupole mass spectrometry (MS) with an electrospray ionization interface. The MS system was operated in the selected ion monitoring mode. HPLC was performed isocratically on a reversed-phase XTerra MS C18 analytical column (150 × 3.0 mm i.d., particle size 5 µm). Diazepam was used as the internal standard for quantitation. The assay was linear over a concentration range of 5.0,1000 ng ml,1 for all compounds analyzed. The limit of quantitation was 5 ng ml,1 for all compounds. Quality control samples (5, 10, 300 and 1000 ng ml,1) in five replicates from three different runs of analysis demonstrated an intra-assay precision (CV) of ,9.1%, an inter-assay precision of ,6.0% and an overall accuracy (relative error) of <4.6%. The method can be used to quantify prazepam and its metabolites in human plasma covering a variety of pharmacokinetic or bioequivalence studies. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]


The ion funnel: Theory, implementations, and applications

MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS, Issue 2 2010
Ryan T. Kelly
Abstract The electrodynamic ion funnel has enabled the manipulation and focusing of ions in a pressure regime (0.1,30 Torr) that has challenged traditional approaches, and provided the basis for much greater mass spectrometer ion transmission efficiencies. The initial ion funnel implementations aimed to efficiently capture ions in the expanding gas jet of an electrospray ionization interface and radially focus them for efficient transfer through a conductance limiting orifice. We review the improvements in fundamental understanding of ion motion in ion funnels, the evolution in its implementations that have brought the ion funnel to its current state of refinement, as well as applications of the ion funnel for purposes such as ion trapping, ion cooling, low pressure electrospray, and ion mobility spectrometry. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc., Mass Spec Rev 29:294,312, 2010 [source]


Simultaneous determination of lamivudine, stavudine and nevirapine in human plasma by LC,MS/MS and its application to pharmacokinetic study in clinic

BIOMEDICAL CHROMATOGRAPHY, Issue 9 2010
Zhou Li
Abstract A new high-throughput LC,MS/MS method for the simultaneous determination of lamivudine (3TC), stavudine (d4T) and nevirapine (NVP) in human plasma is presented, with zidovudine as an internal standard. The analytes were extracted from plasma by protein precipitation and only 150,,L plasma was needed. Chromatographic separation was achieved on a Shiseido C8 column (150 × 2.0,mm, 5,,m) with a total run time of 6,min. A tandem mass spectrometric detection was conducted using multiple reaction monitoring under positive ionization mode with an electrospray ionization interface. The method was developed and validated over the concentration range of 25,5000,ng/mL for 3TC and NVP and 20,4000,ng/mL for d4T. The method was validated in terms of intra- and inter-day precision (,8.6%), accuracy (within ± 8.4%), linearity and specificity. The method has been successfully applied to the pharmacokinetic study of a combination treatment of 300,mg lamivudine, 30,mg stavudine and 200,mg nevirapine in 22 healthy male volunteers under fasting conditions. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]


A sensitive liquid chromatography,electrospray ionization,mass spectrometry method for the simultaneous determination of pentoxyverine citrate and guaifenesin in human plasma,application to pharmacokinetic and bioequivalence studies

BIOMEDICAL CHROMATOGRAPHY, Issue 4 2010
Jinhua Wen
Abstract A sensitive and specific liquid chromatography,electrospray ionization,mass spectrometry method for the identification and quantification of pentoxyverine citrate and guaifenesin in human plasma has been developed. After extraction from plasma samples by ethyl acetate, the internal standard and analytes were separated by high-performance liquid chromatographic on a Shim-pack VP-ODS C18 column (150 × 2.0 mm) using a mobile phase consisting of A (methanol) and B (0.4% glacial acetic acid and 4 mmol/L ammonium acetate) (A:B, 43 : 57). Analysis was performed on a Shimadzu LC/MS-2010A in selected ion monitoring mode with a positive electrospray ionization interface. The method was linear in the concentration range of 1.0,640.0 ng/mL for pentoxyverine citrate and 0.025,6.4 ,g/mL for guaifenesin. The inter- and intra- precision were all within 12% and accuracy ranged from 85 to 115%. The lower limits of quantification were 1.0 ng/mL for pentoxyverine citrate and 25.0 ng/mL for guaifenesin. The extraction recovery was on average 81.95% for pentoxyverine citrate and 89.03% for guaifenesin. This is the first assay method reported for the simultaneous determination of pentoxyverine citrate and guaifenesin in plasma using one chromatographic run. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]


Determination of teniposide in rat plasma by ultra performance liquid chromatography electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry after intravenous administration

BIOMEDICAL CHROMATOGRAPHY, Issue 9 2009
Jing Wang
Abstract A novel, specific and rapid ultra performance liquid chromatography electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry method has been developed and validated for determination of teniposide in rat plasma. A one-step liquid,liquid extraction method was used and the separation was carried out on an Acquity UPLCTM BEH C18 column with gradient elution using a mobile phase composed of acetonitrile and water (containing 0.1% formic acid) at a flow rate of 0.20 mL/min. A triple quadrupole tandem mass spectrometer in multiple-reaction monitoring mode via an electrospray ionization interface was used for the detection of teniposide. The detection was complete within 3.0 min. A linear calibration curve was obtained over the concentration range 10,10,000 ng/mL for teniposide, with a lower limit of quantification of 10 ng/mL. The intra-day precision and inter-day precision (relative standard deviation) were less than 10.23 and 13.09%, respectively. The developed method was applied for the first time to the pharmacokinetic study of teniposide in rats following a single intravenous administration of 4.5 mg/kg teniposide. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]


Determination of huperzine A in human plasma by liquid chromatography,electrospray tandem mass spectrometry: application to a bioequivalence study on Chinese volunteers

BIOMEDICAL CHROMATOGRAPHY, Issue 4 2008
Wei Li
Abstract A simple, sensitive and selective LC-MS-MS method has been developed for the quantification of huperzine A in human plasma. Huperzine A and pseudoephedrine hydrochloride (internal standard) were isolated from human plasma by extraction with ethyl acetate, chromatographed on a C18 column with a mobile phase consisting of 0.2% formic acid,methanol (15:85, v/v) and detected using a tandem mass spectrometer with an electrospray ionization interface. The lower limit of quantification was 0.0508 ng/mL, and the assay exhibited a linear range of 0.0508,5.08 ng/mL (r = 0.9998). The method was successfully applied to investigate the bioequivalence between two kinds of tablets (test vs reference product) in 18 healthy male Chinese volunteers. After a single 0.2 mg dose for the test and reference product, the resulting means of major pharmacokinetic parameters such as AUC0,24, AUC0,,, Cmax, Tmax and t1/2 of huperzine A were 16.35 ± 3.42 vs 16.38 ± 3.61 ng h/mL, 17.53 ± 3.80 vs 17.70 ± 3.97 ng h/mL, 2.47 ± 0.49 vs 2.51 ± 0.51 ng/mL, 1.3 ± 0.4 vs 1.2 ± 0.3 h and 5.92 ± 0.75 vs 6.18 ± 0.66 h, respectively, indicating that these two kinds of tablets were bioequivalent. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]