title: The determination of terbutaline in human plasma by selected ion monitoring of the t-butyldimethylsilyl ether.
abstract: A method is described for the quantitative determination of terbutaline in 2 ml human plasma. The drug is extracted from plasma as the terbutaline tetraphenylboron ion pair and determined by gas chromatography mass spectrometry of its t-butyldimethylsily ether. Salbutamol is used as internal standard. Quantification is achieved by selected ion monitoring of the ion m/z 482 derived from t-butyldimethylsilyl terbutaline and m/z 495 from t-butyldimethylsilyl salbutamol. The detection limit was estimated to be 250 pg terbutaline ml-1 plasma. The coefficient of variation at the level of 1 ng terbutaline ml-1 was 4.1% (n = 5).
mesh_terms: D000420:Albuterol / Q000097:blood; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D013726:Terbutaline / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D013726:Terbutaline; D000420:Albuterol