title: N,N'-diethyl-m-toluamide (m-DET): analysis of an insect repellent in human urine and serum by high-performance liquid chromatography.
abstract: A procedure for monitoring m-DET in human urine and serum is described. m-DET is removed from the urine specimen by partitioning into diethyl ether, but solid-phase extraction is used to remove it from human serum. The urine and serum m-DET values are determined by HPLC with a UV detector. The limit of detection was 0.09 micrograms/mL in urine and 0.09 micrograms/g for serum. The percent of m-DET recovered from human urine spiked between 0.50 and 8.00 micrograms/mL was 90 +/- 5.4%. For human serum spiked between 0.25 and 10.00, the percent recovered was 96 +/- 5.9%. The pooled relative standard deviations (RSD) for spiked matrices were 0.06 for urine and 0.06 for serum.
authors.affiliation: Food and Drug Administration, National Forensic Chemistry Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202.
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Smallwood
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: DeBord
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Lowry
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003671:DEET / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D004355:Drug Stability; D006801:Humans; D007302:Insect Repellents / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D008297:Male; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D007302:Insect Repellents; D003671:DEET