title: Quantitation of propofol in whole blood by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.
abstract: A gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric assay, using selected-ion monitoring (GC-MS-SIM) with thymol as internal standard, was developed for quantitating propofol, an intravenous anaesthetic. The method described is rapid and sensitive for the determination of propofol in whole blood. The sensitivity of the present method is 10 ng/ml. The recovery of propofol added to human whole blood in the concentration range 10-10,000 ng/ml ranged between 95 and 100%. A single extraction procedure was used with chloroform-ethyl acetate. The assay allowed the detection of two metabolites formed during propofol metabolism: 2,6-diisopropyl-1,4-quinone and 2,6-diisopropyl-1,4-quinol.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Etudes Analytiques et Cinétiques du Médicament, Institut des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques de Lyon, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guitton
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Desage
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lepape
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Degoute
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Manchon
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Brazier
mesh_terms: D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous / Q000097:blood*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D015742:Propofol / Q000097:blood*; D012015:Reference Standards; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
chemical_list: D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous; D015742:Propofol