title: Determination of scopolamine in human serum and microdialysis samples by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.
abstract: A liquid chromatographic-tandem mass spectrometric (LC-MS-MS) method with a rapid and simple sample preparation was developed for the determination of scopolamine in biological fluids. Scopolamine and the internal standard atropine in serum samples were extracted and cleaned up by using an automated solid phase extraction method. Microdialysis samples were directly injected into the LC-MS system. The mass spectrometer was operated in the multi reaction monitoring mode. A good linear response over the range of 20 pg/ml to 5 ng/ml was demonstrated. The accuracy for added scopolamine ranged from 95.0 to 104.0%. The lower limit of quantification was 20 pg/ml. This method is suitable for pharmacokinetic studies.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University Dresden, Germany. reioer@rcs.urz.tu-dresden.de
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Oertel
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Richter
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ebert
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kirch
mesh_terms: D002138:Calibration; D018680:Cholinergic Antagonists / Q000097:blood*; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D017551:Microdialysis; D012015:Reference Standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012601:Scopolamine / Q000097:blood*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D018680:Cholinergic Antagonists; D012601:Scopolamine