title: [Determination of serotonin in rat brain by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry].
abstract: A GC/MS method for the determination of serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) has been developed. 5-HT in homogenized rat brain was acylated and extracted into EtOAc. The acylate was further derivatized with heptafluorbutyl anhydride and formed a spirocyclic pentafluoropropionyl derivative. Subsequent analysis of 5-HT derivative by gas chromatography-electron capture negative ion chemical ionization mass spectrometry was highly specific and sensitive. The assay is linear from 0.5 to 50 micrograms/L with a linear equation of Y = 0.134 8X - 0.07995, r = 0.999. The recovery was 98.2% +/- 3.8% (n = 10) and the limit of detection was 0.5 microgram/L. The reproducibility of 5-HT determination in rat brain was less than 10% (RSD) at both levels of 1.0 microgram/L and 50.0 micrograms/L. The method has been applied to analysis of 5-HT in the dose rat brain successfully.
authors.affiliation: Zhejiang Pharmaceutical Association, Hangzhou, 310006.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012701:Serotonin / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D012701:Serotonin