title: The application of inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry in pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis.
abstract: With the development of life science, pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis becomes more and more important in medical science. Further studies will be hopefully established if it is possible to use inorganic elemental standards or small organic compounds in the quantitative determination of all kinds of drugs, nucleotides and sulfur or phosphorus containing peptides and proteins at appropriate concentration with an acceptable accuracy. Since 1980, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) has emerged as a new and powerful analytical technique which is suitable for element and isotope analysis. It offers extremely wide detection range of element and co-analysis of most elements in the periodic table. Also, it can be applied to perform qualitative, semiquantitative, and quantitative analysis and isotopic ratios through mass-to-electric charge ratio. With the help of ICP-MS, the struggle of searching for an excellent quantification technique in, e.g. drugs and proteomics has come appreciably close to an end. This review mainly focuses on the introduction of application of ICP-MS in pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis. Some problems in application and the handling strategies are simply presented at the end.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pharmaceutical Analysis, College of Pharmacy, Shandong University, P.O. BOX 112#, No. 44 Wenhua-WestRoad, Jinan 250012, Shandong Province, PR China. jianquanhuang@mail.sdu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Jianquan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Junren
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Kexin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Xianbin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D020811:Biomedical Technology; D018736:DNA Adducts / Q000032:analysis; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000032:analysis; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000032:analysis; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000032:analysis; D011506:Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D013678:Technology, Pharmaceutical
chemical_list: D018736:DNA Adducts; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D019216:Metals, Heavy; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D011506:Proteins