title: Analysis of thyreostatic drugs in thyroid samples by ultra-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry detection.
abstract: A method based on ultra-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionisation-tandem mass spectrometry for the determination of six thyreostatic drugs in thyroid tissue has been optimised and validated in accordance with the Decision 2002/657/EC. Samples are extracted with methanol and the extracts cleaned-up on silica cartridges. The recoveries range from 40% for 6-phenyl-2-thiouracil to 79% for 2-thiouracil. Quantification is carried out with blank tissue samples spiked with the analytes in the range 25-500 microg kg(-1). 5,6-Dimethyl-2-thiouracil is used as internal standard. CCalpha and CCbeta are in the ranges 4.3-16.1 microg kg(-1) and 8.7-20.7 microg kg(-1), respectively. Accuracy, expressed as percentage of error, is lower than 6% and relative standard deviation in reproducibility conditions falls between 5.6 and 10.3%. Nowadays, the proposed method is routinely implemented in the laboratory of the Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona and allows processing of up to 20 samples per day.
authors.affiliation: Departament de Química Analítica, Facultat de Química, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1-11, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abuín
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Centrich
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rúbies
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Companyó
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Prat
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002138:Calibration; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000032:analysis*; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations