Determination of illicit and medicinal drugs and their metabolites in oral fluid and preserved oral fluid by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

Anal Bioanal Chem. 2008 Jul;391(6):2329-38. doi: 10.1007/s00216-008-2135-4. Epub 2008 May 16.

Abstract

An LC-MS/MS method using 0.5 ml of oral fluid was developed for the determination of morphine, codeine, 6-monoacetylmorphine, methadone, amphetamine, methamphetamine, 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine, 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-ethylamphetamine, benzoylecgonine, cocaine, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, zolpidem, zopiclone, alprazolam, clonazepam, oxazepam, nordiazepam, lorazepam, flunitrazepam, diazepam, diphenhydramine and amitriptyline. The method was fully validated in terms of linearity (the method was linear between 1-5 microg/L and 100-200 microg/L) recoveries (7.5-82.6%), within-day and between-day precisions and accuracies (CV and MRE, both <15%), limits of detection (0.5 microg/L) and quantitation (the lowest point on the calibration curve), relative ion intensities, freeze-and-thaw stability and matrix effect. The method was applied to preserved oral fluid collected by a special commercial device, the StatSure Saliva Sampler.

Publication types

  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Chromatography, Liquid
  • Humans
  • Illicit Drugs / analysis*
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations / analysis*
  • Saliva / chemistry*
  • Substance Abuse Detection / methods*
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Substances

  • Illicit Drugs
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations