Miniaturized extraction method for analysis of synthetic opioids in urine by microextraction with packed sorbent and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

Journal of Chromatography. a
Kelly Francisco da CunhaJose Luiz Costa

Abstract

Synthetic opioids are responsible for numerous overdoses and fatalities worldwide. Currently, fentanyl and its analogs are also mixed with heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine, or sold as oxycodone, hydrocodone and alprazolam in counterfeit medications. Microextraction techniques became more frequent in analytical toxicology over the last decade. A method to simultaneously quantify nine synthetic opioids, fentanyl, sufentanil, alfentanil, acrylfentanyl, thiofentanyl, valerylfentanyl, furanylfentanyl, acetyl fentanyl and carfentanil, and two metabolites, norfentanyl and acetyl norfentanyl, in urine samples by microextraction with packed sorbent (MEPS) and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) was developed and validated. A multivariate optimization was performed to establish the number and speed (stroke) of draw-eject sample cycles and the extraction solvent. The best extraction condition was eight draw-eject sample cycles, with a velocity of 3.6 µL/sec and acetonitrile as elution solvent. Linearity was achieved between 1 to 100 ng/mL, with a limit of detection (LOD) of 0.1 ng/mL and limit of quantification (LOQ) of 1 ng/mL. Imprecision (% relative standard deviation) and bias (%) were less than 12.8% and 5.7%...Continue Reading

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