Kelly Francisco da Cunha, Julia Martinelli Magalhães Kahl, Taís Regina Fiorentin, Karina Diniz Oliveira, Jose Luiz Costa
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Abstract
Purpose: We have developed and validated a high-sensitivity method to quantify lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and 2-oxo-3-hydroxy-LSD (OH-LSD) in oral fluid samples using liquid-liquid extraction and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC‒MS/MS). The method was applied to the quantification of both substances in 42 authentic oral fluid samples.
Methods: A liquid-liquid extraction was performed using 500 µL each of samples (oral fluid samples collected using Quantisal™ device) and dichloromethane/isopropanol mixture (1:1, v/v). Enzymatic hydrolysis was evaluated to cleave glucuronide metabolites.
Results: The limit of quantification was 0.01 ng/mL for both LSD and OH-LSD. The linearity was assessed between 0.01 and 5 ng/mL. Imprecision and bias were not higher than 10.2% for both analytes. Extraction recovery was higher than 69%. The analytes were stable in the autosampler at 10 °C for 24 h, and up to 30 days at 4 and -20 °C. The method was applied to the analysis of 42 oral fluid samples. LSD was detected in all samples (concentrations between 0.02 and 175 ng/mL), and OH-LSD was detected in 20 samples (concentrations between 0.01 and 1.53 ng/mL).
Conclusions: A high-sensitive method was fully validated and applied to authentic samples. To our knowledge, this is the first work to report concentrations of LSD and OH-LSD in authentic oral fluid samples.
期刊介绍:
The journal Forensic Toxicology provides an international forum for publication of studies on toxic substances, drugs of abuse, doping agents, chemical warfare agents, and their metabolisms and analyses, which are related to laws and ethics. It includes original articles, reviews, mini-reviews, short communications, and case reports. Although a major focus of the journal is on the development or improvement of analytical methods for the above-mentioned chemicals in human matrices, appropriate studies with animal experiments are also published.
Forensic Toxicology is the official publication of the Japanese Association of Forensic Toxicology (JAFT) and is the continuation of the Japanese Journal of Forensic Toxicology (ISSN 0915-9606).