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Determination of d-amphetamine in biological samples using high-performance liquid chromatography after precolumn
J F Bowyer1, P Clausing, G D Newport
1Division of Neurotoxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, AR 72079-9502, USA.
Abstract:
An HPLC method is described for the determination of amphetamine using fluorometric detection after derivatization with o-phthaldialdehyde and 3-mercaptopropionic acid. This procedure is more sensitive (detection limit 370 fmol in microdialysate buffer standards, 1.5 pmol in extracted plasma and tissue samples) than most of the previous methods described for the determination of amphetamine with HPLC-fluorescence detection. Due to the stability of the derivative it is also suitable for autosampling after manual derivatization. Investigators currently using o-phthaldialdehyde derivatization and fluorometric detection for amino acid determination should be able to rapidly implement this method.