Determination of melatonin in blood plasma, using capillary gas chromatography and electron impact medium-resolution mass spectrometry.

Autor: Lee CR; Laboratoires d'Etudes et de Recherches Synthélabo (LERS), Bagneux, France., Esnaud H
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Biomedical & environmental mass spectrometry [Biomed Environ Mass Spectrom] 1988 Mar 01; Vol. 15 (5), pp. 249-52.
DOI: 10.1002/bms.1200150503
Abstrakt: Determination of the low concentrations (less than 10-100 pg ml-1) of melatonin in blood plasma by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry has previously required the use of negative ionization (electron capture) mass spectrometry, a technique particularly delicate to set up. We show that a general-purpose medium-resolution instrument gives adequate sensitivity in electron impact mode, when used with a capillary gas chromatographic column-switching device. A straightforward extraction procedure gives good specificity, and the limit of useful measurement is better than 10 pg per 1 ml sample.
Databáze: MEDLINE