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ArticleJournal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences2013

Measurement of tamsulosin in human serum by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.

Rita Upreti, Natalie Z M Homer, Gregorio Naredo, Diego F Cobice, Katherine A Hughes, Laurence H Stewart, Brian R Walker, Ruth Andrew

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Article in Journal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Rita UpretiEndocrinology, University/British Heart Foundation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, 47, Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, United Kingdom. rupreti@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Natalie Z M Homer
Gregorio Naredo
Diego F Cobice
Katherine A Hughes
Laurence H Stewart
Brian R Walker
Ruth Andrew
University of Edinburgh · GBBritish Heart Foundation · GBThe Queen's Medical Research Institute · GBWestern General Hospital · GB

Funding

British Heart Foundation RG/11/4/28734Chief Scientist Office CZB/4/642Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A simple, sensitive and robust method to extract tamsulosin from human serum, and quantify by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) was developed and validated and is applicable as a measure of compliance in clinical research. Tamsulosin was extracted from human serum (100μL) via liquid-liquid extraction with methyl tert-butyl ether (2mL) following dilution with 0.1M ammonium hydroxide (100μL), achieving 99.9% analyte recovery. Internal standard, d9-finasteride, was synthesised in-house. Analyte and internal standard were separated on an Ascentis(®) Express C18 (100mm×3mm, 2.7μm) column using a gradient elution with mobile phases methanol and 2mM aqueous ammonium acetate (5:95, v/v). Total run-time was 6min. Tamsulosin was quantified using a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer operated in multi-reaction-monitoring (MRM) mode using positive electrospray ionisation. Mass transitions monitored for quantitation were: tamsulosin m/z 409→228 and d9-finasteride m/z 382→318, with the structural formulae of ions confirmed by Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (within 10ppm). The limit of quantitation was 0.2ng/mL, and the method was validated in the linear range 0.2-50ng/mL with acceptable inter- and intra-assay precision and accuracy and stability suitable for routine laboratory practice. The method was successfully applied to samples taken from research volunteers in a clinical study of benign prostatic hyperplasia.

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AdolescentAdultChromatography, LiquidDrug StabilityHumansLinear ModelsLiquid-Liquid ExtractionMaleMiddle AgedProstatic HyperplasiaReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificitySulfonamidesTamsulosinTandem Mass SpectrometrySulfonamidesTamsulosin

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PMID23743242
PMCPMC3682175
OpenAlexW2046506583

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