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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Development and Validation of an LC-MS/MS Method for the Simultaneous Determination of Alprazolam, Bromazepam, Clonazepam, Diazepam and Flunitrazpam in Human Urine and Its Application to Samples from Suspected Drug Abusers.

Husein Kamal, Varun Gandhi, Lina Akil, Naser F Al-Tannak, Nicholas J W Rattray, Ibrahim Khadra

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Husein KamalStrathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, 161 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G4 0RE, UK.
Varun GandhiStrathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, 161 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G4 0RE, UK.
Lina AkilStrathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, 161 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G4 0RE, UK.
Naser F Al-TannakDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kuwait University, P.O. Box 24923, Safat 13110, Kuwait.ORCID 0000-0002-8901-4032
Nicholas J W RattrayStrathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, 161 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G4 0RE, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3528-6905
Ibrahim KhadraStrathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, 161 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G4 0RE, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9846-1520

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A simple and reliable method was developed using LC-MS/MS to quantify alprazolam, bromazepam, clonazepam, diazepam, and flunitrazepam in clinical samples. This method was validated for the simultaneous determination of alprazolam, bromazepam, clonazepam, diazepam, and flunitrazepam. It was applied to human urine samples collected from people suspected of drug abuse in the Kuwaiti region. Formic acid in water and acetonitrile was used in mobile phase with a gradient mode of elution using C18 reverse-phase column. The instrument was operated in a positive mode with an electrospray ionization source using multiple reaction monitoring. For sample extraction, the liquid-liquid extraction technique was used. The method was validated for limit of detection, limit of quantitation, selectivity, linearity, accuracy, and precision. The concentration for limit of quantitation was 6.0 ng/mL, the linearity ranged from 2.0 to 300 ng/mL for each of the analytes, and the r

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AlprazolamBromazepamClonazepamDiazepamFlunitrazepamSubstance Abuse DetectionSubstance-Related DisordersTandem Mass SpectrometryChromatography, LiquidHumansLimit of DetectionLiquid Chromatography-Mass SpectrometryLiquid-Liquid ExtractionReproducibility of ResultsAlprazolamBromazepamClonazepamDiazepamFlunitrazepambenzodiazepinesdiazepamdrug abuseLC-MS/MSurine analysis

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PMID40941979
PMCPMC12430268

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