Abstract

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has prepared and certified SRM 1507, a freeze-dried urine fortified with 11-nor-delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol-9-carboxylic acid (THC-9-COOH), the major urinary metabolite of marijuana. The certified concentration of 20 +/- 1 ng/mL for the analyte was obtained from the concordant results of analyses of the material by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) and high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection (HPLC-EC). Solid-phase extraction was used to prepare the sample for GC/MS analyses, and liquid-liquid extraction was used for the HPLC-EC analyses. The multistep HPLC method was developed at NIST to circumvent interferences from urinary constituents. The results of a round robin test on this material among five Department of Defense laboratories involved in drug testing are reported.

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