Abstract
A method for the determination of the synthetic narcotic analgesic piritramide in human serum utilizing high-performance liquid chromatography with atmospheric pressure chemical ionization two-stage mass spectrometry (HPLC–APCI-MS–MS) is presented. Pipamperone is used as the internal standard. Serum samples are prepared by liquid–liquid extraction under basic conditions with 1-chlorobutane. The chromatographic separation is achieved on an RP-18 stationary phase applying gradient elution with methanol–0.02% trifluoroacetic acid in water. Detection is carried out in the MS–MS single reaction monitoring mode of the ion-trap mass spectrometer. The limit of detection is 0.3 ng/ml and the calibration covers the range of 1–80 ng/ml. The intra-day RSDs are 6.1 to 7.3% over the calibration range, whereas the inter-day RSDs are 9.6 to 12.8%.
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