Abstract
Midazolam is a benzodiazepine and is widely prescribed for preanesthesia or general anesthesia. Overdose or intoxication cases of midazolam have been reported. In Japan, smuggled midazolam tablets could be involved in some criminal cases. Midazolam and its two metabolites were extracted by the solid-phase extraction method using Bond Elut SCX cartridges. The compounds were analyzed by on-line capillary high-performance liquid chromatography/fast atom bombardment–mass spectrometry. Midazolam and its two metabolites were well separated on the chromatogram, and each mass spectra gave [M+H] + ion as a base peak. Deuterium-labeled midazolam was synthesized as an internal standard; it has enabled precise and reproducible quantitation of midazolam in blood samples. The calibration curve showed excellent linearity in the range of 2–200 ng/ml in spiked serum. The detection limit was 300 pg/ml (signal-to-noise ratio=3). The whole blood and urine samples from the victim of a homicide case were analyzed, and the midazolam concentration in the whole blood was estimated to be 163 ng/ml. The present method should be useful in clinical and forensic toxicology, because of its high sensitivity and specificity.
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