Analysis of benzodiazepines in dynamically coated capillaries by CE-DAD, CE-MS and CE-MS2

J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2004 Feb 18;34(3):595-606. doi: 10.1016/s0731-7085(03)00571-5.

Abstract

The applicability of a low pH volatile electrolyte for fast analysis of benzodiazepines with CE-MS was investigated. The electrolyte is based on a commercially available CEofix buffer system that produces a substantial and highly reproducible electroosmotic flow through a dynamic double coating principle. The system was first evaluated with a mixture of benzodiazepine standards in CE-DAD and the electrolyte composition was further optimized for CE-MS. The LOD for the six selected benzodiazepines with CE-MS was ca. 100 ppb, except for diazepam, for which the LOD was lower than 50 ppb. RSDs varied from 0.51 to 1.02% (n = 7) for migration times and from 4.75 to 11.80% (n = 7) for peak areas. The method was successfully applied to the analysis of a spiked urine sample after solid-phase extraction (SPE). CE-MS2 was performed on a standard mixture.

MeSH terms

  • Benzodiazepines / analysis*
  • Benzodiazepines / chemistry
  • Electrophoresis, Capillary / instrumentation
  • Electrophoresis, Capillary / methods
  • Mass Spectrometry / instrumentation
  • Mass Spectrometry / methods

Substances

  • Benzodiazepines