Sensitive determination of alpha-methyltryptamine (AMT) and 5-methoxy-N,N-diisopropyltryptamine (5MeO-DIPT) in whole blood and urine using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2005 Aug 25;823(1):47-52. doi: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2004.10.067. Epub 2004 Nov 19.

Abstract

We devised a sensitive and simple method to determine alpha-methyltryptamine (AMT) and 5-methoxy-N,N-diisopropyltryptamine (5MeO-DIPT) in whole blood and urine, using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). AMT and 5MeO-DIPT were extracted using an Extrelut column with an internal standard, bupivacaine, followed by derivatization with acetic anhydride. The derivatized extract was used for GC-MS analysis of EI-SIM mode. The calibration curves of AMT and 5MeO-DIPT were linear in the concentration range from 10 to 750 ng/ml in both blood and urine samples. The method detection limit (MDL) of AMT and 5MeO-DIPT were 1 ng/ml each in whole blood and 5 ng/ml each in urine. This method should be most useful to accurately determine the presence of these drugs in blood and urine in clinical and forensic cases.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • 5-Methoxytryptamine / analogs & derivatives*
  • 5-Methoxytryptamine / analysis
  • 5-Methoxytryptamine / blood
  • 5-Methoxytryptamine / urine
  • Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / methods*
  • Humans
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Tryptamines / analysis*
  • Tryptamines / blood
  • Tryptamines / urine

Substances

  • Tryptamines
  • 5-methoxy-N,N-diisopropyltryptamine
  • 5-Methoxytryptamine
  • indopan