Development of a Rapid and Simultaneous Detection Method for Buprenorphine,Norbuprenorphine and Naloxone in Human Plasma Using Ultra‐high Performance Liquid Chromatography‐tandem Mass Spectrometer with Solid‐phase Extraction

A simultaneous method was successfully established and validated for the separation and determination of buprenorphine (BP), its primary metabolite, nor‐buprenorphine (NBP) and a proposed co‐formulate, naloxone (NLX) in human plasma. The method used buprenorphine‐d₄ (BP‐D₄), nor‐buprenorphine‐d₃ (NBP‐D₃), naltrexone (NTX) as internal standards (ISs). 100 μL of plasma sample fortified with the ISs was cleaned up by solid‐phase extraction (SPE), and was then separated on a Waters Acquity^TM BEH C₁₈ column with gradient elution using methanol and water (containing 0.2% formic) at a flow rate of 0.25 mL·min⁻¹. The mass spectrometer was used for detection and was operated in the positive electrospray ionization with multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode. The three compounds were effectively separated in 5 min. The linear ranges of the compounds were 0.1–25, 0.25–25 and 0.05–25 ng·mL⁻¹ for BP, NBP and NLX, respectively, with r≧0.9935. The method had high sensitivity (the limits of detection were 0.02, 0.1 and 0.01 ng·mL⁻¹ for BP, NBP and NLX, respectively) and high recoveries (≧97.6%). The result was shown to be linear and satisfactorily met current acceptance criteria for validation of bioanalytical method: intra and inter assay precisions within the required limits of ≦25% RSD. The LOQs fulfilled the LOQ requirements: precision≦25% RSD, and was fully validated according to the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) regulations. The results demonstrated that ultra‐high performance liquid chromatography‐tandem mass spectrometer (UPLC‐MS/MS) with SPE was a powerful detection tool and contributed to pharmaceutical analysis in biological matrices.     

黄金蝉若虫体蛋白水解液的荧光标记及电喷雾质谱鉴定

采用2-[2-(7H-二苯并[a,g]咔唑-乙氧基)-乙基]氯甲酸酯(DBCEC-Cl)作为柱前衍生试剂, 于室温下,在硼酸钠缓冲液(pH 9.0)中,金蝉若虫体蛋白水解液中氨基酸的完全衍生化在5 min即可完成.在Hypersil BDS C18色谱柱 (200 mm×4.6 mm, 5 μm) 上, 采用梯度洗脱实现了各衍生物的完全基线分离.最佳荧光检测为λex/λem=300/395 nm.在线串联的ESI/MS正离子质谱数据显示:所有衍生物均给出m/z 338 5,294.5的特征碎片离子峰.荧光条件下的线性回归系数大于0.9992; 检出限为2.6～24 fmol.本方法灵敏、可靠、重现性好.对实际黄金蝉若虫体蛋白水解液中氨基酸的测定,结果满意.