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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2011 Aug 2;883-884:113–119. doi: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2011.07.021

Table 4.

Long term stability results for MPA (A), MPAG (B) and AcMPAG (C) at concentrations of 20μg/mL at baseline, 24 hours −80°C, 24 hour 4°C, 24 hours bench top, 1 week −80°C, 1 week 4°C, 1 week bench top, 1 month −80°C, and 1 month 4°C.

Plasma Urine
Timepoint Temperature Percent deviation from nominal ± Standard deviation Percent deviation from nominal ± Standard deviation
MPA MPAG AcMPAG MPA MPAG AcMPAG
24 Hours Benchtop 93.0 ± 2.6 105.3 ± 2.5 14.0 ± 0.5 104.0 ± 2.6 106.7 ± 3.2 62.3 ± 8.2
24 Hours 4°C 96.9 ± 2.8 105.7 ± 4.9 96.6 ± 5.0 107.0 ± 1.0 107.7± 0.6 91.2 ± 2.3
24 Hours −80°C 91.1 ± 2.3 102.5 ± 3.3 99.5 ± 7.8 106.7 ± 2.1 105.7 ± 1.5 92.3 ± 3.8
1Week Benchtop 90.7 ± 2.7 90.3 ± 13.0 0 ± 0.0 89.7 ± 2.5 25.4 ± 3.1 25.1 ± 0.9
1Week 4°C 87.1 ± 1.2 96.8 ± 2.3 36.1 ± 0.4 92.3 ± 3.5 28.9 ± 0.2 64.7 ± 1.4
1Week −80°C 87.9 ± 3.1 96.8 ± 9.8 101.6 ± 6.2 89.1 ± 2.2 27.9 ± 0.3 79.3 ± 1.4
1 Month 4°C 82.4 ± 8.1 87.1 ± 5.5 0 ± 0.0 87.8 ± 0.2 26.4 ± 1.0 4.0 ± 0.1
1 Month −80°C 97.8 ± 1.3 90.4 ± 1.6 86.8 ± 5.0 82.2 ± 0.3 26.4 ± 0.4 9.8 ± 0.1