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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Mass Spectrom. 2011 Jul;46(7):10.1002/jms.1929. doi: 10.1002/jms.1929

Table 2.

GC -NICI -MS method validation data after sulfate cleavage (method B)

Analyte QC sample Nominal
concentration
(µM)
Mean
calculated
concentration
(µM)
Accuracy
(%)
Intra-day
precision
(%)
Inter-day
precision
(%)
RE (%),
(CV, %/CV,
% IS corrected)
Calibration
range
(µM)
Calibration
model
Internal
standard
LOD
(µM)
LOQ
(µM)
R-MDA LOW 0.50 0.49 −1.8 3.1 5.5 121 (8/3) 0.1–25 Quadratic 1/X R-MDA d5 0.005 0.1
MED 7.5 7.1 −4.7 1.2 2.6
HIGH 20.0 19.4 −3.1 5.9 8.1 101 (3/2)
S-MDA LOW 0.50 0.47 −5.4 7.0 8.2 128 (6/2) 0.1–25 Quadratic 1/X S-MDA d5 0.005 0.1
MED 7.5 7.2 −4.3 3.5 4.2
HIGH 20.0 19.1 −4.6 5.6 8.9 101 (3/0.3)
R-HMA LOW 0.50 0.50 −0.4 11.0 15.5 109(10/5) 0.1–25 Quadratic log log S-Pholedrine 0.025 0.1
MED 7.5 7.7 2.4 7.0 9.5
HIGH 20.0 20.5 2.6 13.3 14.2 97(3/5)
S-HMA LOW 0.50 0.51 1.5 10.0 19.3 106(10/5) 0.1–25 Quadratic log log S-Pholedrine 0.025 0.1
MED 7.5 7.6 1.7 5.1 8.7
HIGH 20.0 20.5 2.4 13.2 13.6 96 (2/6)
R-DHA LOW 0.50 0.45 −11.0 9.2 13.6 48 (46/19) 0.25–25 Quadratic log log DHBA 0.25 0.25
MED 7.5 7.1 −4.7 7.4 10.9
HIGH 20.0 18.9 −5.5 8.6 8.8 51 (38/13)
S-DHA LOW 0.50 0.42 −15.3 7.4 13.0 48 (53/15) 0.25–25 Quadratic log log DHBA 0.25 0.25
MED 7.5 7.3 −2.9 6.0 9.4
HIGH 20.0 19.2 −3.8 8.7 10.2 56 (34/12)
R-MDMA LOW 0.50 0.39 −22.5 7.5 11.1 123 (6/6) 0.1–125 Quadratic log log R-MDMA d5 0.005 0.1
MED 35.0 35.4 1.1 1.8 5.1
HIGH 100.0 99.1 −0.9 5.0 6.4 97(2/2)
S-MDMA LOW 0.50 0.41 −18.6 6.5 11.3 118 (5/3) 0.1–125 Quadratic log log S-MDMA d5 0.005 0.1
MED 35.0 35.3 0.8 2.0 4.8
HIGH 100.0 99.7 −0.3 4.5 6.2 97 (3/3)
R-HMMA LOW 0.50 0.45 −9.1 10.5 18.3 97 (17/11) 0.1–125 Quadratic log log S-Pholedrine 0.05 0.1
MED 35.0 38.9 11.2 6.0 8.7
HIGH 100.0 102.7 2.7 8.8 9.3 95 (4/3)
S-HMMA LOW 0.50 0.45 −10.1 8.9 15.5 95(10/7) 0.1–125 Quadratic log log S-Pholedrine 0.05 0.1
MED 35.0 39.0 11.3 5.5 8.3
HIGH 100.0 101.9 1.9 7.8 8.9 94 (4/3)
R-DHMA LOW 0.50 0.43 −13.8 11.6 17.7 17 (54/12) 0.25–37.5 Quadratic 1/X DHBA 0.25 0.25
MED 10.0 10.4 4.1 14.0 14.5
HIGH 35.0 33.6 −4.0 8.7 12.1 19 (59/14)
S-DHMA LOW 0.50 0.42 −16.5 14.5 19.2 16 (74/10) 0.25–37.5 Quadratic 1/X DHBA 0.25 0.25
MED 10.0 10.5 5.3 12.0 14.5
HIGH 35.0 33.6 −4.0 8.1 10.3 19 (60/14)
R-HMMA sulfate MED 12.5 13.6 8.8 8.3 11.4
S-HMMA sulfate MED 12.5 13.8 10.1 10.0 11.8
R-DHMA sulfate MED 20.0 16.7 −16.4 10.2 12.7
S-DHMA sulfate MED 20.0 16.0 −20.0 11.0 14.3

Bold values indicate values outside the acceptance criteria of ±15% or ±20%