Table 5.
Extraction via disposable pipettes yielded efficient recoveries with minimal matrix effects enabling sensitive limits of quantification (0.5-5.0 μg/L).
| Analyte | Recovery (%, n=10) |
Matrix Effect (%, n=10) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | High | Low | High | |
| THCa | 59.9 | 58.7 | −23.0 | −21.5 |
| 11-OH-THCa | 78.6 | 79.5 | −6.1 | −4.8 |
| THCCOOHa | 71.3 | 72.1 | −17.5 | −20.6 |
| CBDa | 73.0 | 73.6 | −6.5 | −6.1 |
| CBNa | 54.0 | 55.4 | −11.0 | −14.1 |
| CBGb | 63.5 | 65.5 | −10.8 | −13.0 |
| THCVb | 66.4 | 69.0 | 30.6 | 23.9 |
| THCVCOOHb | 70.1 | 75.3 | 7.7 | 3.5 |
| THC-glucuronidea | 71.3 | 72.2 | 4.5 | 1.1 |
| THCCOOH-glucuronidec | 55.4 | 56.4 | 2.2 | −1.4 |
| THC-d3 | 65.2 | 64.9 | −25.8 | −25.7 |
| 11-OH-THC-d3 | 84.4 | 83.2 | −14.3 | −10.4 |
| THCCOOH-d9 | 75.2 | 75.5 | −18.4 | −18.6 |
| CBD-d3 | 81.4 | 80.6 | −13.7 | −8.4 |
| CBN-d3 | 59.2 | 59.7 | −16.2 | −15.9 |
| THCCOOH-glucuronide-d3 | 58.8 | 59.3 | −3.3 | −5.5 |
THC Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol, 11-OH-THC 11-hydroxy-THC, THCCOOH 11-nor-9-carboxy-THC, CBD cannabidiol, CBN cannabinol, CBG cannabigerol, THCV Δ9-tetrahydrocannabivarin, THCVCOOH 11-nor-9-carboxy-THCV
Low-quality control concentration for THC, 11-OH-THC, THCOOH, CBD, CBN, and THC-glucuronide was 1.5μg/L. High-quality control concentration for THC and THCOOH was 80μg/L and for 11-OH-THC, CBD, CBN, and THC-glucuronide it was 40μg/L
Low- and high-quality control concentrations for CBG, THCV, and THCVCOOH were 3 and 80μg/L, respectively
Low- and high-quality control concentrations for THCCOOH-glucuronide were 15 and 400μg/L, respectively