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Published in final edited form as: J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2017 Jun 19;1060:316–324. doi: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2017.06.028

Table 4.

LC/MS simultaneous determination of antineoplastic drugs in urine

Parent drug Sample preparation Chromatography Interface/Detection Target analyte m/z or mass transition Limit of detection Reference
 multiple determination ABN-SPE
96-well
CHOOH/MeOH
RP C12/gradient
CH3CO2NH4/MeOH
ESI/QQQ/MRM+ [39]
0.5 × 50 mm, 4μm
cyclophosphamide CP
TRP
261/140
323/154
0.04 μg/L
methotrexate MTX 455/308 0.2 μg/L
 multiple determination SPE C18
CH2Cl2/2-propanol/MeOH
RP C8, gradient
CHOOH/ACN
ESI/QQQ/MRM+ [40]
4.6 × 150 mm, 5μm
cyclophosphamide CP
TRP
261/140
323/154
0.1 μg/L
ifosphosphamide IF 261/92 0.1 μg/L
doxorubicin DXR 528/321 0.2 μg/L
epirubicin EPI 544/397 0.1 μg/L
daunorubicin DNR
EDR
528/321
528/321
0.1 μg/L
 multiple determination dispersive SPE
RP sorbent
aqueous MeOH
RP PFP/gradient
CHOOH/ACN
ESI/QTrap/SRM+ [41]
2.1 × 100 mm, 2.6 μm
cyclophosphamide CP
2H4 -CP
261/106
261/140
0.33 μg/L
ifosphosphamide IF
2H4 -IF
261/154
261/92
0.13 μg/L
doxorubicin DXR
13C,2H3-DXR
544/379
544/397
0.07 μg/L
epirubicin EPI
13C,2H3-EPI
544/379
544/397
0.03 μg/L
5-fluorouracil 5-FU
13C2,15N2-5-FU
129/86
129/59
33.33 μg/L
cytarabine CYT
13C3-CYT
244/95
244/112
0.33 μg/L
gemcitabine GCA
13C2,15N2- GEM
264/95
264/112
0.67 μg/L
dacarbazine DAC
2H6 -DAC
183/123
183/166
0.67 μg/L
etoposide ETOP
13C,2H3-ETOP
589/425
589/229
0.17 μg/L
methotrexate MTX
2H3 -MTX
455/134
455/308
0.01 μg/L
vinblastine VBL
2H3 -VBL
811/751
8///224
0.83 μg/L
vincristine VCR
2H3 -VCR
413/362
413/392
0.17 μg/L
paclitaxel TAX
2H5 -TAX
854/569
854/286
0.33 μg/L

Legend of abbreviations used in Table 4. LC/MS simultaneous determination of antineoplastic drugs in urine

ABN-SPE: Acid Base Neutral SPE, ACN: acetonitrile, CH2Cl2: methylene chloride, CHOOH: formic acid, EDR: epidaunorubicin, ESI: electrospray ionization, MeOH: methanol, MRM: multiple reaction monitoring, QQQ: triple quadrupole, RP: reversed phase, PFP: pentafluorophenyl, SPE: solid phase extraction, SRM: single reaction monitoring, TRP: trophosphamide