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. 2020 Aug 26;8:626. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2020.00626

Table 2.

Results for trueness, precision, and linearity (k is the number of concentration levels, n the number of repetitions by levels, and p the number of non-consecutive days).

Trueness (%) (k = 4; n = 4; p = 3)
Calibration level (ng/ml) Level 1 Level 2 Level 4 Level 5
THC 107.3 98.4 101.8 106.2
THC-COOH 100.9 104.2 102.4 101.9
Cocaine 101.4 102.2 103.0 103.3
Cocaethlyene 102.1 106.7 101.1 99.4
Benzoylecgonine 101.8 103.6 100.6 99.8
Amphetamine 107.7 104.8 101.5 100.7
Methamphetamine 102.9 101.2 100.6 97.2
MDA 104.4 105.3 103.4 98.2
MDMA 107.2 102.2 97.6 98.3
Methylephenidate 104.8 103.4 102.4 100.6
Morphine 101.6 96.1 100.8 100.6
Codeine 103.5 107.6 103.2 102.4
Methadone 107.6 103.5 104.4 100.5
Tramadol 103.8 98.5 100.4 99.6
O-Desmethyltramadol 98.9 100.5 98.1 99.5
Diazepam 97.6 101.7 103.2 96.7
Nordazepam 98.4 102.6 103.0 99.6
Oxazepam 98.7 98.1 100.0 97.0
Lorazepam 101.0 99.5 99.3 102.2
Bromazepam 95.3 101.1 97.1 100.3
Alprazolam 100.9 105.1 101.8 97.2
Repeatability/intermediate precision (RSD %) (k = 4, n = 4, p = 3)
Calibration level (ng/ml) Level 1 Level 2 Level 4 Level 5
THC 5.6/5.6 3.1/3.9 3.9/4.0 3.2/7.1
THC-COOH 7.4/8.3 7.2/7.2 4.5/4.5 5.7/5.7
Cocaine 7.8/7.8 4.0/7.0 7.0/7.0 3.6/6.3
Cocaethlyene 3.6/5.7 4.7/5.0 2.2/2.3 4.5/4.5
Benzoylecgonine 5.0/5.0 2.4/3.3 2.2/2.2 3.1/3.5
Amphetamine 7.9/7.9 5.6/7.6 4.7/6.5 5.5/5.5
Methamphetamine 6.7/7.0 7.1/7.1 4.0/5.7 5.5/5.5
MDA 4.6/5.6 4.8/7.7 3.0/3.0 3.7/3.7
MDMA 5.2/6.9 6.8/6.8 4.8/4.8 6.4/4.7
Methylephenidate 3.6/4.1 4.1/5.6 3.1/3.7 3.8/3.8
Morphine 3.9/7.9 3.7/3.7 2.2/2.2 1.1/1.5
Codeine 7.2/8.4 5.3/6.3 5.0/6.2 2.8/4.8
Methadone 8.3/8.3 5.3/5.3 7.7/7.7 4.4/4.4
Tramadol 3.6/3.6 6.5/6.5 5.9/5.9 3.1/3.1
O-Desmethyltramadol 6.4/6.9 4.0/4.0 5.6/5.6 3.3/3.3
Diazepam 11.2/11.2 4.6/5.4 3.9/4.2 5.3/5.3
Nordazepam 3.8/4.2 3.1/3.2 2.2/2.2 1.9/2.2
Oxazepam 4.3/4.3 5.9/5.9 6.6/7.4 3.0/4.8
Lorazepam 8.4/11.0 5.5/5.5 9.4/9.8 4.6/6.5
Bromazepam 11.6/11.6 3.7/3.8 3.6/3.6 2.5/2.5
Alprazolam 9.0/9.0 5.2/5.6 7.0/7.0 3.8/4.2
Linearity (k = 4, n = 4, p = 3)
Range (ng/ml) Slope R2 LOQ (ng/ml)
THC 1–20 1.0623 0.9928 1
THC-COOH 5–100 1.0188 0.9946 5
Cocaine 10–200 1.0339 0.9933 10
Cocaethlyene 50–1,000 0.9905 0.9970 50
Benzoylecgonine 50–1,000 0.9959 0.9980 50
Amphetamine 10–200 1.0044 0.9937 10
Methamphetamine 10–200 0.9711 0.9944 10
MDA 10–200 0.9802 0.9967 10
MDMA 10–200 0.9779 0.9934 10
Methylephenidate 10–200 1.0046 0.9972 10
Morphine 5–2,000 1.0063 0.9995 5
Codeine 5–2,000 1.0237 0.9962 5
Methadone 5–2,000 1.0077 0.9951 5
Tramadol 5–2,000 0.9966 0.9978 5
O-Desmethyltramadol 5–2,000 0.9934 0.9977 5
Diazepam 5–2,000 0.9688 0.9936 5
Nordazepam 5–2,000 0.9969 0.9987 5
Oxazepam 5–2,000 0.9707 0.9945 5
Lorazepam 20–300 0.9921 0.9921 20
Bromazepam 20–300 1.0032 0.9980 20
Alprazolam 5–100 0.9697 0.9948 5
Zolpidem 40–600 1.0019 0.9983 40