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. 2022 Jun 3;21:169. doi: 10.1186/s12936-022-04191-w

Table 2.

Absolute recovery, matrix effects and normalized matrix effects of ( ±)-primaquine, ( ±)-carboxyprimaquine and their isotope-labelled internal standard in human EDTA plasma

Analyte Sample R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Average SD CV (%)
Absolute recovery (%), (n = 5)
 ( +)-PRQ QC1 75.3 73.3 76.7 74.6 71.3 74.2 2.05 2.76
QC3 72.3 78.4 72.3 70.9 70.5 72.9 3.19 4.38
IS QC1 76.8 76.4 76.1 71.9 73.2 74.9 2.19 2.92
IS QC3 74.0 78.4 73.7 72.5 71.1 73.9 2.74 3.71
 (−)-PRQ QC1 78.1 72.3 73.1 71.0 75.3 74.0 2.79 3.78
QC3 76.8 70.7 75.7 74.9 72.3 74.1 2.51 3.39
IS QC1 73.3 73.4 73.3 75.3 70.5 73.2 1.71 2.34
IS QC3 78.2 71.4 75.9 75.3 73.6 74.9 2.55 3.40
 ( +)-CPRQ QC1 75.1 75.1 79.2 73.0 72.3 74.9 2.69 3.59
QC3 75.2 75.2 78.0 74.7 75.4 75.7 1.31 1.73
IS QC1 77.6 77.6 80.1 75.2 77.8 77.7 1.73 2.23
IS QC3 73.5 73.5 74.6 72.9 73.1 73.5 0.66 0.89
 (−)-CPRQ QC1 79.2 79.8 74.1 76.8 70.5 76.1 3.85 5.05
QC3 76.5 78.9 75.5 76.7 73.4 76.2 2.00 2.62
IS QC1 73.7 76.3 70.4 72.9 73.2 73.3 2.11 2.87
IS QC3 75.4 78.2 74.6 75.2 73.8 75.4 1.66 2.21
Analyte Sample R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R Average SD CV (%)
Matrix effects, (n = 6)
 ( +)-PRQ QC1 1.08 1.05 1.14 1.15 1.20 1.03 1.11 0.07 5.91
QC3 1.01 0.91 1.03 1.00 0.96 1.12 1.01 0.07 7.03
IS QC1 0.98 0.97 0.98 1.13 1.04 1.00 1.02 0.06 5.99
IS QC3 0.91 1.04 0.93 0.94 0.85 0.97 0.94 0.06 6.73
 (−)-PRQ QC1 1.14 1.10 1.08 1.15 1.14 1.09 1.12 0.03 2.70
QC3 0.95 1.08 1.06 1.20 1.06 1.04 1.07 0.08 7.55
IS QC1 1.09 1.11 1.09 1.07 0.98 1.10 1.07 0.05 4.44
IS QC3 1.06 1.01 1.02 1.09 1.12 1.02 1.05 0.04 4.23
 ( +)-CPRQ QC1 0.83 0.89 1.03 1.06 0.92 0.96 0.95 0.09 9.13
QC3 1.10 1.20 1.17 1.08 1.04 1.06 1.11 0.06 5.72
IS QC1 0.94 1.10 1.05 0.94 0.92 0.98 0.99 0.07 7.33
IS QC3 1.06 1.14 1.22 1.12 1.04 1.17 1.13 0.07 6.00
 (−)-CPRQ QC1 0.99 1.02 1.09 0.93 0.95 1.04 1.00 0.06 5.90
QC3 1.10 1.15 1.14 1.03 1.08 1.06 1.09 0.05 4.24
IS QC1 1.08 1.09 1.08 1.09 1.02 1.03 1.07 0.03 2.95
IS QC3 1.02 1.19 1.05 0.99 0.99 1.01 1.04 0.08 7.30
Normalised matrix effects, (n = 6)
 ( +)-PRQ QC1/IS QC1 1.10 1.08 1.16 1.02 1.15 1.03 1.09 0.06 5.57
QC3/IS QC3 1.11 0.88 1.11 1.06 1.13 1.15 1.07 0.10 9.47
 (−)-PRQ QC1/IS QC1 1.05 0.99 0.99 1.07 1.16 0.99 1.04 0.07 6.59
QC3/IS QC3 0.90 1.07 1.04 1.10 0.95 1.02 1.01 0.08 7.62
 ( +)-CPRQ QC1/IS QC1 0.88 0.81 0.98 1.13 1.00 0.98 0.96 0.11 11.5
QC3/IS QC3 1.04 1.05 0.96 0.96 1.00 0.91 0.99 0.05 5.54
 (−)-CPRQ QC1/IS QC1 0.92 0.94 1.01 0.85 0.93 1.01 0.94 0.06 6.33
QC3/IS QC3 1.08 0.97 1.09 1.04 1.09 1.05 1.05 0.05 4.42

CPRQ, carboxyprimaquine; CV, coefficient of variation; IS, Internal standard; PRQ, primaquine; QC, quality control; R, Replicate; SD, standard deviation