Development and validation of a quantitative method for the determination of 12 endocannabinoids and related compounds in human plasma using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2009 May 15;877(14-15):1583-90. doi: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2009.04.010. Epub 2009 Apr 8.

Abstract

A sensitive and specific LC-MS/MS method for the quantification of the endocannabinoids and related structures anandamide, 2-arachidonoyl glycerol, 2-arachidonyl glycerol ether, O-arachidonoyl ethanolamide, dihomo-gamma-linolenoyl ethanolamide, docosatetraenoyl ethanolamide, N-arachidonoyl dopamine, N-arachidonyl glycine, N-oleoyl dopamine, oleoyl ethanolamide, palmitoyl ethanolamide, and stearoyl ethanolamide in human plasma was developed and validated. Compounds were extracted using acetonitrile followed by solid-phase extraction. Separation was performed on a Xterra C8 column using gradient elution coupled to a triple-quadrupole MS. LLOQ levels ranged from 0.02 to 1.75 microg/mL, LODs ranged from 0.0002 to 0.1266 ng/mL, and accuracies were >80% (except stearoyl ethanolamide at lowest spike level) at all spike levels.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Cannabinoid Receptor Modulators / blood
  • Cannabinoid Receptor Modulators / chemistry*
  • Chromatography, Liquid / methods*
  • Endocannabinoids*
  • Humans
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry / methods*

Substances

  • Cannabinoid Receptor Modulators
  • Endocannabinoids