Rapid detection and quantitation of ketamine and norketamine in urine and oral fluid by wooden-tip electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

Analyst. 2013 Apr 21;138(8):2239-43. doi: 10.1039/c3an36641c.

Abstract

Drug analysis is an indispensable task in controlling drug abuse, which is a serious problem worldwide nowadays. In this study, we report a simple and rapid approach for detection and quantitation of drugs-of-abuse in urine and oral fluid by wooden-tip electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (WT-ESI-MS). We demonstrated that ketamine, one of the most common abused drugs, and its major metabolite, norketamine, in raw urine and oral fluid could be readily detected and quantified by WT-ESI-MS with only little sample preparation and no chromatographic separation, and the analytical performances, including the linear range, accuracy, precision, LOD and LOQ, were well acceptable for analysis of real samples.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Illicit Drugs / urine*
  • Ketamine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Ketamine / urine*
  • Saliva / chemistry
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization / methods*
  • Substance Abuse Detection / methods*
  • Substance-Related Disorders / diagnosis

Substances

  • Illicit Drugs
  • Ketamine
  • norketamine