RESUMEN
A photoionization hydrogen laser time-of-flight mass spectrometer system (H2-TOFMS) has been evaluated for the rapid analysis of drugs of abuse and pharmaceutical agents extracted from prescription tablets and spiked urine samples. The spectra obtained using the H2-TOFMS showed primarily intact molecular ions (M+*) after introduction by a heated probe and irradiation with vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) photons from the laser. Samples analyzed by this technique required only a simple solid-phase extraction step; no chromatographic separation or derivatization was necessary to identify the drugs of abuse or pharmaceutical agents.
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Acetaminofén/orina , Preparaciones Farmacéuticas/química , Humanos , Rayos Láser , Espectrometría de Masas/métodos , Espectrometría de Masa por Ionización de Electrospray/métodos , Espectrofotometría Ultravioleta/métodos , Trastornos Relacionados con SustanciasRESUMEN
Samples of 1,3- (1) and 1,5-dicaffeoylquinic acid (2) and their hexaacetate derivatives were examined using positive and negative electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and tandem mass spectrometry. Differences in the various spectra allow the discrimination of each of the isomers. Specific losses in the spectra of 2 also permit the identification of the site of substitution of one of the caffeic acid moieties as being at the 5-position. The spectra of 3,5- (3) and 4,5-dicaffeoylquinic (4) acids and their hexaacetate derivatives were compared with those of 1 and 2 and their derivatives, and differences in ion abundances or the presence/absence of specific ions can be used to identify uniquely each of the compounds.