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  • Title: Rapid simultaneous determination of dexamethasone and betamethasone in milk by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry with isotope dilution.
    Author: Li C, Wu Y, Yang T, Zhang Y.
    Journal: J Chromatogr A; 2010 Jan 15; 1217(3):411-4. PubMed ID: 20015503.
    Abstract:
    A simple, sensitive and reliable analytical method for the rapid simultaneous determination of dexamethasone and betamethasone in milk by high performance liquid chromatography-negative electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-NESI-MS/MS) with isotope dilution was developed. Samples were directly purified through C(18) cartridge. Then the eluate was dried under nitrogen and residues were dissolved in mobile phase. Samples were analyzed by HPLC-MS/MS on a Hypercarb graphite column with a mixture of acetonitrile-water-formic acid as mobile phase. The samples were quantified using dexamethasone-D(4) as an internal standard. The procedure was validated according to the European Union regulation 2002/657/EC determining specificity, decision limit (CCalpha), detection capability (CCbeta), trueness, precision, linearity and stability. The method is demonstrated to be suitable for the determination of dexamethasone and betamethasone in milk. The total time required for the analysis of one sample was about 35 min.
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