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  • Title: Miniaturized extraction method for analysis of synthetic opioids in urine by microextraction with packed sorbent and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.
    Author: da Cunha KF, Rodrigues LC, Huestis MA, Costa JL.
    Journal: J Chromatogr A; 2020 Aug 02; 1624():461241. PubMed ID: 32540079.
    Abstract:
    Synthetic opioids are responsible for numerous overdoses and fatalities worldwide. Currently, fentanyl and its analogs are also mixed with heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine, or sold as oxycodone, hydrocodone and alprazolam in counterfeit medications. Microextraction techniques became more frequent in analytical toxicology over the last decade. A method to simultaneously quantify nine synthetic opioids, fentanyl, sufentanil, alfentanil, acrylfentanyl, thiofentanyl, valerylfentanyl, furanylfentanyl, acetyl fentanyl and carfentanil, and two metabolites, norfentanyl and acetyl norfentanyl, in urine samples by microextraction with packed sorbent (MEPS) and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) was developed and validated. A multivariate optimization was performed to establish the number and speed (stroke) of draw-eject sample cycles and the extraction solvent. The best extraction condition was eight draw-eject sample cycles, with a velocity of 3.6 µL/sec and acetonitrile as elution solvent. Linearity was achieved between 1 to 100 ng/mL, with a limit of detection (LOD) of 0.1 ng/mL and limit of quantification (LOQ) of 1 ng/mL. Imprecision (% relative standard deviation) and bias (%) were less than 12.8% and 5.7%, respectively. The method had good specificity and selectivity when challenged with 10 different matrix sources and 36 pharmaceuticals and drugs of abuse at concentrations of 100 or 500 ng/mL. The method was successfully applied to authentic urine samples. MEPS was an efficient semi-automatic extraction technique, requiring small volumes of organic solvents (640 µL) and sample (200 µL). The cartridges can be cleaned and reused (average of 150 sample extractions/barrel inside and needle).
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