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Zulfiqar, Adnan; Morgan, Geraint and Turner, Nicholas W.
(2014).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c4an00721b
Abstract
A method capable of screening for multiple steroids in urine has been developed, using a series of twelve structurally similar, and commercially relevant compounds as target analytes. A molecularly imprinted solid phase extraction clean-up step was used to make the sample suitable for injection onto a GC×GC-MS setup. Significant improvements compared to a commercially available C-18 material were observed. Each individual steroid was able to be separated and identified, using both the retention profile and diagnostic fragmentation ion monitoring abilities of the comprehensive chromatographic-mass spectrometry method. Effective LODs of between 11.7 and 27.0 pg were calculated for individual steroids, effectively equivalent to concentration levels of between 0.234 and 0.540 ng mL-1 in urine, while the application of multiple screen was demonstrated using a 10 ng mL-1 mixed sample. The nature of this study also removes the need for sample derivitisation which speeds up the screening process.
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Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Physical Sciences
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- Nicholas Turner