2
Table 2. LC gradient
Mass Spectrometry
The LC system was connected to
a TSQ Quantum Access MAX triple quadrupole mass spectrometer.Acquisition
time ranges were used for each analyte and the following
MS conditions were used:
Group Time
(min)
Flow Rate
(mL/min)
A
(%)
B
(%)
1
0.0
0.8
100
0
0.1
0.8
100
0
0.5
0.8
60
40
2.5
0.8
60
40
3.0
1.0
0
100
4.0
1.0
0
100
4.1
0.8
100
0
2
0.0
1.0
100
0
0.1
1.0
100
0
1.0
1.0
0
100
3.0
1.0
0
100
3.1
1.0
100
0
3
0.0
1.0
100
0
0.1
1.0
100
0
1.0
1.0
0
100
3.0
1.0
0
100
3.1
1.0
100
0
Liquid Chromatography
Liquid chromatography analysis was performed using a
Thermo Scientific ™ Transcend ™ TLX-1 system.The LC
conditions were as follows:
LC column
Provided with the kit
Mobile phase A
Provided with the kit
Mobile phase B
Provided with the kit
Injection volume
Group 1 – 20 µL
Group 2 – 100 µL
Group 3 – 30 µL
LC gradient
See Table 2
Source type
Heated electrospray ionization (HESI)
Vaporizer temp
350 °C
Capillary temp
350 °C
Spray voltage
3500 V
Sheath gas
70 AU
Sweep gas
0 AU
Auxiliary gas
40 AU
Data acquisition mode
Selected-reaction monitoring (SRM)
Chrom filter peak width
5.0 s
Collision gas pressure
1.5 mTorr
Cycle time
0.300 s
Q1 mass resolution (FWMH)
0.7
Q3 mass resolution (FWMH)
0.7
SRM settings
See Tables 3, 4 and 5
Group Analyte
CAL 1
CAL 2
CAL 3
CTRL1
CTRL2
1
Carbamazepine
1.62
8.77
15.1
3.25
10.6
Oxcarbazepine
0.14
1.89
3.64
0.46
2.75
Carbamazepine diol
0.16
5.77
11.5
1.11
8.21
Carbamazepine-10,11-epoxide
0.16
5.61
11.0
1.07
8.1
10-hydroxycarbamazepine
3.83
26.6
48.3
8.48
36.1
Felbamate
14.3
70.8
130
27.2
92.9
Lacosamide
0.78
6.13
11.4
1.91
8.5
Levetiracetam
4.90
28.5
84.0
16.0
62.8
Rufinamide
3.98
21.0
35.3
7.54
28.0
Theophylline
6.11
15.9
24.6
9.78
18.9
2
Phenytoin
3.49
13.3
23.3
5.86
16.9
Primidone
3.07
10.7
18.3
5.11
13.6
Phenylethylmalonamide (PEMA)
1.07
6.68
12.7
2.21
9.03
Stiripentol
2.62
14.3
27.3
5.01
20.3
3
Phenobarbital
7.38
34.2
60.1
13.8
44.7
Valproic Acid
31.6
79.1
125
47.2
97.7
Zonisamide
3.97
27.4
50.4
9.04
36.8
Table 1. Concentrations (ng/mL) of calibrators and controls