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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