A new high-performance liquid chromatographic/electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometric method for the simultaneous determination of cyclophosphamide, methotrexate and 5-fluorouracil as markers of surface contamination for occupational exposure monitoring
✍ Scribed by Laura Sabatini; Anna Barbieri; Marco Tosi; Francesco Saverio Violante
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 137 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1076-5174
- DOI
- 10.1002/jms.840
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
A new high‐performance liquid chromatographic/electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometric (HPLC/ESI‐MS/MS) method was developed for the simultaneous quantification of 5‐fluorouracil (5FU), methotrexate (MTX) and cyclophosphamide (CP) in environmental samples. These compounds, commonly used in the treatment of cancer, are recognized as genotoxic. In order to estimate the occupational exposure of hospital personnel handling these drugs, wipe samples were taken from the working surfaces and directly analyzed (with trophosphamide as internal standard) using a reversed‐phase capillary column and MS/MS detection. This is the first HPLC/MS/MS method for the simultaneous determination of 5FU, MTX and CP. The present method offers high sensitivity, with detection limits of 1.1 µg l^−1^ for MTX and CP and 33.3 µg l^−1^ for 5FU, avoiding any sample preconcentration procedure. Rapidity, specificity, high accuracy (mean values between 92.4 and 99.9%) and precision (mean RSD values between 3.4 and 12.1%) make the method suitable for the routine determination of these three antineoplastic drugs. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.