Sensitive and rapid method for the determination of urinary cotinine in non-smokers: an application for studies assessing exposures to second hand smoke (SHS)
We describe a sensitive and rapid method to assay urinary cotinine levels among non-smokers using liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (LC–ESI/MS/MS) and its application in studies assessing exposures to second hand smoke (SHS). Cotinine was initially extracted from...
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Published in | Analytica chimica acta Vol. 545; no. 2; pp. 200 - 208 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Amsterdam
Elsevier B.V
27.07.2005
Elsevier |
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Summary: | We describe a sensitive and rapid method to assay urinary cotinine levels among non-smokers using liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (LC–ESI/MS/MS) and its application in studies assessing exposures to second hand smoke (SHS). Cotinine was initially extracted from 1
ml of urine with methylene chloride by using a liquid–liquid extraction Chem Elut™ column. The extracted sample was further separated by using a BetaBasic C18 column (1
mm
×
150
mm, 3
μm) with isocratic elution (60:40 acetonitrile and 5
mM ammonium acetate at pH 5), and then examined using a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer with an electrospray ionization (ESI) source in multiple-reaction-monitoring (MRM) mode. The elution of cotinine from the LC column took approximately 2.3
min and the detection of cotinine by ESI/MS/MS provided a limit of detection (LOD) of 0.3
ng/ml. The ESI/MS/MS detection was able to easily distinguish between cotinine and nicotine. This method, validated using a cotinine concentration range from 0.8 to 102.4
ng/ml, was successfully applied in a cross-sectional study examining differences in levels and sources of second hand smoke (SHS) exposure among non-smokers. Self-reported measures of SHS exposure were significantly associated with urinary cotinine levels. This urinary cotinine assay using LC–ESI/MS/MS provides a robust, high throughput and very sensitive method for the evaluation of SHS exposure for use in epidemiologic and clinical research studies. |
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ISSN: | 0003-2670 1873-4324 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.aca.2005.04.051 |