Editor-in-Chief
Hatice Kübra Elçioğlu
Vice Editors
Levent Kabasakal
Esra Tatar
Online ISSN
2630-6344
Publisher
Marmara University
Frequency
Bimonthly (Six issues / year)
Abbreviation
J.Res.Pharm.
Former Name
Marmara Pharmaceutical Journal
Marmara Pharmaceutical Journal
2010 , Vol 14 , Issue 2
GC-MS analysis of fluoxetine and its active metabolite norfluoxetine in human urine
İstanbul Üniversitesi Adli Tıp Enstitüsü, Fen Bilimleri AD, İstanbul, Türkiye
DOI :
10.12991/201014456
A gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric (GC-MS) method was developed
for detection of fluoxetine and its active metabolite norfluoxetine in urine. Liquid and solid
phase extraction were applied to urine samples using maprotiline as an internal standard
(IS). The GC-MS analysis were carried out using HP-5MS capillary column. The linearity
ranges of the method were 5-75 ng mL-1 for fluoxetine and 6-125 ng mL-1 for norfluoxetine by
solid phase extraction (SPE), and 10-80 ng mL-1 for fluoxetine and also norfluoxetine by liquid-
liquid extraction (LLE). Also the range of detection limits were between 1-10 ng mL-1, the
range of quantification limits were between 5-10 ng mL-1 for fluoxetine and norfluoxetine by
both SPE and LLE. The range of recoveries were between 87 -109 % by both SPE and LLE for
analytes. The developed method allowed clinical and toxicological analysis of fluoxetine and
norfluoxetine in urine samples.
Keywords :
Fluoxetine; Norfluoxetine; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; Liquid- Liquid Extraction; Solid-Phase Extraction