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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2015
National Medical Services, Inc., Willow Grove, PA (US);
Other;
Abstract
The present invention provides methods for determining the amount of cis-diol containing compounds in a biological samples using mass spectrometry, particularly catecholamines (dopamine, epinephrine, norepinephrine) in a plasma sample. After a sample is mixed with an internal standard, extracted with a two-step liquid-liquid extraction process utilizing phenylboronic acid chemistry, and then derivatized with a benzoyl chloride-like agent, relevant moieties are then separated chromatographically and detected by MS/MS whereby specific ion transitions are monitored. This invention has several clinical utilities, particularly those related to measuring plasma catecholamines in patients.