Disposition of opioids in oral fluid: Importance of chromatography and mass spectral transitions in LC-MS/MS

Drug Testing and Analysis

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 395-401

  Tuyay, James ^a   Coulter, Cynthia ^a   Rodrigues, Warren ^a   Moore, Christine ^a  

^a Immunalysis Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Liquid chromatography; Opioids; Oral fluid; Tandem mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES;

ELECTROSPRAY MODES; LC-MS-MS; MASS SPECTRAL; MATRIX; OPIOIDS; ORAL FLUIDS; PRECURSOR IONS; SPECTRAL TRANSITIONS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TANDEM-MASS SPECTROMETRY;

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

CODEINE; DIHYDROCODEINE; HYDROCODONE; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE; HYDROMORPHONE; MORPHINE; NORCODEINE; NORHYDRCODONE; NOROXYCODONE; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; OXYMORPHONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; COLLISIONALLY ACTIVATED FRAGMENTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ELECTROSPRAY; FLUID INTAKE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84863105611     PISSN: 19427603     EISSN: 19427611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dta.1324     Document Type: Article

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