ISSN:
1612-1112
Keywords:
Gas chromatography
;
Solid-phase micro extraction (SPME)
;
Headspace sampling
;
Ethanol
;
Alcohol
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Summary Ethanol has been found extractable from human whole blood and urine samples by headspace solid-phase micro extraction (SPME) with a Carbowax/divinylbenzene-coated fiber. After heating a vial containing the body fluid sample with ethanol, and isobutanol as internal standard (IS) at 70°C in the presence of (NH4)2SO4, a Carbowax/divinylbenzene-coated SPME fiber was exposed in the headspace of the vial to allow adsorption of the compounds. The fiber needle was then injected into a middle-bore capillary gas chromatography (GC) port. The headspace SPME-GC gave intense peaks for both compounds; a small amount of background noises appeared, but did not interfere with the detection of the compounds. Recoveries of ethanol and IS were 0.049 and 0.026% for whole blood, respectively, and 0.054 and 0.085% for urine, respectively. The calibration curves for ethanol showed excellent linearity in the range of 80–5000 mg L−1 for whole blood and 40–5000 mg L−1 for urine; the detection limits for both samples were 20 and 10 mg L−1, respectively. The data on actual determination of ethanol after the drinking of beer are also presented for two subjects.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02271017
