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Table 2 Absolute recovery, matrix effects and normalized matrix effects of ( ±)-primaquine, ( ±)-carboxyprimaquine and their isotope-labelled internal standard in human EDTA plasma

From: Simultaneous and enantiospecific quantification of primaquine and carboxyprimaquine in human plasma using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

Analyte

Sample

R1

R2

R3

R4

R5

Average

SD

CV (%)

Absolute recovery (%), (n = 5)

 ( +)-PRQ

QC1

75.3

73.3

76.7

74.6

71.3

74.2

2.05

2.76

QC3

72.3

78.4

72.3

70.9

70.5

72.9

3.19

4.38

IS QC1

76.8

76.4

76.1

71.9

73.2

74.9

2.19

2.92

IS QC3

74.0

78.4

73.7

72.5

71.1

73.9

2.74

3.71

 (−)-PRQ

QC1

78.1

72.3

73.1

71.0

75.3

74.0

2.79

3.78

QC3

76.8

70.7

75.7

74.9

72.3

74.1

2.51

3.39

IS QC1

73.3

73.4

73.3

75.3

70.5

73.2

1.71

2.34

IS QC3

78.2

71.4

75.9

75.3

73.6

74.9

2.55

3.40

 ( +)-CPRQ

QC1

75.1

75.1

79.2

73.0

72.3

74.9

2.69

3.59

QC3

75.2

75.2

78.0

74.7

75.4

75.7

1.31

1.73

IS QC1

77.6

77.6

80.1

75.2

77.8

77.7

1.73

2.23

IS QC3

73.5

73.5

74.6

72.9

73.1

73.5

0.66

0.89

 (−)-CPRQ

QC1

79.2

79.8

74.1

76.8

70.5

76.1

3.85

5.05

QC3

76.5

78.9

75.5

76.7

73.4

76.2

2.00

2.62

IS QC1

73.7

76.3

70.4

72.9

73.2

73.3

2.11

2.87

IS QC3

75.4

78.2

74.6

75.2

73.8

75.4

1.66

2.21

Analyte

Sample

R1

R2

R3

R4

R5

R

Average

SD

CV (%)

Matrix effects, (n = 6)

 ( +)-PRQ

QC1

1.08

1.05

1.14

1.15

1.20

1.03

1.11

0.07

5.91

QC3

1.01

0.91

1.03

1.00

0.96

1.12

1.01

0.07

7.03

IS QC1

0.98

0.97

0.98

1.13

1.04

1.00

1.02

0.06

5.99

IS QC3

0.91

1.04

0.93

0.94

0.85

0.97

0.94

0.06

6.73

 (−)-PRQ

QC1

1.14

1.10

1.08

1.15

1.14

1.09

1.12

0.03

2.70

QC3

0.95

1.08

1.06

1.20

1.06

1.04

1.07

0.08

7.55

IS QC1

1.09

1.11

1.09

1.07

0.98

1.10

1.07

0.05

4.44

IS QC3

1.06

1.01

1.02

1.09

1.12

1.02

1.05

0.04

4.23

 ( +)-CPRQ

QC1

0.83

0.89

1.03

1.06

0.92

0.96

0.95

0.09

9.13

QC3

1.10

1.20

1.17

1.08

1.04

1.06

1.11

0.06

5.72

IS QC1

0.94

1.10

1.05

0.94

0.92

0.98

0.99

0.07

7.33

IS QC3

1.06

1.14

1.22

1.12

1.04

1.17

1.13

0.07

6.00

 (−)-CPRQ

QC1

0.99

1.02

1.09

0.93

0.95

1.04

1.00

0.06

5.90

QC3

1.10

1.15

1.14

1.03

1.08

1.06

1.09

0.05

4.24

IS QC1

1.08

1.09

1.08

1.09

1.02

1.03

1.07

0.03

2.95

IS QC3

1.02

1.19

1.05

0.99

0.99

1.01

1.04

0.08

7.30

Normalised matrix effects, (n = 6)

 ( +)-PRQ

QC1/IS QC1

1.10

1.08

1.16

1.02

1.15

1.03

1.09

0.06

5.57

QC3/IS QC3

1.11

0.88

1.11

1.06

1.13

1.15

1.07

0.10

9.47

 (−)-PRQ

QC1/IS QC1

1.05

0.99

0.99

1.07

1.16

0.99

1.04

0.07

6.59

QC3/IS QC3

0.90

1.07

1.04

1.10

0.95

1.02

1.01

0.08

7.62

 ( +)-CPRQ

QC1/IS QC1

0.88

0.81

0.98

1.13

1.00

0.98

0.96

0.11

11.5

QC3/IS QC3

1.04

1.05

0.96

0.96

1.00

0.91

0.99

0.05

5.54

 (−)-CPRQ

QC1/IS QC1

0.92

0.94

1.01

0.85

0.93

1.01

0.94

0.06

6.33

QC3/IS QC3

1.08

0.97

1.09

1.04

1.09

1.05

1.05

0.05

4.42

  1. CPRQ, carboxyprimaquine; CV, coefficient of variation; IS, Internal standard; PRQ, primaquine; QC, quality control; R, Replicate; SD, standard deviation