Extraction of amphetamine and designer amphetamine analogues from whole blood using ISOLUTE SLE+ prior to GC-MS analysis

This application note describes the extraction of a range of amphetamine-type compounds from whole blood, prior to GC/MS analysis. A protocol that allows the simultaneous extraction of various other drugs of abuse classes: barbiturates, benzodiazepines, cocaine and opiates, is also evaluated. ISOLUTE SLE+ columns with 1 mL sample capacity are used to extract whole blood samples following a straightforward sample dilution. No protein precipitation or other pre-treatment is required prior to sample loading. The sample preparation procedure delivers clean extracts, good recoveries and RSD values and LLOQs from 10 ng/mL (analyte dependant).