Direct injection ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry for the high-throughput determination of etomidate and etomidate acid in wastewater

• Main Authors: Shuai Yuan (Author), Yue Xiao (Author), Ruxin Luo (Author), Xin Wang (Author), Ping Xiang (Author)
• Format: Bog
• Udgivet: IWA Publishing, 2024-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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Etomidate (ET), a hypnotic agent used for the induction of anesthesia, is rapidly metabolized to etomidate acid (ETA) in the liver. Recently, ET has become one of the most serious alternative drugs of abuse in China. Therefore, an urgent need exists to develop a fast and convenient analysis method f...