Research Article

Determination of Glucosamine in Human Plasma by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization Source-Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Table 4

Stability of glucosamine in human plasma at three QC concentrations ( š‘› = 3 ).

106.5ā€‰ng/mL852.3ā€‰ng/mL3409ā€‰ng/mL
Determined mean concentrationR.S.D.
(%)
Mean accuracy (%)Determined mean concentrationR.S.D.
(%)
Mean accuracy (%)Determined mean concentrationR.S.D.
(%)
Mean accuracy (%)
(ng/mL) Ā± S.D.(ng/mL) Ā± S.D.(ng/mL) Ā± S.D.

Short-term stability 9 5 . 2 Ā± 3 . 7 3.8689.4 9 1 9 . 3 Ā± 1 9 . 6 2.13107.8 3 1 4 5 Ā± 7 5 . 7 2.4092.2
Postpreparative stability 9 7 . 9 Ā± 1 . 2 1.2692.0 8 3 8 . 8 Ā± 3 9 . 8 4.7598.4 3 0 4 7 Ā± 1 0 7 . 7 3.5389.4
Freeze-thaw stability 1 1 1 . 1 Ā± 1 0 . 7 9.62104.3 8 7 1 . 2 Ā± 2 7 . 9 3.20102.2 3 0 9 1 Ā± 7 8 . 4 2.5390.7
Long-term stability 1 0 0 . 5 Ā± 4 . 0 3.4094.4 8 5 1 . 4 Ā± 2 5 . 6 3.0199.9 3 1 1 5 Ā± 3 8 . 6 1.2491.4