Research Article

A Validated Method for the Simultaneous Determination of Methamphetamine and 3,4-Methylenedioxy-N-methamphetamine in Blood-Based Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Table 3

The linearity for determination of MA and MDMA in the blood sample.

TimeConcentration range (µg/L)Areasd/areaisd = slope(sd)/(isd) + interceptCorrelation coefficient (R2)
SlopeIntercept

MA
Day 11–50000. 54580.65670.998
Day 21–50000.55330.50180.999
Day 31–50000.55290.77210.999

MDMA
Day 10.5–5000.29840.05630.999
Day 20.5–5000.30620.03520.999
Day 30.5–5000.30460.02560.999