Amphetamines are a class of illegal drugs that exhibit strong central nervous system stimulant effect. Therefore several US and European states have set up a cut-off value in urine or blood [e.g. France and Virginia (respectively 50ng/mL and 100ng/mL of blood)]. These values are used to determine
For such low concentrations, a clean up step is crucial in order to improve the sensitivity, the reliability and the specificity before LC analysis.
AFFINIMIP® SPE Amphetamines are selective solid phase extraction cartridges that clean and concentrate Amphetamines and its derivatives [Methamphetamine, MDA (3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine), MDMA (3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine) and MDEA (3,4-Methylenedioxy-N-ethylamphetamine)] prior to analysis by HPLC-MS.

Mass Chromatogram (SIM) obtained after AFFINIMIP® SPE Amphetamines clean-up of a human serum sample spiked at 100ng/mL with Amphetamine and its derivatives.
Analysis of Amphetamine, Methamphetamine, MDA, MDMA and MDEA has been carried out in urine and serum samples after cleanup with AFFINIMIP® SPE Amphetamines. Samples were spiked at 100ng/mL in serum and 20ng/mL in urine. Mean recoveries >87% were obtained for each analyte and relative standard deviation calculated from results generated under reproducibility conditions ranged from 1.5% to 12.4% in urine and 2.2% to 5% in serum.
Application note AFFINIMIP® SPE Amphetamines from urine and serum