Amphetamine in Human Plasma: A Sensitive and Specific Enzymatic Assay
Kreuz, David S.; Axelrod, Julius; Pharmacology-Toxicology Program, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20014; Laboratory of Clinical Science, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20014
Журнал:
Science
Дата:
1974
Аннотация:
A sensitive and specific enzymatic-isotopic method of determining plasma amphetamine concentrations in man is described. The assay is based on the transfer of the tritiated methyl group of S-adenosyl-L-[methyl-<sup>3</sup>H]methionine to amphetamine in the presence of a partially purified N-methyltransferase from rabbit lung. With this assay as little as 10 nanograms of amphetamine per milliliter of plasma can be accurately determined. The concentrations of d- and 1-amphetamine in the plasma after 20 to 30 milligrams of the drug had been ingested by human subjects are reported.
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