This is an Application Brief and does not contain a detailed Experimental section.
This application brief highlights on the analysis of codeine and its glucuronide metabolite in human urine.
The compounds analyzed in this study are:
 
            
         
            
        | Column: | Symmetry C18, 2.1 x 150 mm, 3.5 μm | 
| Guard column: | Symmetry C18, 2.1 x 10 mm, 3.5 μm | 
| Part numbers: | Column - 186000174, Guard - 186000169 | 
| Mobile phase: | Methanol/Acetonitrile/0.05% TFA in water 5:5:90 | 
| Flow rate: | 0.3 mL/min | 
| Injection volume: | 80 μL urine extract | 
| Temperature: | 30° C | 
| Detection: | UV @ 220 nm (0.04 AUFS) | 
 
            
         
            
         
            
        Test subject took a therapeutic 60 mg oral dose of Codeine and subsequently had urine monitored over a 21 hour timeframe. Peaks of interest were confirmed by LC-MS, at the 10.3 hour timepoint, to be Codeine-6-Glucuronide and Codeine
 
            
        WA31764.63, June 2003