A rapid, sensitive and specific analytical method with minimal sample preparation for the measurement of thymidine triphosphate (TTP) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) by LC/MS/MS has been developed. PBMC were separated from whole blood or buffy coat. The analyte and internal standard were extracted from PBMC with 70% methanol (pH 7.2). These extracts after centrifugation were directly injected onto LC/MS/MS without need for any further sample preparation. The calibration curve was linear over the range 0.8-800 ng/ml. Mean inter- and intra-assay coefficients of variation (CVs) over the range of the standard curve were less than 10%. The overall recovery of TTP was 103.5%.
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