A two-dimensional ion chromatography system was developed for the determination of γ-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) in human urine samples. Ion exclusion chromatography was used in the first dimensional separation for elimination of urine matrices and detection of GHB above 10mgL, ion exchange chromatography was used in the second dimensional separation via column-switching technique for detection of GHB above 0.08mgL. Under the optimized chromatographic conditions, the ion exclusion and ion exchange chromatography separation system exhibited satisfactory repeatability (RSD<3.1%, n=6) and good linearity in the range of 50-1000mgL and 0.5-100mgL, respectively. By this method, concentrations of GHB in the selected human urine samples were detected in the range of 0-1.57mgL. The urine sample containing 0.89mgL GHB was selected to evaluate the accuracy; the spiked recoveries of GHB were 95.9-102.8%. The results showed that the two-dimensional ion chromatography system was convenient and practical for the determination of GHB in human urine samples.

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