Quantitative determination of the major metabolite of prostaglandins F1α and F2α in human urine by stable isotope dilution and combined gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

Abstract
An improved gc-ms method has been developed for the measurement of 5α,7α- dihydroxy - 11 - ketotetranorprosta - 1,16 - dioic acid (PGF-M), the major urinary metabolite of PGF and PGF in man. The assay is based on gas chromatography and selected ion monitoring mass spectrometry, employing a specifically deuterated analog of the metabolite, labeled in the cyclopentane ring, as internal standard.