Development and validation of an assay method of the paraphenylene diamine by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

Paraphenylenediamine is an aromatic amine used as a hair dye; it is responsible for poisoning characterized by respiratory distress involving life-threatening. The objective of this work is the development and validation of an assay of para-phenylenediamine in the whole blood. The method is based on the determination of paraphenylene diamine in whole blood by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry after liquid-liquid extraction and derivatization. The validation protocol has included the study of the recovery factor of extraction, the measurement range, accurency, repetability and intermediate precision. The calibration curve was linear between 98 and 1350 mu g/L (r = 0.999), the limit of detection and quantification were 37 mu g/L and 63 mu g/L respectively. The accuracy were 94.7%. Coefficients of variation were (2.3/6.8/9.7%) for repeatability and (4.4/8.7/9.8%) for intermediate precision. The method is suitable for quantification of PPD in acute poisoning situations. A method for the determination of the paraphenylene diamine in the whole blood by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry was developed. The validation of the method showed good linearity, good accuracy and low limit of quantification.