Skip to main content Skip to secondary navigation
Pro tip

How to get in touch with the SUMS experts

Have a question about a potential mass spec project?
Not sure exactly who to talk with at SUMS?

fill out this form and a SUMS scientist will reach out to you
 

Pharmacokinetic (PK) Assessment

Main content start

Pharmacokinetics is the study of the time course of a chemical entity introduced into the body by various routes of administration e.g. intravenous, oral, subcutaneous. It is important to quantitatively measure drug concentrations at the site of action to understand the drug effect in the body. Custom LC-MS/MS methods are designed to measure concentrations of new chemical entities in plasma or other biological matrices. LC-triple quadrupole mass spectrometers are used. General PK calculations can be performed.

Basic principles of pharmacokinetics. Toxicologic Pathology,Benet LZ1, Zia-Amirhosseini P. 1995; Mar-Apr;23(2):115-123