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For this purpose, a simple, rapid and sensitive multiresidue UPLC-MS\/MS method for the simultaneous determination of \u03b1-amanitin, \u03b2-amanitin, \u03b3-amanitin, phalloidin (PHD) and phallacidin (PCD) in human plasma, serum and urine was developed and validated. The diluted plasma, serum and urine samples were directly purified with a novel PRiME technique on a 96-well \u03bcElution plate platform, which allowed high-throughput sample processing and low reagent consumption. After purification, a UPLC-MS\/MS analysis was performed using positive electrospray ionization (ESI+) in multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode. This method fulfilled the requirements of a validation test, with good results for the limit of detection (LOD), lower limit of quantification (LLOQ), accuracy, intra- and inter-assay precision, recovery and matrix effects. All of the analytes were confirmed and quantified in authentic plasma, serum and urine samples obtained from cases of poisoning using this method. Using the PRiME \u03bcElution technique for quantification reduces labor and time costs and represents a suitable method for routine toxicological and clinical emergency analysis.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/toxins8050128","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,5,4]],"date-time":"2016-05-04T10:07:08Z","timestamp":1462356428000},"page":"128","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":54,"title":["A Simple and High-Throughput Analysis of Amatoxins and Phallotoxins in Human Plasma, Serum and Urine Using UPLC-MS\/MS Combined with PRiME HLB \u03bcElution Platform"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"8","author":[{"given":"Shuo","family":"Zhang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"National Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China"},{"name":"China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, Key Laboratory of Food Safety Risk Assessment, Ministry of Health, Beijing 100021, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yunfeng","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, Key Laboratory of Food Safety Risk Assessment, Ministry of Health, Beijing 100021, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Haijiao","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shuang","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, Key Laboratory of Food Safety Risk Assessment, Ministry of Health, Beijing 100021, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dawei","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, Key Laboratory of Food Safety Risk Assessment, Ministry of Health, Beijing 100021, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yizhe","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Qunmei","family":"Yao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The People\u2019s Hospital of Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Chuxiong 675000, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chengye","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2016,5,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"123","DOI":"10.1007\/s13225-013-0260-7","article-title":"Investigation and analysis of 102 mushroom poisoning casesin Southern China from 1994 to 2012","volume":"64","author":"Chen","year":"2014","journal-title":"Fungal Divers."},{"key":"ref_2","first-page":"158","article-title":"Epidemiological analysis on mushroom poisoning in China 2004\u20132011","volume":"30","author":"Wang","year":"2014","journal-title":"Chin. 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