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Table 2 System suitability parameters of the HPLC–DAD method

From: Simultaneous determination of 14 analgesics in postoperative analgesic solution by HPLC–DAD and LC–MS/MS

Analyte name

Retention time (tR)

Asymmetry factor (A)

Capacity factor (K)

Resolution factor (Rs)

Selectivity factor (α)

Number of theoretical plates (EP)

HETP

(mm)

Morphine

4.85

1.39

0.94

5.47

1.43

10,655

0.0141

Hydromorphone

5.86

0.80

1.34

11.17

1.60

17,117

0.0088

Oxycodone

7.88

1.03

2.15

15.06

1.73

28,979

0.0052

Ketamine

11.79

1.20

3.72

8.31

1.36

19,782

0.0076

Tramadol

15.11

1.18

5.04

2.38

1.09

16,919

0.0089

Dezocine

16.25

1.09

5.50

7.89

1.22

17,245

0.0087

Ropivacaine

19.27

1.09

6.71

3.54

1.05

78,738

0.0019

Remifentanil

20.06

1.10

7.02

3.85

1.03

225,103

0.0007

Butorphanol

20.67

1.11

7.27

4.57

1.04

302,207

0.0005

Bupivacaine

21.37

1.07

7.55

2.29

1.02

304,259

0.0005

Droperidol

21.71

1.12

7.69

3.98

1.03

350,326

0.0004

Fentanyl

22.36

1.13

7.94

3.85

1.04

243,479

0.0006

Lornoxicam

23.11

1.17

8.24

9.48

1.12

194,541

0.0007

Sufentanil

25.53

1.15

9.21

2.64

1.04

114,393

0.0013

  1. Reference values: A = 1 for a symmetric peak, K = 1–10, Rs > 2, α > 1, EP: Increase with the efficiency of the separation, HETP: The smaller the value, the higher the column efficiency