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Table 2 Results of method validation for nicotine

From: Electronic cigarettes: overview of chemical composition and exposure estimation

Parameter

Result

Linear range

5-10,000 mg/L (0.050- 100 mg/ml sample)

LODa

1.6 mg/L (0.0157 mg/ml sample)

LOQa

5.5 mg/L (0.0546 mg/ml sample)

Recovery

99% (at 1000 mg/L)

104% (at 1500 mg/L)

115% (at 1750 mg/L)

108% (at 2000 mg/L)

107% (average)

Variation coefficient (n = 5)

Standard solution

1.2 %

E-cigarette liquid sample

2.1 %

  1. aLimit of detection (LOD) and quantitation (LOQ) were determined by establishing a separate calibration curve near LOD (5.0-25 mg/L). The limits were calculated from the residual standard deviation of the regression line [25].