Determination of cisapride in human plasma by high-performance liquid chromatography

Autor: J. Honorato, Emilio García-Quetglas, B. Calahorra, J. J. Carballal, Miguel Angel Campanero
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: Chromatographia. 47:537-541
ISSN: 1612-1112
0009-5893
Popis: An HPLC method has been developed for the quantification of cisapride in plasma for pharmacokinetic studies. Clebopride was used as internal standard. Plasma samples were extracted at alkaline pH withtert-butyl methyl ether. The organic phase was then extracted with sulphuric acid to eliminate endogenous interferences, and cisapride and the internal standard were then extracted at alkaline pH intotert-butyl methyl ether. After evaporation oftert-butyl methyl ether, the residue was analysed by HPLC. Chromatography was performed at 20°C on a 250mm×4mm i.d. reversed-phase column selective for basic compounds. The isocratic mobile phase was 48∶52 (v/v) acetonitrile-water containing 0.05 M potassium dihydrogen phosphate and 0.04 M triethylamine, adjusted to pH 5.5; the flow rate was 1 mL min−1. Cisapride and the internal standard were detected by ultraviolet monitoring at 276 nm. The calibration graph was linear for quantities of cisapride from 1 to 200 ng mL−1. Intra- and inter-day precision (CV) did not exceed 13.98%. The limit of quantitation (LOQ) was 0.68 ng mL−1 for human plasma. The applicability of the method has been demonstrated in a pharmacokinetic study of normal volunteers who received 10 mg cisapride orally.
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