Sensitive method for the determination of chloroquine and its metabolite desethyl-chloroquine in human plasma and urine by high-performance liquid chromatography

Autor: Marianne Frisk-Holmberg, Yngve Bergqvist
Rok vydání: 1980
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Zdroj: Journal of Chromatography B: Biomedical Sciences and Applications. 221:119-127
ISSN: 0378-4347
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4347(00)81013-0
Popis: A method has been developed for the rapid quantitative analysis of chloroquine and its metabolite desethyl-chloroquine in plasma, blood and urine using high-performance liquid chromatography. An ethylene dichloride extract of the alkalinized biological samples was extracted with dilute acid and chromatographed on a reversed-phase column. Phosphate buffer in acetonitrile was used as the mobile phase with perchlorate as the counter-ion. Ultraviolet absorption at 254 or 340 nm or fluorescence detection was used. The fluorescence spectra and the fluorescence quantum yield of the substances were determined. Chloroquine and desethyl-chloroquine concentrations in the range of 10 nmol/l (UV-detection) and of 0.5 nmol/l (fluorescence detection) could be accurately measured with a relative standard deviation of 12%. The method should be adequate for therapeutic and pharmacokinetic studies.
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