Analysis of tricyclic antidepressant drugs by gas chromatography using nitrogen-selective detection with packed and capillary columns

Autor: M. Sanjuan, V. Rovei, P.D. Hrdina
Rok vydání: 1980
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Zdroj: Journal of Chromatography B: Biomedical Sciences and Applications. 182:349-357
ISSN: 0378-4347
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4347(00)81484-x
Popis: A gas chromatographic method using either a conventional packed column (3% SP-2250) or a capillary column (SE-30) for the measurement of therapeutic plasma concentrations of tricyclic antidepressant drugs and their demethylated metabolites is described. The technique is based on a simple hexane extraction of drugs from alkalinized plasma followed by derivatization with heptafluorobutyric anhydride for the measurement of demethylated compounds. Subsequently, parent drugs and derivatives are chromatographed and detected using a nitrogen-selective detector. A comparison of the results using both types of chromatographic systems is discussed.
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