A Reversed-Phase HPLC Method For Determining Camptothecin In Plasma With Specificity For the Intact Lactone Form of the Drug
A Reversed-Phase HPLC Method For Determining Camptothecin In Plasma With Specificity For the Intact Lactone Form of the Drug
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DOI:
10.1080/01483919108049653
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发表时间:
1991-06
影响因子:
1.3
通讯作者:
J. Supko;L. Malspeis
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作者:
J. Supko;L. Malspeis
Abstract Camptothecin is a pentacyclic indole alkaloid with a terminal α-hydroxy-δ-lactone ring, which in aqueous media at physiological pH, exists in equilibrium with the dissociated open-lactone carboxylate. the rate of equilibration between the two components is slow enough to permit their separation by reversed-phase HPLC. Selective determination of the intact lactone form of the drug was achieved by direct analysis of plasma samples immediately upon deproteinization with a solution of the internal standard in methanol chilled to −70°C. Acidification of the sample to pH 2 with perchloric acid prior to protein precipitation effected complete lactonization of the carboxylate and, therefore, provided a measure of total drug levels. Plasma concentrations of the carboxylate may be calculated from the difference between total drug and intact lactone determinations. Chromatography was performed on a 5 μm Ultrasphere ODS column (4.6 mm × 25 cm) preceded by a 1.5 cm RP-18 Brownlee Guard column with an eluent c...