Determination of afloqualone in human plasma using liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry: Application to pharmacokinetic studies in humans.
Determination of afloqualone in human plasma using liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry: Application to pharmacokinetic studies in humans.
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使用液相色谱/串联质谱法测定人血浆中的阿氟喹酮:在人体药代动力学研究中的应用。
DOI:
10.1016/j.talanta.2007.04.039
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2007
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K. Kwon
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Hwi‐yeol Yun;Seo;H. Jeong;Y. Yoon;S. Sohn;S. K. Kim;W. Kang;K. Kwon
Two methods for determining the central-acting muscle relaxant afloqualone in human plasma were developed and compared using API2000 and API4000 liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) systems. In the API2000 LC/MS/MS system, afloqualone and the internal standard methaqualone were extracted from plasma using a methyl-tertiary ether. After drying the organic layer, the residue was reconstituted in a mobile phase (0.1% formic acid–acetonitrile:0.1% formic acid buffer, 80:20 v/v) and injected onto a reversed-phase C18column. The isocratic mobile phase was eluted at 0.2ml/min. The ion transitions monitored in multiple reaction-monitoring mode were m/z 284→146 and 251→117 for afloqualone and methaqualone, respectively. Sample preparation for the API4000LC/MS/MS system involved simple protein precipitation with an organic mixture (methanol:10% ZnSO4=8:2). The ion transitions monitored in multiple reaction-monitoring mode were m/z 284→146 and 251→131 for afloqualone and methaqualone, respectively. In both assays, the coefficient of variation of the precision was less than 11.8%, the accuracy exceeded 91.5%, the limit of quantification was 0.5ng/ml, and the limit of detection was 0.1ng/ml for afloqualone. Two methods were used to measure the plasma afloqualone concentration in healthy subjects after a single oral 20-mg dose of afloqualone. During subsequent application of the methods, we observed that high-concentration plasma samples (>7ng/ml) prepared using the protein precipitation method resulted in about 20% higher afloqualone concentrations than with plasma samples prepared using the liquid–liquid extraction method. We believe that this phenomenon was related to the cleanness of the sample and its chemical nature.