Liquid-chromatographic determination of tobramycin in serum with spectrophotometric detection.

1983 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 672-674 ◽  
Author(s):  
P M Kabra ◽  
P K Bhatnagar ◽  
M A Nelson ◽  
J H Wall ◽  
L J Marton

Abstract We describe a simple, precise, accurate, and specific liquid-chromatographic procedure for determination of tobramycin in 50 microL of serum. Tobramycin and the internal standard (sisomicin) are quantitatively converted into their trinitrophenyl derivatives by reaction with a water-soluble derivatizing agent (2,4,6-trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid) at 70 degrees C for 30 min. The derivatives are extracted from the crude reaction mixture by using a reversed-phase Bond-Elut C18 column, and separated on a reversed-phase octyl column with a mobile phase consisting of an acetonitrile/phosphate buffer (70/30 by vol) at a flow rate of 3.0 mL/min. The eluted compounds are detected at 340 nm, and quantified from their peak areas. Chromatography is complete in less than 4.5 min at the optimum column temperature of 50 degrees C. The lower limit of detection for tobramycin is less than 0.2 mg/L. Analytical recoveries for tobramycin varied from 94 to 99%, linearity extended to 25 mg/L, and day-to-day precision (CV) was between 4.6 and 5.1%. Numerous drugs and antibiotics tested do not interfere. Results correlate well (r greater than 0.95) with those by radioimmunoassay and EMIT.

1978 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 657-662 ◽  
Author(s):  
P M Kabra ◽  
H Y Koo ◽  
L J Marton

Abstract We present a method for simultaneously determining 12 hypnotics and sedatives (primidone, methyprylon, phenobarbital, butabarbital, butalbital, ethchlorvynol, pentobarbital, amobarbital, phenytoin, glutethimide, secobarbital and methaqualone) in 200 microliter of serum. Serum proteins are precipitated with an acetonitrile solution containing 5-(4-methylphenyl)-5-phenylhydantoin, the internal standard. The drugs are eluted from a reversed-phase column with a mobile phase consisting of an acetonitrile/phosphate buffer, at a flow rate of 3.0 ml/min. The eluted drugs are detected by their absorption at 195 nm; their quantities are estimated from their peak heights. Each analysis requires no longer than 30 min at the optimum column temperature of 50 degrees C. The lower limit of detection for all of these drugs is less than 10 ng/sample for drug standard. A sensitivity of 1.0 mg/liter of serum is attained routinely for each of the drugs. Analytical recoveries for the 12 drugs varied from 94 to 112%, with good day-to-day precision (CV between 3.8 and 10.4%). Of more than 35 drugs tested for possible interference, only ethotoin interferes with the analysis of phenobarbital.


1979 ◽  
Vol 25 (7) ◽  
pp. 1293-1296 ◽  
Author(s):  
P M Kabra ◽  
L L Tsai ◽  
L J Marton

Abstract We describe a specific and precise method for measuring concentrations of cortisol in serum or plasma by liquid chromatography. Cortisol, together with an internal standard, equilenin, is extracted from 1 mL of serum or plasma and analyzed isocratically on a reversed-phase column with a mobile phase of acetonitrile/phosphate buffer (30/70, by vol.), at a flow rate of 2.0 mL/min. The eluted cortisol is detected by its absorption at 254 nm and quantitated by peak height measurements. Each analysis requires no longer than 15 min at the optimum column temperature of 50 degrees C. The lower limit of detection for cortisol is about 2 ng/sample for a standard solution; sensitivity is routinely 5 micrograms/L of serum. Analytical recoveries exceeded 95%, with good day-to-day precision (coefficients of variation between 4 and 7%). Of more than 50 drugs and steroids tested for possible interference, only the steroids cortisone, prednisone, and prednisolone may interfere with the analysis of cortisol.


1983 ◽  
Vol 29 (10) ◽  
pp. 1840-1842 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Lehmann ◽  
H L Martin

Abstract We have adapted to erythrocytes a method for the determination of alpha- and gamma-tocopherols in plasma and platelets. Erythrocytes (50 microL) were extracted with methanol containing tocol (internal standard) and pyrogallol. Tocopherols were partitioned into chloroform, washed, and injected in methanol onto a reversed-phase (C18) "high-performance" liquid-chromatographic column. The mobile phase was methanol/water (99/1 by vol) at a flow rate of 2 mL/min and detection was with a "high-performance" spectrophotofluorometer. The limit of detection for either tocopherol is 0.10 microgram/mL of packed cells. Analytical recoveries ranged from 93 to 104%. Some values for tocopherols in human erythrocytes are presented.


1984 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 319-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
W Mastropaolo ◽  
D R Holmes ◽  
M J Osborn ◽  
J Rooke ◽  
T P Moyer

Abstract In this improved reversed-phase liquid-chromatographic procedure for determination of mexiletine in plasma, mexiletine and an internal standard, chlorodisopyramide, are extracted with methylene chloride from 0.5 mL of serum or plasma; the extract is then concentrated and injected onto a C18 chromatographic column. Mexiletine in the column effluent is detected by monitoring absorbance at 210 nm. It is quantified by use of mexiletine-internal standard peak-height ratios. The relation between this ratio and mexiletine concentration is linear from 0.1 to 5.0 mg/L. The lower limit of detection is about 50 micrograms/L. At a mexiletine concentration of 2.0 mg/L in serum, intrarun precision (CV) is 2.9% and inter-run precision is 5.9%; at 0.5 mg/L, these CVs are 5.7% and 9.6%, respectively. Analytical recovery of added mexiletine in serum is 68-88%. Therapeutic concentrations of some commonly administered drugs in patients' specimens did not interfere. In serum from 38 patients receiving mexiletine for cardiac arrhythmia, concentrations measured by this method correlated with therapeutic efficacy.


1984 ◽  
Vol 30 (7) ◽  
pp. 1228-1230 ◽  
Author(s):  
A K Dhar ◽  
H Kutt

Abstract This method for determination of haloperidol in plasma is based on "high-performance" isocratic liquid chromatography with the use of a C8 bonded reversed-phase column at room temperature. Haloperidol and the internal standard (chloro-substituted analog) are extracted from alkalinized plasma into isoamyl alcohol/heptane (1.5/98.5 by vol) and back-extracted into dilute H2SO4. The aqueous phase is directly injected onto the column. The mobile phase is a 30/45/25 (by vol) mixture of phosphate buffer (16.5 mmol/L, pH 7.0), acetonitrile, and methanol. Unlike other liquid-chromatographic procedures for haloperidol, commonly used psychotropic drugs do not interfere. Analysis can be completed within an hour. The procedure is extremely sensitive (1.0 microgram/L) and is well reproducible (CV 5.6% for a 2.5 micrograms/L concentration in plasma).


1983 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 909-912 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven P Swanson ◽  
Venkatachalam Ramaswamy ◽  
Val R Beasley ◽  
William B Buck ◽  
Harold H Burmeister

Abstract The gas-liquid chromatographic method for the determination of T-2 toxin in plasma is described. The toxin is extracted with benzene, washed with aqueous sodium hydroxide, and chromatographed on a small Florisil column; the heptafluorobutyryl derivative is prepared by reaction with heptafluorobutyrylimidazole. The T-2 HFB derivative is chromatographed onOV-1 at 230°C and measured with an electron capture detector. Iso-T-2, an isomer of T-2 toxin, is added to samples as an internal standard before extraction. Recoveries averaged 98.0 ± 5.5% at levels ranging from 50 to 1000 ng/m L. The limit of detection is 25 ng/mL.


1984 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 140-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
J R Shipe ◽  
J Savory ◽  
M R Wills

Abstract In this improved method for quantifying 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylethyleneglycol (MHPG) in urine, after a multistep extraction of MHPG and internal standard (iso-MHPG) from 3.0 mL of urine, the compounds are separated on a C18 reversed-phase column and quantified by use of an electro-chemical detector. The isocratic chromatographic separation takes about 16 min. The mobile phase is phosphate buffer/acetonitrile (88/12 by vol), the flow rate 0.7 mL/min. Recycling the mobile phase and automating the sample injection make possible the unattended assay of more than 70 samples per day. The within-run precision of the method is excellent (CV 1.8%) at a mean concentration of 1.1 mg/L.


1980 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 295-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
M J Stumph ◽  
M W Noall ◽  
V Knight

Abstract We describe a gas--liquid-chromatographic method for determining the concentration of amantadine hydrochloride in urine with beta-phenylethylamine as internal standard. The urine sample is made alkaline and extracted with 0.5 mL of chloroform. After centrifugation the aqueous layer is aspirated, and an aliquot of the organic layer is injected directly into the gas chromatograph. Concentration and instrument response are linearly related between 2 and 125 mg/L. The limit of detection was 0.5 mg/L. Mean analytical recovery was calculated to be 97%.


1981 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 437-440 ◽  
Author(s):  
D R Uges ◽  
P Bouma

Abstract We have developed "high-performance" liquid-chromatographic methods for determining 4-aminopyridine, an acetylcholine-releasing drug, in serum, saliva, and urine. As little as 1 microgram/L can be detected by extracting the alkalinized sample plus the internal standard (3,4-diaminopyridine) into dichloromethane, mixing the organic phase with 1-pentanol, evaporating the dichloromethane, and injecting the residue onto a reversed-phase column, where it is eluted with acetonitrile/methanol/aqueous ammonium carbonate, with detection at 245 nm. Analytical recoveries from serum averaged 86.7%. The CV at 50 micrograms/L was 2.9% (n = 8). For urine samples containing very high concentrations of 4-aminopyridine, we mixed urine and potassium carbonate in an automatic injector vial, extracted the drug into dichloromethane, centrifuged, and injected an aliquot of the extract into the chromatograph. Analytical recoveries averaged 92%, and the CV was about 2% for drug concentrations of 0.1-8 mg/L of urine.


1982 ◽  
Vol 28 (8) ◽  
pp. 1772-1774 ◽  
Author(s):  
R N Gupta ◽  
P T Smith ◽  
F Eng

Abstract We describe a liquid-chromatographic method involving a new, nonsilica column (XAD-2, Hamilton Co.) for pentobarbital in plasma. Plasma is extracted with chloroform after addition of the internal standard, 5-ethyl-5-p-tolyl-barbituric acid. Acidic drugs are back-extracted into alkali, then chromatographed on the resin-base reversed-phase column. The use of alkaline mobile phase allows enhanced sensitivity and detection of barbiturates at 240 nm. The within-run CV for 10 samples was 1.9%, the between-run CV 1.8%. Ten commonly used barbiturates are separated isocratically in less than 15 min. Other commonly prescribed acidic drugs do not interfere with determination of pentobarbital.


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