title: Measurement of carbamazepine and its epoxide metabolite by high-performance liquid chromatography, and a comparison of assay techniques for the analysis of carbamazepine.
abstract: We describe a modified high-performance liquid-chromatographic method for the simultaneous analysis of carbamazepine andits biologically active metabolite, carbamazepine-10, 11-epoxide. Concentrations of both these compounds in the plasma of 35 epileptic patients receiving chronic carbamazepine therapy are presented. Concentrations of carbamazepine in plasma were related to those of carbamazepine-10, 11-epoxide (r - 0.495, P less than 0.05). Total daily doses of carbamazepine were better correlated with plasma concentrations of carbamazepine-10, 11-epoxide (r = 0.714, P less than 0.001) than of carbamazepine (r = 0.269, P greater than 0.05). Close correlations were found between results of the three assay procedures we used to measure plasma carbamazepine concentrations: high-performance liquid chromatography, gas-liquid chromatography, and enzyme immunoassay. Correlation coefficients exceeded 0.97 and regression slopes were near unity, indicating that all three procedures were individually specific for the quantification of plasma carbamazepine.
mesh_terms: D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000379:methods; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy; D004852:Epoxy Compounds / Q000097:blood*; D004988:Ethers, Cyclic / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques
chemical_list: D004852:Epoxy Compounds; D004988:Ethers, Cyclic; D002220:Carbamazepine