title: Automated analysis of chlorthalidone.
abstract: Chlorthalidone inhibition of the enzymatic hydrolysis rate of p-nitrophenyl acetate by bovine erythrocyte carbonic anhydrase was used as a basis for chlorthalidone determination in plasma and urine. For urinary samples, a completely automated, continuous flow system was developed to extract the samples and perform the enzymatic reaction. Over 100 samples per day could be assayed by one person. The assay had a sensitivity of 0.5 micrograms/ml and thus could determine urinary concentrations after a therapeutic chlorthalidone dose. To determine plasma concentrations after a therapeutic dose, a manual extraction procedure was used in combination with a second continuous flow system for the enzymatic reaction. This system was optimized to detect the lowest chlorthalidone concentration allowed by the enzymatic inhibition constant and could detect 25 ng/ml.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001322:Autoanalysis / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D002257:Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors; D002752:Chlorthalidone / Q000097:blood* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D002257:Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors; D002752:Chlorthalidone