title: High-pressure liquid chromatographic determination of plasma dobutamine concentrations.
abstract: A sensitive and specific high-pressure liquid chromatographic method was developed for measuring dobutamine in human plasma samples. Nylidrin is employed as an internal standard. Following extraction and separation on a C18 reversed-phase column, the drug is detected by a fluorescence detector with an excitation wavelength of 195 nm and a 330-nm emission cutoff filter. The retention times of dobutamine and nylidrin are 5.2 and 19.2 min, respectively. The minimum level of sensitivity is 10 ng/ml. Reproducibility was +/- 5% over a 25--300-ng/ml range. Several drugs were screened for possible interference, but none interfered with the dobutamine analysis.
mesh_terms: D002395:Catecholamines / Q000097:blood*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004280:Dobutamine / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods
chemical_list: D002395:Catecholamines; D004280:Dobutamine