title: Gas-chromatographic determination of disopyramide in serum, with use of a nitrogen-selective detector.
abstract: In this procedure for disopyramide in serum, the drug is extracted into n-heptane/isobutanol (96/4 by vol), then back-extracted into 1 mol/L H2SO4. The acidic solution is made basic with sodium hydroxide, extracted with diethyl ether, and the extract evaporated. The residue is redissolved in ethanol and analyzed by gas-chromatography, with use of a nitrogen-selective detector. p-Chlorodisopyramide is used as internal standard. Concentration and instrument response for serum extracts are linearly related from 1 to 5 mg/L, the slope being 0.61, the y-intercept -0.10, the standard error of estimate 0.01, and the correlation coefficient 0.99. Within-run precision was 6 and 4% for 3 and 5 mg/L concentrations, respectively, with a between-run precision of 7% at the 3 mg/L concentration. Diazepam interferes, but procainamide, chlordiazepoxide, quinidine, lidocaine, propranolol, sulfanilamide, and many other basic drugs do not.
mesh_terms: D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000379:methods; D004206:Disopyramide / Q000097:blood* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D009584:Nitrogen; D011725:Pyridines / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D011725:Pyridines; D004206:Disopyramide; D009584:Nitrogen