title: Stereoselective high-performance liquid chromatographic assay with fluorometric detection for the isomers of mivacurium in human plasma.
abstract: A high-performance liquid chromatographic assay with fluorometric detection was developed for the analysis of the stereoisomers of mivacurium, a new short-acting neuromuscular blocker, in plasma. The isomers were isolated from plasma by solid-phase extraction with C18 and anion-exchange cartridges. The extracts were chromatographed on a LiChrosphere 60 RP Select B column (125 mm x 4.6 mm I.D.) using a mobile phase of acetonitrile-water (4:6, v/v) containing 0.005 M octanesulfonic acid. The fluorescence excitation and emission wavelengths were 202 and 320 nm, respectively. The accuracy and precision of the assay, expressed as the percentage deviation of measured values from true values and the percentage coefficient of variation, respectively, were less than or equal to 10% at all concentrations except for the percentage coefficient of variation at the lower limit of quantitation (5 ng/ml). The assay has been successfully used for the analysis of plasma samples from a pharmacokinetic study in human volunteers.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism, Burroughs Wellcome Co., Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: James
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Welch
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Harrelson
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D006801:Humans; D007546:Isoquinolines / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D000077590:Mivacurium; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D007546:Isoquinolines; D000077590:Mivacurium