title: Reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography method for the determination of bemegride in serum and brain tissue: pharmacokinetics and brain distribution of an intraperitoneal subconvulsive dose in rats.
abstract: A simple and rapid HPLC method has been developed for the quantification of bemegride in serum and brain tissue, using p-methylphenobarbital as an internal standard. Serum and brain tissue homogenate samples were extracted with ethyl acetate and the evaporated and redissolved extracts injected into a reversed-phase column. The compounds were eluted with an acetonitrile-phosphate buffer mixture and monitored at 200 nm. A linear response was obtained in the range 1-40 micrograms ml-1 for serum and 1-40 micrograms g-1 for brain tissue. Within-day and between-day precisions were less than 5% and the analytical recovery greater than 76.4%. This method has been used to investigate the kinetic profiles of the drug in serum and discrete areas of rat brain after intraperitoneal administration of a subconvulsive dose of bemegride (10 mg kg-1). Peak concentrations occurred in the brain and serum at the same time (30 min), followed by a biphasic decay. The results also indicated the accumulation of the drug in the brain, with no significant differences (p greater than 0.05) in the impregnation of the different brain areas investigated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, University of Santiago, Spain.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Soto-Otero
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mendez-Alvarez
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sierra-Paredes
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Galan-Valiente
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aguilar-Veiga
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sierra-Marcuño
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001534:Bemegride / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D001534:Bemegride