title: Determination of the retinoid (E)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1,1,4,4-tetramethyl-6-(1-methyl-2- phenylethenyl)naphthalene and its phenolic metabolite in human plasma by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography.
abstract: A rapid, sensitive and specific high-performance liquid chromatographic assay was developed for the determination in plasma of (E)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1,1,4,4-tetramethyl-6-(1-methyl-2- phenylethenyl)naphthalene (1) and its phenolic metabolite (E)-4-[2-(5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-5,5,8,8-tetramethyl-2-naphthalenyl)-2- methylethenyl]-phenol (2). An extraction procedure using protein precipitation and liquid-liquid extraction was combined with a simple column-switching technique. To minimize sample consumption, the assay was adapted to a sample volume of 200 microliters, which was sufficient for more than 90% of all determinations. The quantification limit was 100 ng/ml for 1 and 2, whereas the detection limits were 20 and 30 ng/ml, respectively. The recoveries for 1 and 2 were 91 and 94%, respectively, using ultraviolet detection at 280 nm. The assay was used to quantify both compounds in human plasma samples.
authors.affiliation: Dr. Gerhard Friedrich, Pharmbiodyn, Auftragsforschung Analytical Unit, Denzlingen, Germany.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rissler
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Friedrich
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kneer
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012176:Retinoids / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D012176:Retinoids; C053595:temarotene