title: Simultaneous determination of the sulphonylurea glimepiride and its metabolites in human serum and urine by high-performance liquid chromatography after pre-column derivatization.
abstract: A sensitive and selective high-performance liquid chromatographic method has been developed for a new sulphonylurea, glimepiride, and its metabolites. The assay involves extraction with diethyl ether, thermolysis of the sulphonylureas at 100 degrees C and trapping of the resulting amines with 2,4-dinitrofluorobenzene. The derivatives were quantitated on a reversed-phase column by absorbance at 350 nm using a step gradient for the three compounds in serum and an isocratic run for the metabolites in urine. Analogous compounds were used as internal standards. The detection limit was 5 ng/ml for glimepiride and metabolite II and 10 ng/ml for metabolite I using 1 ml of serum. The method has been applied to the analysis of serum and urine samples from pharmacokinetic studies in humans.
authors.affiliation: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt/Main, F.R.G.
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Lehr
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Damm
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013453:Sulfonylurea Compounds / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D013453:Sulfonylurea Compounds; C057619:glimepiride