title: Liquid chromatographic analysis of propafenone enantiomers in human plasma.
abstract: A convenient and sensitive high-performance liquid chromatographic method for analysis of the enantiomers of propafenone (PPF) in human plasma was developed. Racemic propafenone and (-)-ephedrine (internal standard) were first extracted from plasma samples into a mixture of hexane-2-propanol-heptafluorobutanol (95:5:1.25, v/v). After evaporation of the organic layer, the samples were derivatized with R(-)-naphthylethyl isocyanate. The derivatization reached its maximum within 30 s at room temperature with an efficiency of 93.9 +/- 2.8% (mean +/- S.D.). The formed diastereomers were subsequently separated on a silica column with a mobile phase of hexane-2-propanol-isobutanol (96:2:2, v/v) at a flow-rate of 1.5 ml/min. The ultraviolet detection wavelength was set at 220 nm. Using 1 ml plasma, the detection limit was 6.25 ng/ml for the propafenone enantiomers. The assay was successfully employed to measure propafenone enantiomers in plasma samples of a healthy subject after oral administration of a single 150-mg dose of the racemate.
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Drake University, Des Moines, IA 50311.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mehvar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011405:Propafenone / Q000097:blood*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D011405:Propafenone