title: Analysis of 4-hydroxycyclophosphamide by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry in plasma.
abstract: A sensitive and specific method for the quantitative analysis of 4-hydroxycyclophosphamide/aldophosphamide has been developed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and a deuterium-labeled analogue as the internal standard. The labile 4-hydroxycyclophosphamide/aldophosphamide and the internal standard in plasma were first converted into the more stable cyanohydrin adducts before extraction. The isolated adducts were silylated and the products analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The assay was found to be linear from 50 to 5000 ng/ml in plasma with a routine detection limit of 50 ng/ml. The within- and between-run standard deviations at 100 ng/ml on eight replicate determinations were found to be 6.2 and 11.9%, respectively. The extraction recovery was ca. 80%. This analytical method was used to evaluate the stability of 4-hydroxycyclophosphamide/aldophosphamide in fresh rat and pooled human plasma and to measure plasma 4-hydroxycyclophosphamide/aldophosphamide concentrations in the rat.
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy and Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90033.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010752:Phosphoramide Mustards / Q000097:blood; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D010752:Phosphoramide Mustards; C012358:4-hydroxycyclophosphamide; C006446:aldophosphamide; D003520:Cyclophosphamide