title: High performance liquid chromatographic method for routine monitoring of amiodarone and desethylamiodarone plasma levels.
abstract: The authors describe a normal phase liquid-chromatographic assay suitable for therapeutic monitoring of amiodarone and desethylamiodarone in human plasma. The compounds were extracted at pH 3.8 into methyl tert-butyl ether containing [2-ethyl-3-3.5-dibromo-4-dipropylaminoproxybenzoyl)benzothiophe ne] as internal standard. The separation was obtained by using a mobile phase of methanol-methyl tert butyl ether-sulfuric acid (60-40-0.015; v/v/v). The absorbance of the compounds was monitored at 254 nm with a sensitivity limit of 0.05 mg/l for amiodarone and 0.02 mg/l for desethylamiodarone. The mean overall recovery from plasma samples was greater than 90 p. cent for both compounds. This method was applied to therapeutic and pharmacokinetic studies.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Pharmacocinétique Clinique, CHU Purpan, Toulouse.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rochas
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Caillard
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Coulais
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sqalli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Houin
mesh_terms: D000638:Amiodarone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: C036116:desethylamiodarone; D000638:Amiodarone