High-performance liquid chromatographic determination of prifinium quaternary ammonium ion in human serum and urine.
A simple, sensitive method for the determination of the prifinium ion, a quaternary ammonium ion, in human serum and urine is described. The method is based on extraction of the test solution with chloroform in the presence of saturated potassium bromide solution and normal-phase high-performance liquid chromatography using aqueous methanol as the mobile phase at pH 10. To prevent the dissolution of silica from the analytical column, the mobile phase is pre-saturated with silica by using a silica saturation column. Quantitation is possible down to 0.5 ng/ml of prifinium ion using 2 ml of serum and down to 5 ng/ml using a 1 ml of urine. The coefficients of variation of the method are less than 1.3% in both serum and urine. Serum levels and urinary excretion data obtained with this method are given for three healthy volunteers who had received a 60-mg oral dose of prifinium bromide.
D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D006801:Humans; D011759:Pyrrolidines / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D013997:Time Factors
D011759:Pyrrolidines