title: Liquid-chromatographic determination of two antidepressants, trazodone and mianserin, in plasma.
abstract: Plasma containing trazodone or mianserin was extracted. The organic phase containing trazodone was evaporated and the residue was reconstituted in dilute acid. Mianserin was back-extracted from the organic phase with dilute acid. Both drugs were chromatographed on mu Bondapak C18 columns, with phosphate/acetonitrile as the mobile phase. Peak-height ratios of drug/internal standard were linearly correlated with concentrations between 25 and 2000 micrograms/L for trazodone, and between 25 and 200 micrograms/L for mianserin, with respective between-run CVs of 4.7% and 7.6%. Detection limits were 5 ng. Of some common drugs and metabolites examined, nortriptyline co-elutes with the internal standard used in the trazodone assay, while flurazepam co-elutes with mianserin. Concentrations of trazodone in 26 patients ranged from 73 to 1678 micrograms/L. For two geriatric patients, concentrations were about 2000 micrograms/L. For two overdose patients, they were about 5000 micrograms/L. The concentration of mianserin was 27 micrograms/L for a volunteer treated with a single 40-mg oral dose.
mesh_terms: D002853:Chromatography, Liquid; D003984:Dibenzazepines / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008803:Mianserin / Q000097:blood* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010879:Piperazines / Q000097:blood*; D012015:Reference Standards; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014196:Trazodone / Q000097:blood* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D003984:Dibenzazepines; D010879:Piperazines; D008803:Mianserin; D014196:Trazodone