title: Simultaneous quantitation of disopyramide and its mono-dealkylated metabolite in human plasma by fused-silica capillary gas chromatography using nitrogen-phosphorus specific detection.
abstract: A nitrogen-specific detector gas-liquid chromatographic assay method is reported which provides improved selectivity and sensitivity for disopyramide and its mono-N-dealkylated metabolite using a crosslinked fused-silica capillary column. The quantitation of disopyramide and mono-N-dealkylated disopyramide was accomplished by injecting trifluoroacetic anhydride-treated samples containing derivatized internal standard p- chlorodisopyramide , into a gas chromatograph equipped with a nitrogen--phosphorus detector and an automatic liquid sampler. A 25 m X 0.31 mm crosslinked, 5% phenylmethyl silicone-coated fused-silica column was utilized and samples were injected using the splitless injection mode. Linearity was observed in the range 0.05-5.00 micrograms/ml for disopyramide and 0.02-3.00 micrograms/ml for the mono-N-dealkylated metabolite. The coefficient of variation was found to be within 10% for both compounds in the concentration range studied.
mesh_terms: D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000379:methods; D004206:Disopyramide / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: C030438:4-(isopropylamino)-2-(2-pyridyl)-2-phenylbutyramide; D004206:Disopyramide