title: Determination of captopril in human blood by high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection.
abstract: A new method for quantitation of captopril in human blood is described. Captopril was derivatized with N-(4-dimethylaminophenyl)maleimide into the electrochemically active adduct. The derivative was separated and determined by high-performance liquid chromatography with an electrochemical detector on a reversed-phase column. The proposed method was satisfactory for determination of captopril in whole blood with respect to accuracy and precision. The detection limit of captopril thereby obtained was 10 ng/ml. The blood levels of captopril in patients orally given an official dose were measured by the present method.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002216:Captopril / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods; D004563:Electrochemistry; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011392:Proline / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D012016:Reference Values; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D011392:Proline; D002216:Captopril