title: Quantitation of the anticonvulsant cinromide (3-bromo-N-ethylcinnamamide) and its major plasma metabolites by thin-layer chromatography.
abstract: A quantitative thin-layer chromatography (TLC) procedure is described for the analysis of cinromide (3-bromo-N-ethylcinnamamide) and its two major metabolites, 3-bromocinnamamide and 3-bromocinnamic acid in plasma of the dog. These compounds were recovered from acidified plasma by extraction into benzene with a recovery of 95 +/- 5%. All three compounds were quantitated directly on a TLC plate by ultraviolet absorbance densitometry at 270 nm. The linear dynamic range for the quantitation of the compounds on a TLC plate ranged between 10 and 1000 ng. The complete procedure is useful in the working range of 50 ng/ml to 100 microgram/ml of plasma with a coefficient of variability of about 10%. Specificity of the method for parent drug and each of its plasma metabolites was confirmed by high-performance liquid chromatography. The method was used to determine the pharmacokinetics of cinromide and its two major plasma metabolites in dogs following a single oral dose of the drug.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer / Q000379:methods*; D002934:Cinnamates / Q000097:blood*; D004285:Dogs; D007700:Kinetics
chemical_list: D002934:Cinnamates; C029476:3-bromocinnamic acid; C024302:3-bromocinnamamide; C018490:cinromide