title: High-performance liquid chromatographic methods for determination of gentamicin in biological fluids.
abstract: A selective and sensitive methods for the determination of gentamicin in plasma and urine by high-performance liquid chromatography has been developed. Following deproteinization, the gentamicin is reacted with fluorescamine to produce a fluorescent derivative. This reaction mixture is directly chromatographed on a cation exchange column using as mobile phase acetonitrile-phosphoric acid (7:3). The gentamicin compounds elute as a single peak. Using 0.1 ml of plasma, quantitation of gentamicin concentration as low as 1 mg/l are possible. Possible interference from other aminoglycosides and antibiotics is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000652:urine; D011817:Rabbits; D012015:Reference Standards
chemical_list: D005839:Gentamicins