title: Quantitative analysis of (l)-ephedrine and (d)-pseudoephedrine in plasma by high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection.
abstract: Quantitative analysis of (l)-ephedrine (l-Ep) and (d)-pseudoephedrine (d-Ps) in plasma by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) is described. The newly developed method is based on a precolumn derivatization with 5-dimethyl-aminonaphthalene-1-sulfonyl chloride (DNSC1) in acetonitrile. The diastereomers formed were separated on a reversed phase column by HPLC with fluorescence detection employing 0.6% phosphate buffer (pH 6.5)-methanol (3:8, v/v) as mobile phase. The detection limit of each Ephedra alkaloid stereoisomer was 0.5 ng at a signal-to-noise ratio of 3:1, the linear response to each stereoisomer being 1-800 ng.ml-1. The plasma level profile of l-Ep and d-Ps in guinea pig was investigated by this method. The determination of l-Ep and d-Ps in plasma of a volunteer after oral administration of Xiao Qinglong Heji was also performed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Luo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods; D004809:Ephedrine / Q000097:blood*; D005453:Fluorescence; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D004809:Ephedrine