title: Simultaneous determination of moricizine and its sulphoxidation metabolites in biological fluids by high-performance liquid chromatography.
abstract: A simultaneous assay for moricizine, its two sulphoxidation metabolites, moricizine sulphoxide and moricizine sulphone, using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) is described. The drug and metabolites and clozapine (internal standard) in biological fluids were extracted using pentanesulphonic acid into diethyl ether. The ethereal extract was evaporated to dryness and the residue was redissolved in the mobile phase (methanol-water-triethylamine, 65:35:0.5, v/v). The analyses were performed on a microBondapak reversed-phase C18 column housed in a Waters Z-module, linked to a C18 pre-column, with a run-time of 12 min. The retention times were 2.7, 3.5, 6.2 and 9.7 min for moricizine sulphone, moricizine sulphoxide, moricizine and clozapine, respectively. The recovery of the compounds from plasma ranged from 89.9% for the sulphoxide to 98.1% for clozapine. The limits of detection of the assay for moricizine, moricizine sulphoxide and moricizine sulphone were 20, 10 and 5 ng/ml, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Liverpool John Moores University, UK.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001646:Bile / Q000737:chemistry; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000737:chemistry*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D016293:Moricizine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D051381:Rats; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: C092924:moricizine sulfone; D016293:Moricizine; C076194:moricizine sulfoxide