title: Determination of the R,R- and S,S-enantiomers of vamicamide in human serum and urine by high-performance liquid chromatography on a Chiral-AGP column.
abstract: An enantioselective liquid chromatographic assay for the determinations of the R,R- and S,S-enantiomers of vamicamide, a potent anticholinergic drug, in human serum and urine is described. Racemic vamicamide and internal standard were purified from biological fluids using a two-step extraction procedure involving diethyl ether and 0.1% phosphoric acid. The overall recoveries of racemic vamicamide and internal standard were greater than 80%. The purified samples were measured by high-performance liquid chromatography on a Chiral-AGP column with ultraviolet absorbance detection at 260 nm. The standard curves for the analytes were linear from 10 to 200 ng/ml in serum and from 0.25 to 50 micrograms/ml in urine. The quantification limit of both enantiomers was 10 ng/ml for serum and 250 ng/ml for urine. Both intra-day and inter-day accuracy and precision data showed good reproducibility of the method. The assay has been applied for the analysis of vamicamide enantiomers in serum and urine samples from a healthy volunteer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism, Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takagaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Noda
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004355:Drug Stability; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010276:Parasympatholytics / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood / Q000737:chemistry / Q000652:urine; D011725:Pyridines / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood / Q000737:chemistry / Q000652:urine; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D010276:Parasympatholytics; D011725:Pyridines; C083702:vamicamide