title: Determination of lipoic acid in human plasma by high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection.
abstract: A selective and sensitive method for the determination of lipoic acid in human plasma samples has been developed. After enzymatic hydrolysis of the sample, the liberated lipoic acid was extracted by a solid-phase cartridge and measured by HPLC using electrochemical detection. The detection limit was 1 ng/ml lipoic acid in plasma. The calibration curve was non-linear in the range 0.01-50 microgram/ml but could be described by a power function. The average extraction recoveries were 82.5 and 85.1% at the 25 and 2500 ng/ml levels, respectively. Coefficients of variation for both within-day and day-to-day analysis were between 2.1 and 9.4%. The assay method is sensitive, reproducible and suitable for disposition studies of lipoic acid in humans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Teichert
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Preiss
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D004563:Electrochemistry; D006801:Humans; D011786:Quality Control; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D008063:Thioctic Acid / Q000097:blood* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics
chemical_list: D008063:Thioctic Acid