title: Determination of (R)-(+)- and (S)-(-)-isomers of thiopentone in plasma by chiral high-performance liquid chromatography.
abstract: A method for the determination of R-(+)- and (S)-(-)-isomers of thiopentone in plasma was developed. Following liquid-liquid extraction, the separation of enantiomers of thiopentone and the internal standard (racemic ketamine) was achieved by high-performance liquid chromatography on an alpha1-acid glycoprotein (AGP) column with ultraviolet detection at 280 nm. The mobile phase consisted of 20 mM KH2PO4 buffer-2-propanol-methanol (93.5:5.0:1.5) at pH 5.0. The flow-rate was 0.9 ml/min. The limit of quantification for each isomer was approximately 10 ng/ml. The assay is suitable for pharmacokinetic studies of (R)-(+)- and (S)-(-)-isomers of thiopentone, following usual bolus intravenous clinical doses of the racemic drug.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthetics, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: McLeish
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Crankshaw
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Morgan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous / Q000097:blood*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013874:Thiopental / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous; D013874:Thiopental