title: Determination of amphotericin B in cerebrospinal fluid by solid-phase extraction and liquid chromatography.
abstract: A highly sensitive and reproducible liquid chromatography (LC) method for the determination of Amphotericin B in cerebrospinal fluid has been developed and validated. This LC-based method involves using nystatin as an internal standard and solid-phase extraction for sample preparation, followed by reversed-phase separation monitored by absorbance at 410 nm. The method has a limit of quantification of less than 1 ng ml-1 and excellent precision and accuracy, with both percentage relative standard deviation and percentage relative error less than 10%. The established linearity range was 1-10 ng ml-1 (r2 > 0.99). The extraction recovery of Amphotericin B from the cerebrospinal fluid is higher than 90% over the entire linear range. The method has been successfully employed for studying the penetration of Amphotericin B into the central nervous system in dogs and human.
authors.affiliation: Alkermes, Inc., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Davoudi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Last
mesh_terms: D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000737:chemistry; D000818:Animals; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid; D004285:Dogs; D004355:Drug Stability; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000666:Amphotericin B