title: Determination of an arylacetamide antiarrhythmic in rat blood and tissues using reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography.
abstract: A method was developed for quantification of (+)-trans-N-methyl-N-[2-(1-pyrrolidinyl)-cyclohexyl]benzo[b-] thiophene-4-acetamide (compound I), an antiarrhythmic drug, in rat whole blood, heart, brain, liver and skeletal muscle. Blood and tissue samples were homogenized and purified by chemical extraction. Chromatographic separations were achieved using reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupled with UV detection (215 nm). Drug recoveries from the extraction procedure ranged from 77 to 90%. Within- and between-day reproducibility of peak area (coefficient of variation) ranged from 1.1 to 15.7%. The detection limit was 80-200 ng/ml (in a 500-microliters extracted solution) depending on the type of biological sample. This method was used in a pharmacokinetic study of compound I disposition in rats after a bolus intravenous dose of 3.1 mg/kg.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Wall
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Walker
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D011758:Pyrroles / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D051381:Rats; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013876:Thiophenes / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D011758:Pyrroles; D013876:Thiophenes; C054718:PD 117302