title: Critical issues in chiral drug analysis in biological fluids by high-performance liquid chromatography.
abstract: This review article focuses on the specificities of chiral liquid chromatography, with particular emphasis on stability, stereoconversion, enantiomeric separation, recovery and drug concentration determinations. In addition, the paper presents an overview of the different steps which have to be followed for a chiral method to be validated. Sensitivity, selectivity, linearity, precision and accuracy all have to be ensured for three chemical entities, the two enantiomers and the racemate. Only accurate and precise concentrations of the parent drug and its metabolites will lead to the reliable description of their in vitro stability and in vivo body disposition.
authors.affiliation: Pharmacie Clinique, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Paris XI, Chatenay-Malabry, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ducharme
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fernandez
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gimenez
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Farinotti
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000032:analysis*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations