title: Simultaneous determination of carbamazepine and its metabolites in plasma from carbon tetrachloride-intoxicated rats using a new reversed-phase chromatographic column of 2-microns porous microspherical silica gel.
abstract: A high-performance liquid chromatographic method has been developed for the simultaneous analysis of carbamazepine (CBZ) and its two metabolites, carbamazepine-10,11-epoxide (CBZ-E) and carbamazepine-10,11-dihydroxide (CBZ-diOH), using a recently developed reversed-phase column with 2-microns particles and a 2-microliters microflow cell equipped with a UV detector. The separation was achieved using two different C18 reversed-phase columns (column 1: 100 x 4.6 mm I.D., particle size 2 microns, TSK gel Super-ODS; column 2: 100 x 4.6 mm I.D., particle size 5 microns, Hypersil ODS-C18) for comparison. The mobile phase was composed of methanol-water (30:70, v/v), and the flow-rate was 0.4 ml/min for both columns. The absorbance of the eluent was monitored at 210 nm. Retention times with column 1 were shorter than with column 2. When the three compounds were determined, the sensitivity and limit of quantification were about ten times better with column 1 than with column 2. The relative recovery and linearity with column 1 were approximately the same as those with column 2. These results show that the new ODS column packing with a particle size of 2 microns gives a higher sensitivity and shorter analysis time than the conventional ODS column packing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Legal Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki-ken, Japan.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism; D002251:Carbon Tetrachloride / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000633:toxicity; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D008863:Microspheres; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: D002220:Carbamazepine; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D002251:Carbon Tetrachloride