title: An improved method for the measurement of lidocaine and its metabolites in rat plasma.
abstract: An improved method is described for the quantitation of lidocaine and its dominant metabolites in rat plasma, 3-hydroxy-lidocaine glucuronide and 3-hydroxy-MEG-X glucuronide. Frozen plasma samples (100-200 microliters) were thawed and deproteinated by precipitation with acetonitrile, before the conversion of glucuronidates into their respective hydroxylated forms by acid hydrolysis. After extraction with solid-phase C18 cartridge chromatography, the metabolites and parent drug were analyzed by capillary gas chromatography-nitrogen phosphorus detection, without derivativization. A detection limit of 0.005 microgram/ml for lidocaine and nonglucuronidated metabolites and 0.01 microgram/ml for glucuronidated metabolites was achieved. The method offers significant improvements in sensitivity relative to existing techniques, which should be of specific benefit to studies in which sample volume is limited, such as those concerned with the pharmacokinetics of lidocaine metabolism in small-animal pain state models.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093-01818, USA.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Hagey
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Yaksh
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Chaplan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D008012:Lidocaine / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D008012:Lidocaine