title: New micromethod for the determination of lamotrigine in human plasma by high-performance liquid chromatography.
abstract: An extraction procedure and reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic assay is described and validated for the determination of lamotrigine in human plasma. The method involves extraction with chloroform-isopropanol after alkalinization with a carbonate buffer, back-extraction into 0.05% phosphoric acid and separation by reversed-phase HPLC using a 5-micron Supelco diphenyl column (150 x 4.6 mm I.D.). Quantitation was performed by measurement of the UV absorbance at a wavelength of 265 nm. This method was carried out on 50-200 microliters samples of plasma, depending on whether they were pediatric or adult samples. The lower limit of quantitation was 0.2 microgram/ml using 200 microliters of plasma. A linear response was tested from 0.5 to 20 micrograms/ml. Within- and between-day accuracy and precision were always below 10.0% at all analysed concentrations. The method selectivity towards the most used antiepileptic drugs has been proven. Satisfactory performances were obtained in the evaluation of samples from epileptic patients.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Clinical Chemistry, Azienda Ospedaliera S.M.M., Udine, Italy.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Londero
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lo Greco
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000097:blood*; D002648:Child; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D000077213:Lamotrigine; D008832:Microchemistry; D011786:Quality Control; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D014227:Triazines / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D014227:Triazines; D000077213:Lamotrigine