title: Determination of flunixin in equine urine and serum by capillary electrophoresis.
abstract: A capillary electrophoresis (CE) and a solid-phase extraction method was developed for the determination of flunixin in equine urine and serum. The suitable CE run conditions were described. The factors affecting flunixin recovery rates were investigated and optimum solid-phase extraction conditions for flunixin in equine urine and serum were established. Limits of detection and quantitation were 3.4 and 5.6 ng/ml for serum and 16.9 and 33.1 ng/ml for urine, respectively. The recoveries exceeded 96% for urine and 79% for serum. Urine samples from race horses and urine and serum samples from a mare administrated with flunixin were analyzed with this procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610-0136, USA.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meleka-Boules
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Ceska
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Tiffany
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000097:blood* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000652:urine*; D003002:Clonixin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000652:urine; D004300:Doping in Sports; D019075:Electrophoresis, Capillary; D006736:Horses; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; C014557:flunixin; D003002:Clonixin