title: Sensitive and convenient high-performance liquid chromatographic method for the determination of mitomycin C in human plasma.
abstract: An improved high-performance liquid chromatographic assay for the cytostatic drug mitomycin C in plasma is presented. The principal steps are precipitation of plasma proteins with acetonitrile, lyophilization of the supernatant and reversed-phase chromatography on a Hypersil ODS 5 microm column with 0.01 M NaH2PO4 buffer (pH 6.5)-methanol (70:30, v/v) in isocratic mode. At a flow-rate of 1.3 ml/min a column pressure of 180-220 bar resulted. Porfiromycin served as internal standard. UV detection was performed at 365 nm. Quantitation limit based on a coefficient of variation <10% in intra- and inter-day assay was 5 microg/l mitomycin C, detection limit based on a signal-to-noise ratio of 3 was 1 microg/l. Recovery was 100% and linearity was shown for the whole range of concentration (1-500 microg/l). None of the five drugs used during chemoembolisation interfered with the assay in vitro. The assay meets the requirements for pharmacokinetic studies of mitomycin C in patients as regards sensitivity and ease of use.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Cologne, Germany.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Biederbick
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Woschée
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Theisohn
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Klaus
mesh_terms: D018906:Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating / Q000097:blood* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D016685:Mitomycin / Q000097:blood* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D018906:Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating; D016685:Mitomycin