title: Enantioselective analysis of propafenone in plasma using a polysaccharide-based chiral stationary phase under reversed-phase conditions.
abstract: We present a method for the enantioselective analysis of propafenone in human plasma for application in clinical pharmacokinetic studies. Propafenone enantiomers were resolved on a 10-microm Chiralcel OD-R column (250 x 4.6 mm I.D.) after solid-phase extraction using disposable solid-phase extraction tubes (RP-18). The mobile phase used for the resolution of propafenone enantiomers and the internal standard propranolol was 0.25 M sodium perchlorate (pH 4.0)-acetonitrile (60:40, v/v), at a flow-rate of 0.7 ml/min. The method showed a mean recovery of 99.9% for (S)-propafenone and 100.5% for (R)-propafenone, and the coefficients of variation obtained in the precision and accuracy study were below 10%. The proposed method presented quantitation limits of 25 ng/ml and was linear up to a concentration of 5000 ng/ml of each enantiomer.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto-USP, Ribeirão Preto CEP, Brazil.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: de Gaitani
authors.forename: V L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Lanchote
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Bonato
mesh_terms: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000097:blood* / Q000737:chemistry; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007536:Isomerism; D011405:Propafenone / Q000097:blood* / Q000737:chemistry; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D011405:Propafenone