Determination of clozapine and its metabolite, N-desmethylclozapine, in serum microsamples by high-performance liquid chromatography and its application to pharmacokinetics in rats.
A single solvent extraction step high-performance liquid chromatographic method is described for quantitating clozapine and its metabolite, N-desmethylclozapine, in rat serum microsamples (50 microl). The separation used a 2.1-mm I.D. reversed-phase Symmetry C18 column with an isocratic mobile phase consisting of methanol-acetonitrile-28.6 mM sodium acetate buffer, pH 2.6 (10:20:70, v/v/v). The detection limit was 2.5 ng/ml for all the compounds using an ultraviolet detector operated at 230 nm. The method was used to study the pharmacokinetics of clozapine after an intravenous bolus dose (2.5 mg/kg).
Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
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D000818:Animals; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003024:Clozapine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; C058272:norclozapine; D003024:Clozapine