title: High-performance liquid chromatographic assay of (+/-)-ethopropazine and its enantiomers in rat plasma.
abstract: Two high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) methods are described for determination of (+/-)-ethopropazine (ET) in rat plasma. After deproteination and liquid-liquid extraction, assay of (+/-)-ET was performed using either a C18 column (non-stereospecific assay) or an (alpha-R-naphthyl)ethylurea column (stereospecific assay). The UV detection was at 250 nm. Mean recovery was >85%. Both assays demonstrated excellent linear relationships between peak height ratios and plasma concentrations; quantitation limits were < or =25 ng/ml, based on 100 microl rat plasma. Accuracy and precision were <17% with both methods. Both methods were applied successfully to the measurement of ET plasma concentrations in rats given the drug intravenously.
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, SK, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maboudian-Esfahani
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Brocks
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000978:Antiparkinson Agents / Q000097:blood* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D019540:Area Under Curve; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010640:Phenothiazines / Q000097:blood* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000978:Antiparkinson Agents; D010640:Phenothiazines; C084820:profenamine