title: Quantitation of acetazolamide in rat plasma, brain tissue and cerebrospinal fluid by high-performance liquid chromatography.
abstract: A simple and sensitive high-performance liquid chromatographic method for the analysis of acetazolamide (AZ) in rat blood (plasma/serum, whole blood and serum ultrafiltrate), brain tissue and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was described. Quantitative extraction of AZ with ethyl acetate from both buffered plasma and brain tissue homogenate (pH 8.0) was achieved. Each extract was evaporated to dryness and the residue was chromatographed on a reversed-phase column. CSF was directly analysed without extraction step. The limits of detection were 0.05 microgram ml-1 for plasma, 0.02 microgram g-1 for brain tissue and 0.004 microgram ml-1 for CSF. Calibration curves were linear over the working ranges of 0.1-100 micrograms ml-1 for plasma, 0.05-50 micrograms g-1 for brain tissue and 0.025-50 micrograms ml-1 for CSF. The reproducibility of AZ assay in the rat biologic media indicated very low relative standard deviations (RSDs). The recoveries of AZ added to plasma and brain tissue were more than 96% with an RSD of less than 5%. The present method was applied to studies of plasma concentration profiles of the drug after administration and its distribution into central nervous system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, Shimane Medical University Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ichikawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Naora
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirano
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iwamoto
mesh_terms: D000086:Acetazolamide / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D000818:Animals; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D002257:Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D002257:Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors; D000086:Acetazolamide