title: Determination of unbound cefmetazole in rat blood by on-line microdialysis and microbore liquid chromatography: a pharmacokinetic study.
abstract: A specific and sensitive microbore liquid chromatographic method for the determination of unbound cefmetazole in rat blood was developed. A microdialysis probe was inserted into the jugular vein/right atrium of a Sprague-Dawley rat. Cefmetazole (10 mg/kg, i.v.) was then administered via the femoral vein. Dialysates were automatically injected into a liquid chromatographic system via an on-line injector. Isocratic elution of cefmetazole was achieved by LC-UV within 10 min. Intra- and inter-assay accuracy and precision of the assay were < or = 10%. The detection limit of cefmetazole was 20 ng/ml. Pharmacokinetic analysis of results indicated that unbound cefmetazole levels in rats best fit a biexponential decay model.
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan. thtsai@cma23.nricm.edu.tw
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Hung
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Tsai
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015311:Cefmetazole / Q000097:blood* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D002513:Cephamycins / Q000097:blood* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D017551:Microdialysis / Q000379:methods*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D002513:Cephamycins; D015311:Cefmetazole