title: Determination of finasteride in human plasma by liquid-liquid extraction and high-performance liquid chromatography.
abstract: A high-performance liquid chromatographic method for the quantitation of finasteride in human plasma is presented. The method is based on liquid-liquid extraction with hexane-isoamylalcohol (98:2, v/v) and reversed-phase chromatography with spectrophotometric detection at 210 nm. The mobile phase consists of acetonitrile-15 mM potassium dihydrogenphosphate (40:60, v/v). Clobazam is used as the internal standard. The limit of quantitation is 4 ng/ml and the calibration curve is linear up to 300 ng/ml. Within-day and between-day precision expressed by relative standard deviation is less than 5% and inaccuracy does not exceed 8%. The assay was used for pharmacokinetic studies.
authors.affiliation: Pharmakl s.r.o., Prague, Czech Republic. pharmakl@mbox.vol.cz
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ptácek
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Macek
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Klíma
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000097:blood* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D018120:Finasteride / Q000097:blood* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D006801:Humans; D012015:Reference Standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D018120:Finasteride