title: Determination of grepafloxacin in plasma and urine by a simple and rapid high-performance liquid chromatographic method.
abstract: A rapid, specific, sensitive and economical method has been developed and validated for the determination of grepafloxacin in human plasma and urine. The assay consisted of reversed-phase HPLC with UV detection. Plasma proteins were removed by a fast and efficient procedure that has eliminated the need for costly extraction and evaporation. For the urine samples, the only required sample preparation was dilution. Separation was achieved on a reversed-phase TSK gel column with an isocratic mobile system. The method had a quantification limit of 0.05 microg/ml in plasma and 0.5 microg/ml in urine. The coefficients of variation (C.V.) were less than 4% for within- and between-day analyses. The method was successfully applied to a pharmacokinetic study, and was proved to be simple, fast and reproducible.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Oita Medical University, Japan. marika@oita-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kamberi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kamberi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakano
mesh_terms: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000652:urine; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D006801:Humans; D010879:Piperazines / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000652:urine; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D010879:Piperazines; C075375:grepafloxacin