title: Rapid and sensitive high-performance liquid chromatographic method for busulfan assay in plasma.
abstract: A reversed-phase liquid chromatographic method with ultraviolet detection has been developed to determine busulfan concentrations in plasma of children undergoing bone marrow transplantation. Plasma samples (200 microl) containing busulfan and 1,6-bis(methanesulfonyloxy)hexane as an internal standard were prepared by a simple derivatization method with diethyldithiocarbamate followed by extraction with ethyl acetate and solid-phase purification on C8 columns conditioned with methanol and water and eluted with acetonitrile (recovery 99%). Chromatography was accomplished using a Hypersil octadecylsilyl column (10 cm x 4.6 mm I.D.) and a mobile phase of acetonitrile, tetrahydrofuran and distilled water (65:5:30, v/v). The limit of detection was 25 ng/ml (signal-to-noise ratio of 5). Calibration curves were linear up to 25,000 ng/ml. Intra-day and inter-day coefficients of variation of the assay were < or =5%. This method was used to analyse busulfan plasma concentrations after oral administration within the framework of therapeutic drug monitoring and pharmacokinetic studies in children.
authors.affiliation: Pharmacy Department, Debrousse Hospital, Lyon, France. bleyzac@caramail.com
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bleyzac
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Barou
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aulagner
mesh_terms: D018906:Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating / Q000097:blood* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D002066:Busulfan / Q000097:blood* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D002138:Calibration; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D018906:Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating; D002066:Busulfan