title: Determination of triamterene and leucovorin in biological fluids by UV derivative-spectrophotometry and partial least-squares (PLS-1) calibration.
abstract: The resolution of binary mixtures of triamterene (TAT) and leucovorin (LV) by application of first-derivative spectrophotometry and by application of Partial Least Squares calibration (PLS-1) was performed. Triamterene is determined in presence of leucovorin directly in the absorption spectra at 358 nm, and leucovorin is determined in the first-derivative spectra at 305.6 nm, zero-crossing of the triamterene. The mean recovery values in urine samples were 102 and 97% for TAT and LV, respectively. Partial Least Squares calibration (PLS-1) multivariate calibration of spectrophotometric data, have been applied to the determination of these compounds in serum and in urine without pretreatment of the samples. The absorption spectra of samples of serum or urine, spiked with triamterene and/or leucovorin, were used to perform the optimization of the calibration matrices by PLS-1 method. Mean recovery values were of 107 and 108% for TAT and LV in serum samples, and 98 and 91% for TAT and LV in urine samples.
authors.affiliation: Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Extremadura, 06071, Badajoz, Spain. iduran@unex.es
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Duran Merás
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Espinosa Mansilla
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Salinas López
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Gómez
mesh_terms: D002138:Calibration; D004232:Diuretics / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D006801:Humans; D002955:Leucovorin / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet / Q000379:methods; D013178:Sports Medicine; D014223:Triamterene / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D004232:Diuretics; D002955:Leucovorin; D014223:Triamterene