title: Simultaneous measurement of zolmitriptan and its major metabolites N-desmethylzolmitriptan and zolmitriptan N-oxide in human plasma by high-performance liquid chromatography with coulometric detection.
abstract: Zolmitriptan, N-desmethylzolmitriptan, zolmitriptan N-oxide and an internal standard (an analogue of zolmitriptan) were extracted from plasma by a solid-phase extraction (SPE). Chromatography was performed using isocratic reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with coulometric end-point detection. The standard curves were linear over the range 2-20 ng/ml for zolmitriptan and its metabolites in plasma. The mean inter- and intra-assay coefficients of variation over the range of the standard curves were less than 11%. The absolute recovery averaged 87, 58 and 77% for zolmitriptan. N-desmethylzolmitriptan and zolmitriptan N-oxide, respectively. The assay sensitivity was 0.5 ng for each analyte.
authors.affiliation: University of Oxford, Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Clement
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Franklin
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D023303:Oxazolidinones / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism; D012015:Reference Standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014363:Tryptamines
chemical_list: D023303:Oxazolidinones; D014363:Tryptamines; C089750:zolmitriptan