title: High-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry method for the determination of paroxetine in human plasma.
abstract: A rapid and specific liquid chromatographic mass spectrometric (LC-MS-MS) method has been developed for the determination of paroxetine in human plasma. The procedure involves a liquid-liquid extraction of paroxetine and fluoxetine (internal standard) with cyclohexane-ethyl acetate. The standard curve was linear over a working range of 0.2-50 ng/ml. The lower limit of quantitation was 0.2 ng/ml. No endogenous compounds were found to interfere with the analysis. The absolute recovery was 70.8% for paroxetine and 84.1% for the internal standard. The accuracy of inter-assay and intra-assay accuracy was in the ranges -4.8 to -0.5% and -3.4 to 4.8%, respectively. This method proved to be suitable for bioequivalence studies by being simple, selective and reproducible.
authors.affiliation: Pharmascience, Suite 100, 6111 Royalmount Ave, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H4P 2T4. zzhupharmascience.com
authors.forename: Zhimeng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Len
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Neirinck
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D017374:Paroxetine / Q000097:blood*; D012015:Reference Standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D017374:Paroxetine; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors