title: Quantification of clarithromycin, its 14-hydroxy and decladinose metabolites in rat plasma, gastric juice and gastric tissue using high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection.
abstract: A rapid, selective and sensitive HPLC assay has been developed for the simultaneous analysis of clarithromycin, its 14-hydroxy-clarithromycin metabolite, and its decladinose acid degradation product, in small volumes of rat gastric juice aspirate, plasma and gastric tissue. Sample were extracted with n-hexane/2-butanol (4:1) and the internal standard was roxithromycin. A Kromasil ODS 5 micrometer(75x4.6 mm I.D.) column was used with a mobile phase consisting of acetonitrile/aqueous phosphate buffer (pH 7, 0.086 M) (45:55 v/v). The column temperature was 30 degrees C and coulometric detection was used at 850 mV using a screen voltage of 600 mV. The analysis time was less than 8 min. The limits of quantitation for clarithromycin, 14-OH clarithromycin and decladinose clarithromycin were 0.15 microgram ml(-1) or lower in plasma (0.05 ml); 0.16 microgram ml(-1) or lower in gastric juice (0.2 ml); and 0.51 microgram g(-1) or lower for gastric tissue (0.25 g). The method was linear up to at least 20.3, 15.4 and 12.5 microgram ml(-1) for clarithromycin, 14-OH-clarithromycin and decladinose, respectively, in gastric juice aspirate and plasma and up to 40.6, 30.9 and 25.0 microgram g(-1) in gastric tissue. The assay was applied to the measurement of clarithromycin, 14-OH-clarithromycin and, for the first time, decladinose clarithromycin in pharmacokinetic studies of gastric transfer of clarithromycin in individual rats.
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, NG7 2RD, Nottingham, UK.
authors.forename: J I D
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Wibawa
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Barrett
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D002138:Calibration; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D017291:Clarithromycin / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000379:methods*; D005750:Gastric Juice / Q000378:metabolism*; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D017291:Clarithromycin