title: [Determination of bromhexine in plasma by gas chromatography-electron capture detection and pharmacokinetic studies].
abstract: This paper reports a gas chromatography-electron capture detection(GC-ECD) method for the study of pharmacokinetics of bromhexine in healthy human body. A2 m x 3 mm i.d. silanized glass column packed with 5% SE-30 was used. The carrier gas was nitrogen. The internal standard was 5-chloro-2-amino-diphenyl ketone. After NaH2PO4-Na2HPO4 buffer (pH 6.0) being added, the plasma was extracted with n-hexane-dichloromethane (9:1, V/V). A good linearity was obtained from 1.0 microgram/L to 50.0 micrograms/L of bromhexine in human plasma, r = 0.9994. The detection limit of bromhexine in plasma was 0.5 microgram/L. The average recovery was 97.5%. The pharmacokinetics of bromhexine was determined by this method after a single oral dose of 8 mg bromhexine capsule given to each of 8 volunteers. The results showed that the plasma concentration-time courses conformed to one compartment model. The established GC-ECD method is a good method for the determination of bromhexine in human plasma. The method is rapid, simple, precise and sensitive.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Nanjing General Hospital of Nanjing Command PLA, Nanjing 210002, China. YLLYJ@elong.com
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: X D
authors.initials: XD
authors.lastname: Tu
mesh_terms: D001964:Bromhexine / Q000097:blood* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000379:methods*; D004583:Electrons; D005100:Expectorants / Q000493:pharmacokinetics
chemical_list: D005100:Expectorants; D001964:Bromhexine