title: High-performance liquid chromatographic analysis and pharmacokinetics of terazosin in healthy volunteers.
abstract: A high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) analysis of terazosin in 1 ml of human plasma was developed using prazosin as an internal standard. The plasma sample was extracted with dichloromethane and ethylether and a 100-microl aliquot was injected onto the reversed-phase column. The mobile phase, 0.02 M sodium phosphate buffer:acetonitrile:tetrahydrofuran = 720:220:60 (v/v/v), was run at a flow rate of 0.8 ml/min and the column effluent was monitored using a florescence detector set at 370 and 250 nm for the emission and excitation wave numbers, respectively. The retention times for terazosin and prazosin were approximately 6.4 and 9.8 min, respectively, and the coefficients of variation of terazosin were generally low, below 6.4%. The present HPLC method was successful for the pharmacokinetic study of terazosin in healthy volunteers. Following oral administration of terazosin, 2 mg, to 20 healthy male volunteers, the area under the plasma concentration-time curve from time zero to time infinity was 421 +/- 71.8 ng h/ml and terminal half-life was 9.83 +/- 1.29 h.
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Seoul National University, San 56-1, Shinlim-Dong, Kwanak-Gu, Seoul 151-742, South Korea.
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: C Q
authors.initials: CQ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Rhee
authors.forename: O K
authors.initials: OK
authors.lastname: Suh
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Shin
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D000328:Adult; D019540:Area Under Curve; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D006207:Half-Life; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011224:Prazosin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*
chemical_list: D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; C041226:Terazosin; D011224:Prazosin