title: Determination of celecoxib in human plasma by high-performance liquid chromatography.
abstract: A high performance liquid chromatographic method for the quantitation of celecoxib (CEL) in human plasma is presented. The method is based on liquid-liquid extraction with chloroform and reversed-phase chromatography using a Nucleosil CN column (250 mm x 4.6 mm i.d., 5 microm particle size) and UV spectrophotometer detection at 260 nm. The mobile phase consists of acetonitrile:water (60:40 (v/v)). Flutamide was used as internal standard (IS). The assay was linear in the concentration range of 10-1000 ng/ml when 0.5 ml aliquots of plasma were extracted. Within-day and between-day precision expressed by relative standard deviation is less than 4% and inaccuracy does not exceed 3%. The assay was used to analyze samples collected during human clinical studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Hassan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jalalizadeh
authors.forename: Mohsen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amini
authors.forename: Vahid
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ziaee
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Safa
authors.forename: Hassan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Farsam
authors.forename: Abbas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shafiee
mesh_terms: D000068579:Celecoxib; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D011720:Pyrazoles; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000097:blood*; D013678:Technology, Pharmaceutical / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D011720:Pyrazoles; D013449:Sulfonamides; D000068579:Celecoxib