title: Determination of moclobemide in human plasma by high-performance liquid chromatography with spectrophotometric detection.
abstract: A simple and sensitive high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method with spectrophotometric detection was developed for the determination of moclobemide in human plasma. Plasma samples were extracted under basic conditions with dichloromethane followed by back-extraction into diluted phosphoric acid. Isocratic separation was employed on an ODS column (250 mm x 4.6 mm, 5 microm) at room temperature. The mobile phase consisted of 5 mM NaH2PO4-acetonitrile-triethylamine (1000:350:10 (v/v/v), pH 3.4). Analyses were run at a flow-rate of 1.0 ml/min and ultraviolet (UV) detection was carried out at 240 nm. The method was specific and sensitive with a quantification limit of 15.6 ng/ml and a detection limit of 5 ng/ml at a signal-to-noise ratio of 3:1. The mean absolute recovery was about 98.2%, while the intra- and inter-day coefficient of variation and percent error values of the assay method were all at acceptable levels. Linearity was assessed in the range of 15.6-2000 ng/ml in plasma with a correlation coefficient of greater than 0.999. This method has been used to analyze several hundred human plasma samples for bioavailibility studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Neuroscience Research Center, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 19835-355, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Hossein
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Amini
authors.forename: Badri
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shahmir
authors.forename: Abolhassan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ahmadiani
mesh_terms: D001682:Biological Availability; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D020912:Moclobemide / Q000097:blood* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D008996:Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors / Q000097:blood* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: D008996:Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors; D020912:Moclobemide