title: Rapid determination of minoxidil in human plasma using ion-pair HPLC.
abstract: A rapid, simple and sensitive ion-pair high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method has been developed for quantification of minoxidil in plasma. The assay enables the measurement of minoxidil for therapeutic drug monitoring with a minimum detectable limit of 0.5 ng ml(-1). The method involves simple, one-step extraction procedure and analytical recovery was complete. The separation was performed on an analytical 150 x 4.6 mm i.d. microbondapak C18 column. The wavelength was set at 281 nm. The mobile phase was a mixture of 0.01 M sodium dihydrogen phosphate buffer and acetonitrile (60:40, v/v) containing 2.5 mM sodium dodecyl sulphate adjusted to pH 3.5 at a flow rate of 1 ml/min. The column temperature was set at 50 degrees C. The calibration curve was linear over the concentration range 2-100 ng ml(-1). The coefficients of variation for inter-day and intra-day assay were found to be less than 8%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. azarghi@yahoo.com
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authors.lastname: Zarghi
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authors.lastname: Shafaati
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authors.lastname: Foroutan
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authors.lastname: Khoddam
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004355:Drug Stability; D006801:Humans; D008914:Minoxidil / Q000097:blood* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D012015:Reference Standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012996:Solutions; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000097:blood* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics
chemical_list: D012996:Solutions; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D008914:Minoxidil