title: Simplified ultraviolet liquid chromatographic method for determination of sertindole, dehydrosertindole and norsertindole, in human plasma.
abstract: An ultra-violet high-performance liquid chromatographic method was developed for the determination of sertindole, an atypical antipsychotic drug and its main metabolites dehydrosertindole and norsertindole, in human plasma. With a small sample volume, after a single-step liquid-liquid extraction, the compounds were separated on a reversed-phase XTerra RP(18) column, eluted with 45% of acetonitrile and 55% of ammonium acetate buffer (0.05 M, adjusted pH 8) and detected at 256 nm within 11 min. This method shows a good linearity for plasma concentration between 5-100 ng/ml and 100-1000 ng/ml, a good precision (inter and intra day CV < 11%) and a good inter-assay accuracy (bias < 11%). The limit of quantification concentration was 5 ng/ml. The absolute recovery of sertindole was higher than 99%. This rapid and sensitive method could be used for therapeutic drug monitoring as well as for overdose management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, EA-3676, IFR 99, University Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, Bât IA, 33076 Bordeaux Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Mireille
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Canal-Raffin
authors.forename: Evelyne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Déridet
authors.forename: Karine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Titier
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Frakra
authors.forename: Mathieu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Molimard
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000097:blood*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000097:blood*; D007211:Indoles / Q000097:blood*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D007093:Imidazoles; D007211:Indoles; C066304:sertindole