title: Determination of camptothecin and 10-hydroxycamptothecin in human plasma using polymer monolithic in-tube solid phase microextraction combined with high-performance liquid chromatography.
abstract: A biocompatible in-tube solid-phase microextraction (SPME) device was used for the direct and on-line extraction of camptothecin and 10-hydroxycamptothecin in human plasma. Biocompatibility was achieved through the use of a poly(methacrylic acid-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate) monolithic capillary column for extraction. Coupled to high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with UV detection, this on-line in-tube SPME method was successfully applied to the simultaneous determination of camptothecin and 10-hydroxycamptothecin in human plasma. The calculated detection limits for camptothecin and 10-hydroxycamptothecin were found to be 2.62 and 1.79 ng/mL, respectively. The method was linear over the range of 10-1000 ng/mL. Excellent method reproducibility was achieved, yielding RSDs of 2.49 and 1.59%, respectively. The detection limit (S/N = 3) of camptothecin was found to reach 0.1 ng/mL using fluorescence detection. The proposed method was shown to cope robustly with the extraction and analysis of camptothecin and 10-hydroxycamptothecin in plasma samples.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yu-Qi
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Feng
mesh_terms: D002166:Camptothecin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: C028098:10-hydroxycamptothecin; D002166:Camptothecin