Analytical method development and validation of mianserin hydrochloride and its metabolite in human plasma by LC-MS.
Mianserin is a tetracyclic antidepressant drug and administered as racemate of R (-) and S (+) mianserin hydrochloride in a dose of 30-90 mg/day in divided doses. Liquid chromatography-mass spectroscopy (LC-MS) is a tool, which is widely used for determination of drug and their metabolites in biological fluids because of its high sensitivity and precision. Here we describe a liquid chromatography mass spectroscopy method for simultaneous determination of mianserin and its metabolite, N-desmethylmianserin, from human plasma using a liquid-liquid extraction with hexane:isoamylalcohol (98:2) and back extraction with 0.005 M formic acid solution. This method is specific and linear over the concentration range of 1.00-60.00 ng/ml for mianserin and 0.50-14.00 ng/ml for N-desmethylmianserin in human plasma. The lowest limits of quantification (LLQ) is 1.00 ng/ml for mianserin and 0.50 ng/ml for N-desmethylmianserin. Intraday and interday precision (%C.V.) is <10% for both mianserin and N-desmethylmianserin. The accuracy ranges from 94.44 to 112.33% for mianserin and 91.85-100.13% for N-desmethylmianserin. The stability studies showed that mianserin and N-desmethylmianserin in human plasma are stable during short-term period for sample preparation and analysis. The method was used to assay mianserin and its metabolite, N-desmethylmianserin, in human plasma samples obtained from subjects who had been given an oral tablet of 30 mg of mianserin.
Chauhan
Bhupendrasinh
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B.V. Patel Pharmaceutical Education and Research Development (PERD) Centre, Thaltej-Gandhinagar Highway, Thaltej, Ahmedabad 380 054, India.
Rani
Shubha
S
Guttikar
Swati
S
Zope
Anjali
A
Jadon
Nimisha
N
Padh
Harish
H
D002138:Calibration; D002623:Chemistry Techniques, Analytical / Q000379:methods; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D008803:Mianserin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
D008803:Mianserin; C056517:desmethylmianserin