title: Validated HPLC method for determination of amlodipine in human plasma and its application to pharmacokinetic studies.
abstract: A rapid, simple and sensitive high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method has been developed for quantification of amlodipine in plasma. The assay enables the measurement of amlodipine for therapeutic drug monitoring with a minimum detectable limit of 0.2 ng ml(-1). The method involves simple, one-step extraction procedure and analytical recovery was about 97%. The separation was performed on an analytical 125 x 4.6 mm i.d. Nucleosil C8 column. The wavelength was set at 239 nm. The mobile phase was a mixture of 0.01 M sodium dihydrogen phosphate buffer and acetonitrile (63:37, v/v) adjusted to pH 3.5 at a flow rate of 1.5 ml min(-1). The calibration curve was linear over the concentration range 0.5-16 ng ml(-1). The coefficients of variation for inter-day and intra-day assay were found to be less than 10%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zarghi
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Foroutan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shafaati
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khoddam
mesh_terms: D017311:Amlodipine / Q000097:blood* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000097:blood* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D002138:Calibration; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D016903:Drug Monitoring; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D017311:Amlodipine