title: Liquid separation techniques coupled with mass spectrometry for chiral analysis of pharmaceuticals compounds and their metabolites in biological fluids.
abstract: Determination of the chiral composition of drugs is nowadays a key step in order to determine purity, activity, bioavailability, biodegradation, etc., of pharmaceuticals. In this article, works published for the last 5 years on the analysis of chiral drugs by liquid separation techniques coupled with mass spectrometry are reviewed. Namely, chiral analysis of pharmaceuticals including, e.g., antiinflammatories, antihypertensives, relaxants, etc., by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry are included. The importance and interest of the analysis of the enantiomers of the active compound and its metabolites in different biological fluids (plasma, urine, cerebrospinal fluid, etc.) are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Industrial Fermentations (CSIC), Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Erny
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cifuentes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid; D019075:Electrophoresis, Capillary; D006801:Humans; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000032:analysis*; D016482:Urinalysis
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations