Determination of apovincaminic acid in human plasma by high-performance liquid chromatography using solid-phase extraction and ultraviolet detection.
A new, simple and rapid high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method with UV detection has been developed for the determination of apovincaminic acid in human plasma. Apovincaminic acid and internal standard were isolated from plasma samples by solid-phase extraction with OASIS HLB cartridges. The chromatographic separation was accomplished on a reversed-phase C(18) column and UV detection was set at 311 nm. The calibration curves were linear in the concentration range of 2.4-240.0 ng/ml, and the limits of quantification was 2.4 ng/ml. The precision and accuracy ranged from 0.84 to 8.54% and 91.5 to 108.3%, respectively. The developed method was subsequently applied to study the pharmacokinetics of apovincaminic acid in a group of 20 human subjects at a single oral dose of 10mg of vinpocetine tablet.
Chen
Jun
J
Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, PR China.
Cai
Jia
J
Tao
Weixing
W
Mei
Ni
N
Cao
Shilei
S
Jiang
Xinguo
X
D002138:Calibration; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet / Q000379:methods; D014748:Vinca Alkaloids / Q000097:blood* / Q000302:isolation & purification
D014748:Vinca Alkaloids; C032858:apovincaminic acid