title: Determination of gabapentin in human plasma and urine by high-performance liquid chromatography with UV-vis detection.
abstract: A simple and reliable high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method with UV-vis detection has been developed and validated for the determination of gabapentin (GBP) in human plasma and urine. The clean up of the sample was carried out by solid-phase extraction with C18-cartridge. After the clean up procedure, the samples were pre-column derivatizated with 1,2-naphthoquinone-4-sulphonic acid sodium salt (NQS). A chromatographic separation was achieved on a C18 column with a mobile phase consisting of acetonitrile and 10mM orthophosphoric acid (pH 2.5) with isocratic elution (35:65). Baclofen was used as an internal standard (I.S.). The method developed for GBP was linear over the concentration range of 0.05-5.0 microg/ml and 0.1-10.0 microg/ml for plasma and urine, respectively. The method is precise (relative standard deviation, R.S.D. <4.05%) and accurate (relative mean error, RME <0.15%); mean absolute recoveries were 72.21% for plasma and 72.73% for urine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Istanbul University, Beyazit, 34116 Istanbul, Turkey. olcaysagirli@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Olcay
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sagirli
authors.forename: Sevil Müge
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Cetin
authors.forename: Armağan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Onal
mesh_terms: D000588:Amines / Q000097:blood* / Q000652:urine*; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000097:blood* / Q000652:urine*; D002138:Calibration; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003509:Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids / Q000097:blood* / Q000652:urine*; D000077206:Gabapentin; D006801:Humans; D015394:Molecular Structure; D012015:Reference Standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000097:blood* / Q000652:urine*
chemical_list: D000588:Amines; D000927:Anticonvulsants; D003509:Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D000077206:Gabapentin