title: Determination of talinolol in human plasma by high performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry: application to pharmacokinetic study.
abstract: A rapid and sensitive method for determination and screening in human plasma of talinolol is described using propranolol as the internal standard. The analytes in plasma were extracted by liquid-liquid extraction using methyl t-butyl ether. After removed and dried the upper organic phase, the extracts were reconstituted with a fixed volume of buffer of ammonium acetate and acetonitrile (60:40, v/v). The extracts were analyzed by a HPLC coupled to electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/ESI). The HPLC separation of the analytes was performed on a Phenomenex C18 (250 mmx4.6 mm, 5 microm, USA) column, with a flow rate of 0.85 mL/min. The complete elution was obtained within 5.5 min. The calibration curve was linear in the 1.0-400.0 ng/mL range for talinolol, with a coefficient of determination of 0.9996. The average extraction recovery was above 83%. The methodology recovery was between 101% and 102%. The limit of detection (LOD) was 0.3 ng/mL for talinolol. The intraday and inter-day coefficients of variation were less than 6%. This HPLC-MS/ESI procedure was used to assess the pharmacokinetics of talinolol. A single oral 50 mg dose of talinolol tablet was administered to 12 healthy Chinese volunteers, the main pharmacokinetic data are as follows: Cmax was 147.8+/-63.8 ng/mL; tmax was 2.0+/-0.7 h; t1/2 was 12.0+/-2.6 h. The method is accurate, sensitive and simple for the pharmacokinetic study of talinolol.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Pharmacy & Pharmacology Institute of Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha 410011, PR China.
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Bernd
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Terhaag
authors.forename: Li-Ying
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Bi-Kui
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Fen-Li
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Yun-Gui
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Xiao-Lei
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Wen-Xing
authors.initials: WX
authors.lastname: Peng
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000097:blood / Q000737:chemistry / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011412:Propanolamines / Q000097:blood* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D011412:Propanolamines; C011550:talinolol