title: Quantification of some active compounds in air samples at pharmaceutical workplaces by HPLC.
abstract: Workers involved in the manufacture of drug substances may be exposed to active pharmaceuticals by inhalation of drug dusts or droplets which has been considered the main exposure route. The proposed HPLC method allowed to determine sulpiryde, hydroxyurea and dyprophylline in the concentration range of 0.01-0.187 mg/m3, 0.001-0.08 mg/m3 and 0.01-0.40 mg/m3 for sulpiryde, hydroxyurea and dyprophylline, respectively, when 480 L of air sample was collected on the glass fibre filters. Sulpiryde was extracted with a solvent system consisting of acetonitrile-phosphate buffer at pH 3 (85:15, v/v), while the best efficiency of extraction for hydroxyurea and dyprophylline was achieved using water. HPLC analysis of sulpiryde with fluorescence detection was more sensitive (LOD=3.1 microg/L) in comparison with UV detection (LOD=84.4 microg/L).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Warsaw University, Pasteura 1, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Osytek
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Biesaga
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pyrzynska
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szewczyńska
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D005740:Gases / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D017132:Workplace
chemical_list: D005740:Gases; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations