title: Determination of voriconazole in human plasma and saliva using high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection.
abstract: Voriconazole is a widely used triazole antifungal agent with a broad spectrum including Aspergillus species. A simple, sensitive and selective high-performance liquid chromatography method for the determination of voriconazole in human plasma and saliva was developed. Drug and internal standard (UK-115 794) were extracted from alkaline plasma and saliva with n-hexane-ethyl acetate (3:1, v/v) and analyzed on a Luna C 18 column with fluorimetric detection set at excitation and emission wavelengths of 254 and 372 nm, respectively. The calibration curve was linear through the range of 0.1-10 microg/ml using a 0.3 ml sample volume. The intra- and inter-day precisions were all below 6.1% for plasma and below 9.1% for saliva. Accuracies ranged from 94 to 109% for both matrices. Mean recovery was 86+/-4% for voriconazole. The method showed acceptable values for precision, recovery and sensitivity and is well suited for routine analysis work and for pharmacokinetic studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Leipzig, Härtelstrasse 16/18, D-04107 Leipzig, Germany. Claudia.Michael@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Michael
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Teichert
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Preiss
mesh_terms: D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood; D012015:Reference Standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012463:Saliva / Q000737:chemistry*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods*; D014230:Triazoles / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood; D065819:Voriconazole
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D011743:Pyrimidines; D014230:Triazoles; D065819:Voriconazole