title: Quantitative analysis of trazodone in human plasma by using HPLC-fluorescence detector coupled with strong cation exchange chromatographic column: application to a pharmacokinetic study in Chinese healthy volunteers.
abstract: A simple, selective, and sensitive high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) procedure has been developed for determination of trazodone in human plasma. Prazosin was employed as the internal standard (IS). Sample preparation involved liquid-liquid extraction by methyl tert-butyl ether after alkalinization with ammonia. The HPLC separation was performed on a CAPCELL PAK SCX column (250mm×4.6mm, 5.0μm, Shiseido, Japan) with a mobile phase of acetonitrile/80mmol/L ammonium phosphate (pH adjusted to 6.0) (60:40, v/v) at a flow rate of 1.2mL/min. The peaks were detected by using fluorescence detector (excitation wavelength 320nm and emission wavelength 440nm). The extraction recovery was 72.6-88.3% and the method was over the concentration range of 5.0-2486ng/mL with a lower limit of quantitation (LLOQ) of 5.0ng/mL using 300μL of plasma. The intra- and inter-day accuracy of the method at three concentrations ranged from 96.7% to 104.2% for trazodone with precision of 2.9-3.7%. This validated method was successfully applied to a pharmacokinetic study enrolling 12 Chinese volunteers administered a single oral trazodone hydrochloride extended-release tablet of 75mg.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology Research Institute, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 139# Middle Renmin Road, Changsha, Hunan Province 410011, PR China; School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province 410013, PR China.
authors.forename: Dai
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Li-Bo
authors.affiliation: Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology Research Institute, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 139# Middle Renmin Road, Changsha, Hunan Province 410011, PR China; School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province 410013, PR China.
authors.forename: Zhu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Rong-Hua
authors.affiliation: Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology Research Institute, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 139# Middle Renmin Road, Changsha, Hunan Province 410011, PR China; School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province 410013, PR China. Electronic address: lihuande1953@126.com.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Huan-De
authors.affiliation: Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology Research Institute, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 139# Middle Renmin Road, Changsha, Hunan Province 410011, PR China.
authors.forename: Wang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.affiliation: Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology Research Institute, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 139# Middle Renmin Road, Changsha, Hunan Province 410011, PR China; School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province 410013, PR China.
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ping-Fei
authors.affiliation: Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology Research Institute, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 139# Middle Renmin Road, Changsha, Hunan Province 410011, PR China; School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province 410013, PR China.
authors.forename: Lou
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange / Q000379:methods*; D004355:Drug Stability; D006801:Humans; D057230:Limit of Detection; D016014:Linear Models; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014196:Trazodone / Q000097:blood* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000493:pharmacokinetics
chemical_list: D014196:Trazodone
keywords: Fluorescence detector; Human plasma; Pharmacokinetics; Strong cation exchange column; Trazodone