A rapid and sensitive LC-MS/MS method for quantification of donepezil and its active metabolite, 6-o-desmethyl donepezil in human plasma and its pharmacokinetic application |
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Authors: | Pilli Nageswara Rao Inamadugu Jaswanth Kumar Kondreddy Neeraja Karra Vijaya Kumari Damaramadugu Rajasekhar Rao J V L N Seshagiri |
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Institution: | University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kukatpally, Hyderabad-500 085, India. |
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Abstract: | A rapid and sensitive liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometric (LC‐MS/MS) assay method has been developed and fully validated for simultaneous quantification of donepezil and its active metabolite, 6‐o‐desmethyl donepezil in human plasma. Analytes and the internal standard were extracted from human plasma by liquid–liquid extraction technique using a 30:70 v/v mixture of ethyl acetate and n‐hexane. The reconstituted samples were chromatographed on a C18 column by using a 70:30 v/v mixture of acetonitrile and ammonium formate (5 mm , pH 5.0) as the mobile phase at a flow rate of 0.6 mL/min. The calibration curve obtained was linear (r ≥ 0.99) over the concentration range of 0.09–24.2 ng/mL for donepezil and 0.03–8.13 ng/mL for 6‐o‐desmethyl donepezil. The results of the intra‐day and inter‐day precision and accuracy studies were well within the acceptable limits. The proposed method was successfully applied for the estimation of the drug in real time plasma samples for pharmacokinetic studies. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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Keywords: | donepezil 6‐o‐desmethyl donepezil quantification human plasma LC‐MS/MS |
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