Sensitive liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry assay for the quantification of azithromycin in human plasma |
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Authors: | Liu Fei Xu Yu Huang Jinchang Gao Shu Guo Qingxiang |
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Institution: | Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, PR China. |
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Abstract: | A simple, rapid, sensitive and specific liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization mass spectrometry method was developed and validated to quantify azithromycin in human plasma, using erythromycin as the internal standard (IS). A simple sample preparation method of protein precipitation with methanol was employed. Methanol, acetonitrile and water (12:30:58, v/v/v) were used as the isocratic mobile phase, with 0.1% formic acid and 0.1% ammonium acetate in water. Selected ion monitoring was specific for azithromycin and erythromycin. The assay was linear over the concentration range 4.69-600 ng/mL. The correlation coefficients for the calibration curves ranged from 0.9994 to 0.9998. The intra- and inter-day precisions, calculated from quality control samples, were less than 8.24%. The method was employed in a pharmacokinetic study after oral administration of 500 mg azithromycin dispersible tablet to 20 healthy volunteers. |
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Keywords: | azithromycin HPLC mass spectrometry human plasma |
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