Stereospecific high-performance liquid chromatographic determination of tocainide |
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| Authors: | R A Carr R T Foster D Freitag F M Pasutto |
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| Institution: | Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. |
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| Abstract: | A sensitive high-performance liquid chromatographic assay was developed for the determination of tocainide enantiomers in plasma. Following extraction of tocainide from plasma, the enantiomers were derivatized with S-(+)-1-(1-naphthyl)ethylisocyanate. The resulting diastereomers were separated and quantified using normal-phase chromatography with fluorescence detection set at 220/345 nm (excitation/emission). The peaks, resolved with a resolution factor greater than 1.5, were free from interference. Linearity was established over the concentration range 0.25-10.0 mg/l for each enantiomer in plasma (r2 greater than 0.998). The inter-assay variability was less than 10% at all concentrations examined. The method can be used to determine the pharmacokinetics of tocainide enantiomers in man. |
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