HPLC Analysis of Cefmetazole and Nocardicins A and E in Human Serum and Urine Using Solid-Phase Extraction

Abstract

A method for extraction and quantification of cefmetazole and nocardicins A and E in serum and urine samples is described in this paper. Sample pretreatment is carried out using solid-phase extraction cartridges, resulting in very high extraction recoveries of these β-lactam antibiotics. The procedure, which prepares biological fluids for reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic analysis is convenient, rapid and reproducible. An water-methanol-acetic acid mobile phase was used with benzotriazole as an internal standard. The detection limit was 0.2 μg/ml at 280 nm.