Fluorescent high-performance liquid chromatographic analysis of vigabatrin enantiomers after derivatizing with naproxen acyl chloride |
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Authors: | Hsieh Chun-Yu Wang Shing-Yaw Kwan Aij-Lie Wu Hsin-Lung |
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Institution: | Graduate Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan. |
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Abstract: | Vigabatrin is widely used as an anticonvulsant in the treatment of seizures. Vigabatrin is usually supplied as racemate in formulation, but only the (S)-(+)-enantiomer of vigabatrin is pharmacologically active. A simple and sensitive liquid chromatographic method is described for the separation and quantification of vigabatrin enantiomers. The method is based on derivatizing racemic vigabatrin with a fluorescent chiral reagent (naproxen acyl chloride). The resulting diastereomeric derivatives are highly responsive to a fluorimetric detector (lambda(ex)=230 nm, lambda(em)=350 nm). The lower quantitation limit of the method is attainable at 25 nM for (S)-(+)-vigabatrin or (R)-(-)-vigabatrin with a detection limit of about 2.5 nM (S/N=3 with 10 microl injected). Application of the method to the analysis of vigabatrin in serum of dosed patients proved feasible. |
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