High-performance liquid chromatographic determination of pilocarpine in plasma. |
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Authors: | M L Weaver J M Tanzer P A Kramer |
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Affiliation: | Pharmacokinetics Laboratory, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06268. |
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Abstract: | A high-performance liquid chromatographic procedure requiring neither derivatization nor complex sample work-up is reported for reproducibly and sensitively determining pilocarpine in plasma. Following stabilization of pilocarpine against in vitro hydrolysis using sodium fluoride, plasma samples were extracted and the extracts chromatographed on a 5-microns, low-carbon-load (6%) C18 reversed-phase column. The assay was linear between 10 and 300 ng/ml (r = 0.998). It had sufficient sensitivity to quantitate pilocarpine at concentrations as low as 10 ng/ml (signal-to-noise ratio > or = 4) using a 500-microliters sample. The assay appears to be the first published specifically for plasma determinations and has proven capable of supporting pharmacokinetics studies of pilocarpine disposition in the anesthetized dog. |
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