Liquid chromatography-tandem MS/MS method for simultaneous quantification of paracetamol, chlorzoxazone and aceclofenac in human plasma: An application to a clinical pharmacokinetic study
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Liquid chromatography-tandem MS/MS method for simultaneous quantification of paracetamol, chlorzoxazone and aceclofenac in human plasma: An application to a clinical pharmacokinetic study
Helmy, MI; Toubar, SS; Elshahed, MS; Hegazy, MA; Mohamed, D
Series Info:BIOMEDICAL CHROMATOGRAPHY;Volume: 32 Issue: 7
Type:Article
Keywords:university of aceclofenac
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chlorzoxazone
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HPLC-MS
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MS
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human plasma
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paracetamol
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pharmacokinetic study
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PHARMACEUTICAL DOSAGE FORM
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MASS-SPECTROMETRY
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QUANTITATIVE-DETERMINATION
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HPLC METHOD
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RP-HPLC
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RAT PLASMA
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ACETAMINOPHEN
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PSEUDOEPHEDRINE
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METABOLITES
Abstract:
A facile, fast and specific method based on liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) for the simultaneous quantitation of paracetamol, chlorzoxazone and aceclofenac in human plasma was developed and validated. Sample preparation was achieved by liquid-liquid extraction. The analysis was performed on a reversed-phase C-18 HPLC column (5m, 4.6x50mm) using acetonitrile-10mM ammonium formate pH3.0 (65:35, v/v) as the mobile phase where atrovastatin was used as an internal standard. A very small injection volume (3L) was applied and the run time was 2.0min. The detection was carried out by electrospray positive and negative ionization mass spectrometry in the multiple-reaction monitoring mode. The developed method was capable of determining the analytes over the concentration ranges of 0.03-30.0, 0.015-15.00 and 0.15-15.00g/mL for paracetamol, chlorzoxazone and aceclofenac, respectively. Intraday and interday precisions (as coefficient of variation) were found to be 12.3% with an accuracy (as relative error) of +/- 5.0%. The method was successfully applied to a pharmacokinetic study of the three analytes after being orally administered to six healthy volunteers