Liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometric assay for the light sensitive calcium channel antagonist lacidipine in human plasma

Lacidipine: review of analytical methods developed for pharmaceutical dosage forms and biological fluids

Lacidipine (LAC) is a calcium antagonist used in the treatment of hypertension. It is a lipophilic drug containing dihydropyridine ring that is responsible for the activity. This review article gives an overview of various analytical techniques proposed for the determination of LAC in pharmaceutical dosage forms, in pure form, in biological fluids and to determine characteristics of LAC in modified release dosage forms. Ultra violet/visible spectrophotometric, spectroflourimetric, high performance liquid chromatography, high performance thin layer chromatography, electro-analytical, bioanalytical and miscellaneous methods such as microbiological assay, X-ray diffraction, differential scanning calorimetry, were discussed. Various parameters such as system suitability, selectivity, linearity, precision, accuracy, limit of detection, limit of quantification and robustness have been discussed for the employed methods.

A rapid and sensitive liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometric assay for cycloserine in 50μL of human plasma: Its pharmacokinetic application

This paper describes a simple, rapid and sensitive liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry assay for the determination of cycloserine in human plasma using carbamazepine as internal standard (IS). Analyte and the IS were extracted from the 50μL of human plasma via protein precipitation using acetonitrile. The chromatographic separation was achieved on a C(18) column by using a mixture of acetonitrile-0.5% formic acid buffer (60:40, v/v) as the mobile phase at a flow rate of 0.8mL/min. The calibration curve obtained was linear (r(2)≥0.99) over the concentration range of 50-15,000ng/mL. Method validation was performed as per FDA guidelines and the results met the acceptance criteria. A run time of 2.5min for each sample made it possible to analyze more number of samples in short time, thus increasing the productivity. The proposed method was found to be applicable to pharmacokinetic studies.