Hanson GD, Slattum P, Tidwell RR, Bekersky I, Mong S. Determination of 1,3-di(4-imidazolino-2-methoxyphenoxy)propane in rat, dog and human plasma and urine by high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection.
JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY 1993;
622:61-69. [PMID:
8120114 DOI:
10.1016/0378-4347(93)80250-8]
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Abstract
A sensitive and selective high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method was developed for the determination of 1,3-di(4-imidazolino-2-methoxyphenoxy)propane (DMP) in rat, dog and human plasma (50-5000 ng/ml) and urine (0.1-10 micrograms/ml). DMP and DMPent (dimethoxyimidizolinopentamidine, the internal standard), are extracted from alkanized plasma with n-butyl chloride-n-butanol (9:1, v/v). The organic phase is dried under nitrogen, reconstituted in mobile phase, and washed with hexane. Separation is achieved by ion-pair chromatography on a Zorbax Rx C8 column with fluorescence detection. The analysis of pooled plasma (80, 400, and 4000 ng/ml) and urine controls (0.3, 1.6, and 8 micrograms/ml) demonstrated excellent precision and accuracy over a three-day period. The recovery of DMP is > 90% from rat, dog, and human plasma and > 85% from rat and human urine, and 60-70% from dog urine. The limit of quantitation (LOQ) of the assay is 50 ng/ml in rat, dog and human plasma. Using the high-sensitivity assay, the limit of quantitation was decreased to 5, 2 and 0.6 ng/ml in rat, dog and human plasma, respectively. The LOQ of the assay is 0.1 microgram/ml in rat, dog and human urine. The assay was used to determine plasma and urine concentrations of DMP in pharmacokinetic studies in rat and dog.
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