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Pawde DM, Rahman SNR, Ponneganti S, Goswami A, Borkar RM, Shunmugaperumal T. Analytical Quality-by-Design-Based Systematic Optimization of RP-HPLC Method Conditions to Analyze Simultaneously Chloroquine Phosphate and Flavopiridol in Stress-Induced Combined Drug Solution and Pharmaceutical Emulsions. J Chromatogr Sci 2023; 61:665-677. [PMID: 36355561 DOI: 10.1093/chromsci/bmac088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2022] [Revised: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 10/06/2022] [Indexed: 08/22/2023]
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A design of experiments (DoE)-driven RP-HPLC method conditions was employed to analyze simultaneously chloroquine (CQ) phosphate and flavopiridol (FLAP) in emulsions and solution. After subjecting the various critical method attributes to preliminary risk assessment and screening by Pareto-chart-based fractional factorial design, the 17 runs were produced in Box-Behnken design for optimization. Analysis of variance, lack of fit, prediction equations, 3D response surface plots and contour plots were used to evaluate the critical analytical attributes such as retention time, tailing factor and theoretical plate count. The optimized RP-HPLC method conditions include 262 nm as detection wavelength, 37°C temperature for column, 20-μl injection volume, 1-ml/min flow rate and mobile phase mixture [70:30 ratio of 0.4% triethylamine in methanol&sodium phosphate buffer (11 mM, pH 3.0)]. The studied validation parameters were found within the ICH-prescribed limits. Exposing the combined drug solution at oxidative stress condition resulted to diminish the FLAP recovery value (53.39 ± 0.86) and arrival of an extra chromatographic peak. However, the % drug entrapment efficiency values of 96.22 ± 2.47 and 85.86 ± 3.66, respectively, were noticed for CQ phosphate and FLAP in emulsions. Thus, DoE-driven approach could be helpful for systematically optimizing RP-HPLC method conditions.
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- Datta Maroti Pawde
- Department of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Sila Katamur, Changsari, Assam 781101, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Sila Katamur, Changsari, Assam 781101, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Sila Katamur, Changsari, Assam 781101, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Sila Katamur, Changsari, Assam 781101, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Sila Katamur, Changsari, Assam 781101, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Sila Katamur, Changsari, Assam 781101, India
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Martins YA, Gonçalves TM, Lopez RFV. HPLC methods for choloroquine determination in biological samples and pharmaceutical products. Daru 2021; 29:223-239. [PMID: 33738722 PMCID: PMC8149527 DOI: 10.1007/s40199-021-00391-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Review and assess pharmaceutical and clinical characteristics of chloroquine including high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)-based methods used to quantify the drug in pharmaceutical products and biological samples. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION A literature review was undertaken on the PubMed, Science Direct, and Scielo databases using the following keywords related to the investigated subject: 'chloroquine', 'analytical methods', and 'HPLC'. RESULTS For more than seven decades, chloroquine has been used to treat malaria and some autoimmune diseases, such as lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis. There is growing interest in chloroquine as a therapeutic alternative in the treatment of HIV, Q fever, Whipple's disease, fungal, Zika, Chikungunya infections, Sjogren's syndrome, porphyria, chronic ulcerative stomatitis, polymorphic light eruption, and different types of cancer. HPLC coupled to UV detectors is the most employed method to quantify chloroquine in pharmaceutical products and biological samples. The main chromatographic conditions used to identify and quantify chloroquine from tablets and injections, degradation products, and metabolites are presented and discussed. CONCLUSION Research findings reported in this article may facilitate the repositioning, quality control, and biological monitoring of chloroquine in modern pharmaceutical dosage forms and treatments.
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- Yugo Araújo Martins
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo (FCFRP-USP), Avenida do Café, s/n, Ribeirao Preto, São Paulo, 14040-903, Brazil
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Avenida José de Sá Maniçoba, s/n, Petrolina, Pernambuco, 56304-917, Brazil
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo (FCFRP-USP), Avenida do Café, s/n, Ribeirao Preto, São Paulo, 14040-903, Brazil.
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Saka C. Analytical Methods on Determination in Pharmaceuticals and Biological Materials of Chloroquine as Available for the Treatment of COVID-19. Crit Rev Anal Chem 2020; 52:19-34. [PMID: 32628049 DOI: 10.1080/10408347.2020.1781592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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With the outbreak caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (COVID-19), people's health and existing economies on a global scale are seriously threatened. Currently, most of the countries all over the world are studying extensively to better understand the antimalarial chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) for therapeutic purposes due to the COVID-19 outbreak. However, CQ and HCQ can have serious side effects, from psychiatric effects to sudden death. Therefore, a faster and more effective detection method is needed to monitor drug concentrations. In this review, a large study was conducted on the detection techniques and quantitative determination methods of CQ and its related metabolites. In this review, chromatography, electrophoresis, electroanalytical, spectroscopic, and immunological methods for CQ and related metabolites are discussed extensively. It is hoped that a better understanding of the CQ used for therapeutic purposes in the COVID-19 outbreak will be provided.
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- Cafer Saka
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Siirt University, Siirt, Turkey
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Srivastava M, Tiwari P, Mall VK, Srivastava SK, Prakash R. Voltammetric determination of the antimalarial drug chloroquine using a glassy carbon electrode modified with reduced graphene oxide on WS2 quantum dots. Mikrochim Acta 2019; 186:415. [DOI: 10.1007/s00604-019-3525-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2019] [Accepted: 05/19/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Development and validation of an HILIC-MS/MS method by one-step precipitation for chloroquine in miniature pig plasma. Bioanalysis 2016; 8:1159-71. [PMID: 27211608 PMCID: PMC7099630 DOI: 10.4155/bio-2015-0032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Background: Quantification of polar compounds such as chloroquine by revered-phase LC is a challenge because of poor retention and silanol interactions with stationary phase. Strong ion-pairing reagents added to mobile phases to improve reversed-phase retention and improve peak shape can be harmful for MS. Results: This new approach provides a rapid and sensitive method for the detection of chloroquine using hydrophilic interaction LC coupled to MS/MS (HILIC–MS/MS). Ammonium formate and formic acid were added to mobile phase to attain good peak shapes and the salified chloroquine as well retained in an HILIC column. Linearity, intra- and inter-day precision, accuracy, recovery, matrix effect and stability were evaluated during the validation process. Conclusion: The validated method has been successfully used in a PK study in miniature pigs, and paves way for future development.
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Validation of a method for the simultaneous quantification of chloroquine, desethylchloroquine and primaquine in plasma by HPLC-DAD. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2014; 95:200-6. [PMID: 24682018 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2014.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2013] [Revised: 03/03/2014] [Accepted: 03/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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One of the most important aspects regarding the therapeutic efficacy of antimalarials is its quantification in biologic fluids. The detection and measurement of antimalarial drug levels is important for demonstrating (1) adequate absorption of the drug being given, (2) compliance in taking the full regimen required for treatment and (3) the level of drug in the blood at any time during the test period that parasites reappear. There is a lack of validated methods that simultaneously quantify different antimalarials administered at the same time, such as the use of chloroquine (CQ) and primaquine (PQ) in infections caused by Plasmodium vivax. In this study, a bioanalytical method was validated for the simultaneous quantification of primaquine (PQ), chloroquine (CQ) and desethylchloroquine (DSCQ) in human plasma using liquid-liquid extraction and high performance liquid chromatography with a diode array detector (HPLC-DAD). The PQ was evaluated over a concentration range of 100-3000 nM and the CQ and DSCQ was evaluated over a concentration range of 20-2000 nM. The selectivity of the method was verified by checking for interference by commonly used antimalarials and plasma samples. The accuracy and precision of the method was assessed for drugs spiked into human plasma and recoveries of 83.7%, 92.3%, and 76.5% were obtained for CQ, DSCQ, and PQ, respectively. The applicability of this method was also demonstrated with blood samples from patients with vivax malaria that received combination CQ plus PQ treatment. The simultaneous detection and accurate measurement of CQ, DSCQ, and PQ levels in human plasma provides an important and economical method for validating and monitoring sensitivity/resistance of P. vivax to more common treatment regimen.
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Doddaga S, Peddakonda R. Chloroquine-N-oxide, a major oxidative degradation product of chloroquine: identification, synthesis and characterization. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2013; 81-82:118-25. [PMID: 23644906 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2013.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2012] [Revised: 03/30/2013] [Accepted: 04/06/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Chloroquine (CQ) (1) which has endured as one of the most powerful antimalarial drugs was subjected to oxidative stress conditions and the degradation profile was studied. The oxidative stress condition of CQ furnished one major degradation product along with other minor degradation products. The unknown major degradation product was identified in HPLC and pure impurity was isolated using column chromatography. The structure of this major product was elucidated using UV, FT-IR, (1)H NMR, (13)C NMR, 2D NMR (HSQC) and mass spectral data. Based on the results obtained from the different spectroscopic studies, it was confirmed that the N-oxide was formed at the tertiary amine nitrogen instead of the pyridine nitrogen. Subsequently, an efficient and simple synthetic approach was developed for the synthesis of chloroquine-N-oxide using a work-up procedure that does not require chromatography techniques for further purification. It was observed that the spectral data of the isolated degradation product coincided appropriately with the synthesized product spectral data.
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- Srinivasulu Doddaga
- Department of Chemistry, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati 517 502, India.
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Tang C, Sojinu OS. Simultaneous Determination of Chloroquine and Its Metabolite Desethyl Chloroquine in Human Plasma Using Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry. ANAL LETT 2012. [DOI: 10.1080/00032719.2012.691588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Cheomung A, Na-Bangchang K. HPLC with ultraviolet detection for the determination of chloroquine and desethylchloroquine in whole blood and finger-prick capillary blood dried on filter paper. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2011; 55:1031-40. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2011.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2010] [Revised: 03/01/2011] [Accepted: 03/01/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Mégarbane B, Bloch V, Hirt D, Debray M, Résiére D, Deye N, Baud FJ. Blood concentrations are better predictors of chioroquine poisoning severity than plasma concentrations: a prospective study with modeling of the concentration/effect relationships. Clin Toxicol (Phila) 2010; 48:904-15. [DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2010.518969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Rivas-Granizo P, Jorge Santos SRC, Ferraz HG. Development of a Stability-Indicating LC Assay Method for Determination of Chloroquine. Chromatographia 2009. [DOI: 10.1365/s10337-009-0985-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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dos Santos Magalhães IR, Sueli Bonato P. Enantioselective determination of chloroquine and itsn-dealkylated metabolites in plasma using liquid-phase microextraction and LC-MS. J Sep Sci 2008; 31:3106-16. [DOI: 10.1002/jssc.200800320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Huang Y, Pan W, Guo M, Yao S. Capillary electrophoresis with end-column electrochemiluminescence for the analysis of chloroquine phosphate and the study on its interaction with human serum albumin. J Chromatogr A 2007; 1154:373-8. [PMID: 17498727 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2007.02.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2006] [Revised: 02/08/2007] [Accepted: 02/09/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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This paper describes a novel and sensitive method for the estimation of chloroquine phosphate (CQ) using capillary electrophoresis with end-column electrochemiluminescence (ECL) detection. Under the optimized condition, linear calibration curve was obtained for the system over two orders of magnitude with a detection limit of 3x10(-7) M (S/N=3). The relative standard deviations of the ECL intensity and the migration time were 1.4% and 0.05%, respectively (n=6, 5x10(-5) M CQ). Successful separation of chloroquine phosphate, difenidol hydrochloride and clomifene citrate was obtained at pH 7.0. Using the proposed electrochemiluminescence system, a simple method was proposed to study the interaction between chloroquine phosphate and human serum albumin (HSA), and the number of binding sites and binding constant were estimated to be 32.6 and 7.7x10(3) M(-1), respectively.
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- Yan Huang
- College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China
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Ibrahim H, Bouajila J, Siri N, Rozing G, Nepveu F, Couderc F. Very small injected samples to study chloroquine and quinine in human serum using capillary-LC and native fluorescence. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2007; 850:481-7. [PMID: 17227720 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2006.12.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2006] [Revised: 12/15/2006] [Accepted: 12/18/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A comparison between HPLC with conventional fluorescence detection and capillary-LC (microHPLC) with native laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) detection was done to determine chloroquine (CQ) and quinine (Q) in human serum. HPLC experiments were run with parameters of the conventional fluorimeter set at the highest level of sensitivity. Results were compared with those obtained on microHPLC coupled to a ZETALIF (He-Cd 325 nm) detector which provided a 50-fold increase in sensitivity. In microHPLC-LIF injection volumes were 200 nL instead of 10 microL in conventional HPLC. The separation was completed within 3 min (6 min on HPLC). The limit of detection on microHPLC-LIF was 1.9 and 1.3 fmol for CQ and Q, respectively. Both experiments were validated on serum samples. The mean recovery was more than 95% for CQ and Q. The intra- and inter-day precision and accuracy were found to be within the acceptable limits (<10%).
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- H Ibrahim
- UMR 152-IRD-Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse 3, 31062 Toulouse Cedex 9, France
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Singhal P, Gaur A, Behl V, Gautam A, Varshney B, Paliwal J, Batra V. Sensitive and rapid liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometric assay for the quantification of chloroquine in dog plasma. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2007; 852:293-9. [PMID: 17317340 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2007.01.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2006] [Revised: 11/17/2006] [Accepted: 01/19/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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A simple, sensitive and rapid liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometric (LC-MS/MS) method was developed and validated for quantification of chloroquine, an antimalarial drug, in plasma using its structural analogue, piperazine bis chloroquinoline as internal standard (IS). The method is based on simple protein precipitation with methanol followed by a rapid isocratic elution with 10 mM ammonium acetate buffer/methanol (25/75, v/v, pH 4.6) on Chromolith SpeedROD RP-18e reversed phase chromatographic column and subsequent analysis by mass spectrometry in the multiple reaction monitoring mode (MRM). The precursor to product ion transitions of m/z 320.3-->247.2 and m/z 409.1-->205.2 were used to measure the analyte and the IS, respectively. The assay exhibited a linear dynamic range of 2.0-489.1 ng/mL for chloroquine in dog plasma. The limit of detection (LOD) and lower limit of quantification (LLOQ) were 0.4 and 2.0 ng/mL, respectively in 0.05 mL plasma. Acceptable precision and accuracy were obtained for concentrations over the standard curve range of 2.0-489.1 ng/mL. A run time of 2.0 min for a sample made it possible to achieve a throughput of more than 400 plasma samples analyzed per day. The validated method was successfully used to analyze samples of dog plasma during non-clinical study of chloroquine.
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- Puran Singhal
- Metabolism and Pharmacokinetic Department, Ranbaxy Research Laboratories, Plot # 20, Sector-18, Udhyog Vihar Industrial Area, Gurgaon, Haryana 122015, India
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Lejeune D, Souletie I, Houzé S, Le bricon T, Le bras J, Gourmel B, Houzé P. Simultaneous determination of monodesethylchloroquine, chloroquine, cycloguanil and proguanil on dried blood spots by reverse-phase liquid chromatography. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2007; 43:1106-15. [PMID: 17097257 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2006.09.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2005] [Revised: 09/20/2006] [Accepted: 09/22/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A method for simultaneous analysis of chloroquine, proguanil and their metabolites from a whole blood sample (80 microL) dried on a filter paper was developed. Sample preparation included a liquid extraction from the filter paper, followed by a solid-phase extraction (C18 Bond Elut cartridge). Separation was obtained by reverse-phase liquid chromatography (HPLC) using a gradient elution on an X-Terra column; UV detection was made at 254 nm. This assay was linear between 150 and 2500 ng mL(-1) for chloroquine (and metabolite) and 300 and 2500 ng mL(-1) for proguanil and cycloguanil. The lower limit of quantification was close to 50 ng mL(-1) for chloroquine (and its metabolite) and 100 ng mL(-1) for proguanil (and its metabolite). No chromatographic interference from endogenous compounds or other tested anti-malarial drugs was evidenced. Chromatographic separation takes about 40 min with a coefficient of variation below 10.3% for within- and between-batch precision. The paper sampling method was validated in 10 healthy subjects treated by Savarine. The stability of compounds and metabolites on the filter paper was evaluated at four temperatures (-20, +4, 20 and 50 degrees C) and for 1, 5 and 20 days. Cycloguanil concentrations were not influenced by storage conditions, whereas, high temperatures and prolonged storage decreased chloroquine and proguanil levels. The proposed HPLC assay is accurate, precise and cost-effective; it can be used for pharmacokinetic and epidemiological studies on anti-malarial treatments.
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- Delphine Lejeune
- Laboratoire de Biochimie A, Hôpital Saint Louis (AP-HP), 1 Avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75010 Paris, France
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Dickow Cardoso C, Polisel Jabor VA, Sueli Bonato P. Capillary electrophoretic chiral separation of hydroxychloroquine and its metabolites in the microsomal fraction of liver homogenates. Electrophoresis 2006; 27:1248-54. [PMID: 16440402 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200500752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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A rapid, selective, and low-cost chiral capillary electrophoretic method was developed for the simultaneous analysis of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and its three chiral metabolites: desethylchloroquine (DCQ), desethylhydroxychloroquine (DHCQ), and bisdesethylchloroquine (BDCQ) in the microsomal fraction of liver homogenates. After liquid-liquid extraction using toluene as extracting solvent, the drug and metabolites were resolved on a fused-silica capillary (50 microm ID, 50 cm total length, and 42 cm effective length), using 100 mmol/L of Tris/phosphate buffer, pH 9.0 containing 1% w/v sulfated-beta-CD and 30 mg/mL hydroxypropyl-beta-CD. Detection was carried out at 220 nm. The extraction procedure was efficient in removing endogenous interferents, and low values (<or=15%) for CVs and deviation from theoretical values were demonstrated for both within-day and between-day assays. The quantitation limit was 125 ng/mL with linear response over the 125-2000 ng/mL of concentration range for all metabolites. After validation, the method was used for an in vitro metabolism study of HCQ. The major HCQ metabolite formed by microsomal enzymes was (-)-(R)-DHCQ.
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- Carmem Dickow Cardoso
- Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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Samanidou VF, Evaggelopoulou EN, Papadoyannis IN. Simultaneous determination of quinine and chloroquine anti-malarial agents in pharmaceuticals and biological fluids by HPLC and fluorescence detection. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2005; 38:21-8. [PMID: 15907614 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2004.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2004] [Accepted: 11/15/2004] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Even nowadays millions of people suffer and even die each year from malaria and hundreds of millions of people especially in tropical countries. Quinine (Q) a natural occurring alkaloid and chloroquine (CQ) a synthetic drug are widely used as anti-malarial agents. Herein an isocratic reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatographic (RP-HPLC) method is described for the simultaneous determination of quinine and chloroquine, at low concentrations, in pharmaceuticals and biological fluids. The present method is characterized by higher sensitivity and analytes are separated in less time than the already published methods. The analytical column, an MZ Kromasil, C18, 5 microm, 250 x 4mm, was operated at ambient temperature with backpressure values of 230 kg/cm(2). Mobile phase consisted of methanol-acetonitrile-0.1 mol/L ammonium acetate, (45:15:40 v/v) at a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min. Fluorescence detection was performed at excitation 325 nm and emission 375 nm, respectively. Salicylic acid was used as internal standard at a concentration of 0.5 ng/microL, resulting in a detection limit of 0.3 ng, while upper limit of linear range was 0.7 ng/microL for quinine and 0.5 ng/microL for chloroquine. Separation was completed within 5 min. The statistical evaluation of the method was examined performing intra-day (n=8) and inter-day calibration (n=8) and was found to be satisfactory, with high accuracy and precision results. Solid phase extraction provided high relative extraction recoveries from biological matrices: 92.1% for quinine and 105.4% for chloroquine from blood serum and 101.8% for quinine and 90.7% for chloroquine from urine.
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- Victoria F Samanidou
- Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR-54 124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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Yonemitsu K, Koreeda A, Kibayashi K, Ng'walali P, Mbonde M, Kitinya J, Tsunenari S. HPLC analysis of anti-malaria agent, chloroquine in blood and tissue from forensic autopsy cases in Tanzania. Leg Med (Tokyo) 2005; 7:113-6. [PMID: 15708335 DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2004.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2004] [Revised: 09/09/2004] [Accepted: 10/01/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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HPLC analysis of anti-malaria agent, chloroquine (CQ) in blood and tissues with a simple HCl back extraction method was applied to three forensic autopsy cases in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. CQ concentrations in femoral vein blood were 8.5, 48.4 and 43.8 microg/ml in three cases, respectively, which were high enough to attribute the cause of deaths to an acute CQ poisoning. There were great site dependent variations in blood CQ levels. The right heart blood samples were very high, which may be explained by incomplete distribution of the drug before death or postmortem diffusion from liver and its surrounding blood, as high CQ levels were remarkable in the liver. Suicidal and accidental CQ poisonings are very common and CQ is a very important chemical in the field of forensic toxicology in Tanzania.
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- Kosei Yonemitsu
- Department of Forensic Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan.
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Cardoso CD, Bonato PS. Enantioselective analysis of the metabolites of hydroxychloroquine and application to an in vitro metabolic study. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2005; 37:703-8. [PMID: 15797791 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2004.11.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2004] [Revised: 11/19/2004] [Accepted: 11/19/2004] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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A one-step chiral method for the quantification of the enantiomers of two hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) metabolites, desethylchloroquine (DCQ) and desethylhydroxychloroquine (DHCQ) by HPLC is described, in addition to its application to the in vitro study of HCQ metabolism in rat liver microsomes. Liquid-liquid extraction was used to extract the enantiomers from microsome samples and the separation was performed on a Chiralpak AD-RH column protected with an RP-8 guard column using hexane:isopropanol (92:8, v/v) plus 0.1% diethylamine as the mobile phase, at a flow rate of 1.0 mL min(-1). The detection was carried out at 343 nm. The method proved to be linear in the range of 50-5000 ng mL(-1) for DCQ enantiomers and 125-2500ngmL(-1) for DHCQ enantiomers, with a quantification limit of 50 and 125 ng mL(-1), respectively. Precision and accuracy, demonstrated by within-day and between-day assays, were lower than 15%. The metabolic study demonstrated that metabolism is stereoselective for HCQ. The major metabolites formed in the incubation of racemic HCQ were (-)-(R)-DCQ and (-)-(R)-DHCQ with R/S ratios of 2.2 and 3.3, respectively.
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- Carmem Dickow Cardoso
- Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto-USP, Av. Bandeirantes 3900, 14040-901 Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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Saad B, Zin ZM, Jab MS, Rahman IA, Saleh MI, Mahsufi S. Flow-through Chloroquine Sensor and Its Applications in Pharmaceutical Analysis. ANAL SCI 2005; 21:521-4. [PMID: 15913140 DOI: 10.2116/analsci.21.521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Poly (vinyl chloride) membrane electrodes that responded selectively towards the antimalarial drug chloroquine are described. The electrodes were based on the use of the lipophilic potassium tetrakis(4-chlorophenyl)borate as ion-exchanger and bis(2-ethylhexyl)adipate (BEHA), or trioctylphosphate (TOP) or dioctylphenylphosphonate (DOPP) as plasticizing solvent mediator. All electrodes produced good quality characteristics such as Nernstian- and rapid responses, and are minimally interfered with by the alkali and alkaline earth metal ions tested. The membranes were next applied to a flow-through device, enabling it to function as flow-injection analysis (FIA) detector. The performance of the sensor after undergoing the FIA optimization was further evaluated for its selectivity characteristics and lifetime. Results for the determination of chloroquine in synthetic samples that contained common tablet excipients such as glucose, starch, and cellulose, and other foreign species such as cations, citric acid or lactic acid were generally satisfactory. The sensor was also successfully used for the determination of the active ingredients in mock tablets, synthetic fluids and biological fluids. The sensor was applied for the determination of active ingredients and the dissolution profile of commercial tablets was also established.
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- Bahruddin Saad
- School of Chemical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia.
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Dwivedi AK, Saxena D, Singh S. HPLC and HPTLC assays for the antimalarial agents Chloroquine, Primaquine and Bulaquine. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2003; 33:851-8. [PMID: 14623615 DOI: 10.1016/s0731-7085(03)00355-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A combination Kit for antirelapse treatment of P. vivax malaria, consisting of Chloroquine phosphate tablets and Bulaquine capsules has been recently developed, and marketed under the trade name Aablaquine. Bulaquine is prepared from Primaquine. Several methods of analysis are reported for each drug separately as well two drugs in combination but no method for simultaneous estimation of these three drugs is known. Therefore, the present study was undertaken to develop a sensitive and reproducible high performance liquid chromatographic as well as high performance thin layer chromatographic assay method for the simultaneous estimation of Chloroquine, Primaquine and Bulaquine.
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- A K Dwivedi
- Division of Pharmaceutics, Central Drug Research Institute, Chhattar Manzil Palace, M.G. Marg, Lucknow 226001, India.
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Kim KA, Park JY, Lee JS, Lim S. Cytochrome P450 2C8 and CYP3A4/5 are involved in chloroquine metabolism in human liver microsomes. Arch Pharm Res 2003; 26:631-7. [PMID: 12967198 DOI: 10.1007/bf02976712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Chloroquine has been used for many decades in the prophylaxis and treatment of malaria. It is metabolized in humans through the N-dealkylation pathway, to desethylchloroquine (DCQ) and bisdesethylchloroquine (BDCQ), by cytochrome P450 (CYP). However, until recently, no data are available on the metabolic pathway of chloroquine. Therefore, the metabolic pathway of chloroquine was evaluated using human liver microsomes and cDNA-expressed CYPs. Chloroquine is mainly metabolized to DCQ, and its Eadie-Hofstee plots were biphasic, indicating the involvement of multiple enzymes, with apparent Km and Vmax values of 0.21 mM and 1.02 nmol/min/mg protein 3.43 mM and 10.47 nmol/min/mg protein for high and low affinity components, respectively. Of the cDNA-expressing CYPs examined, CYP1A2, 2C8, 2C19, 2D6 and 3A4/5 exhibited significant DCQ formation. A study using chemical inhibitors showed only quercetin (a CYP2C8 inhibitor) and ketoconazole (a CYP3A4/5 inhibitor) inhibited the DCQ formation. In addition, the DCQ formation significantly correlated with the CYP3A4/5-catalyzed midazolam 1-hydroxylation (r = 0.868) and CYP2C8-catalyzed paclitaxel 6alpha-hydroxylation (r = 0.900). In conclusion, the results of the present study demonstrated that CYP2C8 and CYP3A4/5 are the major enzymes responsible for the chloroquine N-deethylation to DCQ in human liver microsomes.
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- Kyoung-Ah Kim
- Research Group of Pain and Neuroscience, East-West Medical Research Institute, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea
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Projean D, Baune B, Farinotti R, Flinois JP, Beaune P, Taburet AM, Ducharme J. In vitro metabolism of chloroquine: identification of CYP2C8, CYP3A4, and CYP2D6 as the main isoforms catalyzing N-desethylchloroquine formation. Drug Metab Dispos 2003; 31:748-54. [PMID: 12756207 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.31.6.748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In humans, the antimalarial drug chloroquine (CQ) is metabolized into one major metabolite, N-desethylchloroquine (DCQ). Using human liver microsomes (HLM) and recombinant human cytochrome P450 (P450), we performed studies to identify the P450 isoform(s) involved in the N-desethylation of CQ. In HLM incubated with CQ, only DCQ could be detected. Apparent Km and Vmax values (mean +/- S.D.) for metabolite formation were 444 +/- 121 microM and 617 +/- 128 pmol/min/mg protein, respectively. In microsomes from a panel of 16 human livers phenotyped for 10 different P450 isoforms, DCQ formation was highly correlated with testosterone 6beta-hydroxylation (r = 0.80; p < 0.001), a CYP3A-mediated reaction, and CYP2C8-mediated paclitaxel alpha-hydroxylation (r = 0.82; p < 0.001). CQ N-desethylation was diminished when coincubated with quercetin (20-40% inhibition), ketoconazole, or troleandomycin (20-30% inhibition) and was strongly inhibited (80% inhibition) by a combination of ketoconazole and quercetin, which further corroborates the contribution of CYP2C8 and CYP3As. Of 10 cDNA-expressed human P450s examined, only CYP1A1, CYP2D6, CYP3A4, and CYP2C8 produced DCQ. CYP2C8 and CYP3A4 constituted low-affinity/high-capacity systems, whereas CYP2D6 was associated with higher affinity but a significantly lower capacity. This property may explain the ability of CQ to inhibit CYP2D6-mediated metabolism in vitro and in vivo. At therapeutically relevant concentrations ( approximately 100 microM CQ in the liver), CYP2C8, CYP3A4, and, to a much lesser extent, CYP2D6 are expected to account for most of the CQ N-desethylation.
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- Denis Projean
- AstraZeneca R & D Montréal, 7171 Frederick-Banting, Ville Saint-Laurent, Québec, Canada, H4S 1Z9
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