K M Sowinski1, M B Kays. 1. Department of Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy and Pharmacal Sciences, Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN, USA. ksowinsk@iupui.edu
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To develop a simple and sensitive high performance liquid chromatography method for the determination of ciprofloxacin concentrations in human serum and urine. METHOD: Serum proteins were removed by ultrafiltration through a filtering device after the addition of a displacing reagent. Urine samples were diluted with mobile phase prior to injection. Separation was achieved with a C18 reverse-phase column and using ultraviolet (UVD) and fluorescence detection (FD) for serum samples and UVD for urine samples. RESULTS: The quantitation limits of the assay were 20 ng/ml (FD) and 100 ng/ml (UVD) in serum and 1 microg/ml in urine. The assay was successfully applied to a pharmacokinetic study of ciprofloxacin in healthy volunteers. CONCLUSION: The method presented for ciprofloxacin assay in human serum and urine requires less sample clean up and is more sensitive than those reported in the literature.
OBJECTIVE: To develop a simple and sensitive high performance liquid chromatography method for the determination of ciprofloxacin concentrations in human serum and urine. METHOD: Serum proteins were removed by ultrafiltration through a filtering device after the addition of a displacing reagent. Urine samples were diluted with mobile phase prior to injection. Separation was achieved with a C18 reverse-phase column and using ultraviolet (UVD) and fluorescence detection (FD) for serum samples and UVD for urine samples. RESULTS: The quantitation limits of the assay were 20 ng/ml (FD) and 100 ng/ml (UVD) in serum and 1 microg/ml in urine. The assay was successfully applied to a pharmacokinetic study of ciprofloxacin in healthy volunteers. CONCLUSION: The method presented for ciprofloxacin assay in human serum and urine requires less sample clean up and is more sensitive than those reported in the literature.
Authors: Simon N Muchohi; Nahashon Thuo; Japhet Karisa; Alex Muturi; Gilbert O Kokwaro; Kathryn Maitland Journal: J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci Date: 2010-12-04 Impact factor: 3.205