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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-10-22
pubmed:abstractText
We describe a simple, specific, and sensitive reversed-phase HPLC method with automated solid-phase extraction (SPE) for analyzing alprazolam, clonazepam, and nitrazepam concentrations in human serum or plasma. We prepare samples and calibrators with an automated sample preparer, using 100-mg Bond-Elut C18 SPE columns. The HPLC method uses isocratic elution with acetonitrile:methanol:dipotassium hydrogen phosphate, 10 nmol/L, pH 3.7 (30:2:100 by vol), at a flow rate of 1.5 mL/min to separate the drugs. We detect the benzodiazepines with diode-array detector at 240 nm; analyses of peak purity are performed at 210-365 nm. The recoveries were between 94% and 100%. The intraassay and interassay CVs were between 1.0% and 4.1%. The detection limit is 5 nmol/L. The antiepileptic and antidepressant drugs tested did not interfere with the assay. We developed the method for use in a clinical laboratory for therapeutic drug monitoring.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0009-9147
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
42
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1412-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Analysis of low-dose benzodiazepines by HPLC with automated solid-phase extraction.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Clinical Chemistry, Kuopio University Hospital, Finland. Kari.okerman@messi.uku.fi
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article