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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-9-29
pubmed:abstractText
Clozapine is an atypical neuroleptic that is increasingly used for the treatment of schizophrenia. An automated method was developed for the routine quantification of clozapine and its major metabolites, N-desmethylclozapine and clozapine N-oxide, in human serum and urine by column switching and online high-performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection. The method included adsorption of clozapine and its metabolites on a cyanopropyl-coated clean-up column (10 microns; 10 mm x 4.0 mm ID), washing interfering serum constituents to waste by deionized water, and, after column switching, separation on C18 ODS Hypersil reversed-phase material (5 microns; 250 mm x 4.6 mm ID). The compounds of interest were separated and eluted in fewer than 20 minutes, using a mobile phase consisting of 37.5 acetonitril:62.5 water, containing 0.4% (vol/vol) tetramethylethylenediamine and adjusted to pH 6.5 with concentrated acetic acid. Ultraviolet-detection was performed at 254 nm. The determinations exhibited linearity between detector signal and drug concentrations in a range from 5 ng/ml to 50 micrograms/ml. As little as 10 ng/ml of clozapine and 20 or 30 ng/ml of the metabolites was quantifiable. Interferences with other psychotropic drugs, serum, or urine constituents were negligible. The automated procedure enables the analysis of clozapine and metabolites in serum or urine in less than 1 hour.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0163-4356
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
480-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Automated determination of clozapine and major metabolites in serum and urine.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, University of Mainz, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't