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JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIOMEDICAL ANALYSIS
Volume 31, Issue 2, Pages 283-289Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/S0731-7085(02)00611-8
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paclitaxel; reversed-phase HPLC; rat plasma
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A sensitive high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method was developed for the determination of paclitaxel in micro-samples of rat plasma in order to study the mechanism of enhanced systemic exposure of paclitaxel co-administered with P-glycoprotein inhibitors. The assay involved solid-phase extraction procedures using 2'-methylpaclitaxel as the internal standard. Chromatographic separations were achieved using a ZORBAX ODS C18 column and mobile phase consisting of acetonitrile, methanol and ammonium acetate buffer (10 mM, pH 5.0) (48.5:16.5:35) pumped at 0.8 ml/min. The effluents were measured for UV absorption at 227 nm, with retention times of 8.5 and 11.0 min for paclitaxel and 2'-methylpaclitaxel, respectively. The chromatographic separation was excellent, with no endogenous interference. The standard curves showed a good linearity (r = 0.9994) over the concentration ranges of 10-1000 ng/ml. At 1000 ng/ml, the absolute recoveries of paclitaxel and 2'-methylpaclitaxel are 89 and 90%, respectively. The intra- and inter-day variabilities of paclitaxel were both less than 15%. This validated method for the assay of paclitaxel in micro-sample rat plasma made it feasible to study the pharmacokinetics of the drug in a single rat. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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