Abstract
A high performance liquid chromatographic assay for the quantitative determination of apomorphine in human plasma is described. Sample clean-up and concentration was optimised using solid-phase extraction on C18 cartridges, enabling rapid and sensitive determination of apomorphine and potential metabolites. The limit of apomorphine quantification, using fluorescence detection, was 0.5 ng/mL. The assay was stability-indicating, and allowed the detection of analytes in the presence of commonly co-administered anti-Parkinsonian drugs. Apomorphine was stable in frozen plasma containing 0.14% (w/v) ascorbic acid for 98 days, and through four freeze-thaw cycles. The assay has been used in clinical pharmacokinetic studies of apomorphine in patients with Parkinson's disease, and in preliminary studies of novel apomorphine delivery devices in volunteers.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-7 |
| Journal | Journal of Chromatography B |
| Volume | 831 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
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| Publication status | Published - Feb 2006 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- apomorphine
- Parkinson's disease
- hplc
- solid phase extraction
- plasma
- pharmacokinetics
- performance liquid-chromatography
- apomorphine enantiomers
- R-apomorphine
- extraction
- infusion
- Allied health professions and studies