Methods to reduce background interferences in electron-capture gas chromatographic analysis of valproic acid and its unsaturated metabolites after derivatization with pentafluorobenzyl bromide

被引:12
作者
Dills, RL [1 ]
Shen, DD [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV WASHINGTON,SCH PHARM,DEPT PHARMACEUT,SEATTLE,WA 98195
来源
JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY B | 1997年 / 690卷 / 1-2期
关键词
valproic acid; medium-chain fatty acids; fatty acids; pentafluorobenzyl bromide;
D O I
10.1016/S0378-4347(96)00405-7
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Analysis of the branched, medium-chain fatty acid anticonvulsant, valproic acid, and its unsaturated metabolites by gas chromatography with electron-capture detection suffered from background interference caused by the derivatizing reagent pentafluorobenzyl bromide. Background was reduced by keeping the derivatization anhydrous, using an inert solvent, minimizing the amount of pentafluorobenzyl bromide, using hypernucleophilic bases and displacing the derivatization solvent with isooctane. However, these strategies proved difficult to reproduce. Post-derivatization clean-up with HPLC was much more reliable and provided sufficient sensitivity for the analysis of extracts of plasma and brain homogenate. The assay was validated for plasma and brain samples from humans, rats and mice.
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页码:139 / 152
页数:14
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