Marinalva Ferreira Sampaio
Brazil
Research Article
Hydroxocobalamin Quantification in Human Plasma by High-Performance
Liquid Chromatography Coupled with Electrospray Tandem Mass
Spectrometry in a Pharmacokinetic Study
Author(s): Gustavo D. Mendes, Fabiana D. Mendes, Marinalva Ferreira Sampaio, Antonio Sergio Silveira, Lu Shi Chen, Khalid M. Alkharfy and Gilberto De Nucci
Gustavo D. Mendes, Fabiana D. Mendes, Marinalva Ferreira Sampaio, Antonio Sergio Silveira, Lu Shi Chen, Khalid M. Alkharfy and Gilberto De Nucci
A rapid, sensitive and specific method for quantifying hydroxocobalamin in human plasma using paracetamol as the internal standard (IS) is described. The analyte and the IS were extracted from plasma by liquid-liquid extraction using an organic solvent (ethanol 100%; -20°C). The extracts were analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography coupled with electrospray tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS-MS). Chromatography was performed on Prevail C8 3 μm, analytical column (2.1×100 mm i.d.). The method had a chromatographic run time of 3.4 min and a linear calibration curve over the range 5-400 ng.mL-1 (r>0.9983). The limit of quantification was 5 ng.mL-1. The method was also validated without the use of the internal standard. The precision in the intra-batch validation with IS was 9.6%, 8.9%, 1.0% and 2.8% whereas without IS was 9.2%, 8.2%, 1.8% and 1... View More»
DOI:
10.4172/jbb.1000139