Liquid separation techniques coupled with mass spectrometry for chiral analysis of pharmaceuticals compounds and their metabolites in biological fluids

J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2006 Feb 24;40(3):509-15. doi: 10.1016/j.jpba.2005.10.044. Epub 2005 Dec 2.

Abstract

Determination of the chiral composition of drugs is nowadays a key step in order to determine purity, activity, bioavailability, biodegradation, etc., of pharmaceuticals. In this article, works published for the last 5 years on the analysis of chiral drugs by liquid separation techniques coupled with mass spectrometry are reviewed. Namely, chiral analysis of pharmaceuticals including, e.g., antiinflammatories, antihypertensives, relaxants, etc., by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry are included. The importance and interest of the analysis of the enantiomers of the active compound and its metabolites in different biological fluids (plasma, urine, cerebrospinal fluid, etc.) are also discussed.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Blood Chemical Analysis
  • Chromatography, Liquid
  • Electrophoresis, Capillary
  • Humans
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations / analysis*
  • Urinalysis

Substances

  • Pharmaceutical Preparations