Determination of felodipine, its enantiomers, and a pyridine metabolite in human plasma by capillary gas chromatography with mass spectrometric detection

J Chromatogr B Biomed Appl. 1995 Apr 21;666(2):259-67. doi: 10.1016/0378-4347(94)00579-t.

Abstract

Sensitive methods based on capillary gas chromatography (GC) with mass spectrometric (MS) detection in a selected-ion monitoring mode (SIM) for the determination of racemic felodipine, its enantiomers, and a pyridine metabolite in human plasma are described. Following liquid-liquid extraction from plasma, enantiomers of felodipine were separated on a chiral HPLC column (Chiralcel OJ) and fractions containing each isomer were collected on a continuous basis using a fraction collector. These fractions were later analyzed by GC-MS-SIM. A similar method based on GC-MS-SIM detection was developed for the determination of racemic felodipine and its pyridine metabolite with a minor modification of sample preparation. The limits of quantitation in plasma were 0.1 ng/ml for both the R(+)- and S(-)-enantiomers of felodipine and 0.5 ng/ml for both racemic felodipine and its pyridine metabolite. The stereoselective assay was used to support a clinical study with racemic felodipine, and was capable of analyzing more than 30 plasma samples per day.

MeSH terms

  • Felodipine / blood*
  • Felodipine / chemistry
  • Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / methods*
  • Humans
  • Pyridines / blood*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Pyridines
  • pyridine
  • Felodipine