Abstract
This is a fully automated system for determining six common antiepileptic drugs and two principal metabolites of carbamazepine in serum. It is base on 'high-performance' liquid chromatography (HPLC), with column switching. TSKprecolumn BSA-ODS and TSKgel ODS-120A (both from Toyo Soda) were used as the precolumn and analytical column, repectively. The former contains octadecylsilyl resins treated with bovine serum albumin (BSA), and does not adsorb macromolecules such as serum proteins but retains small lipophilic molecules such as antiepileptic drugs. Serum samples are directly injected onto the precolumn. After washing out the serum proteins from the precolumn with sodium phosphate buffer, we switch the column connections to introduce the retained substances onto the analytical column and elute with a step-gradient of acetonitrile/sodium phosphate buffer. The high analytical recovery (95-102%) and the reproducibilities (CV <5% within-run) indicate that this system is suitable for use in therapeutic drug monitoring in clinical laboratories.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 141-144 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Clinical Chemistry |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 1988 Jan 1 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Biochemistry
- Biochemistry, medical