Summary.A high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method with fluorescence detection after precolumn formaldehyde derivation was developed to detect concentrations of amoxicillin (AMX) in poultry plasma. Proteins in plasma samples spiked with AMX were precipitated with a phosphate buffer and trichloroacetic acid. After precolumn treatment of the extraction product of AMX with formaldehyde under acidic and heating conditions, HPLC analysis with fluorescence (FL) detection at an excitation wavelength of 355 nm and an emission wavelength of 450 nm was performed. A mobile phase comprising acetonitrile and a buffer solution (0.05 M KH2PO4 pH = 5.6), which yielded AMX retention time 8.58 min, was suitable for detection of AMX. The calculated standard curve of the reaction product was linear, and the correlation coefficient was greater than 0.999. The limit of detection and quantification, the accuracy, and the precision were evaluated. Recoveries of spiked amoxicillin were >92%, with a coefficient of variation in the range of 0.35-0.89%. This method has been successfully applied to a pharmacokinetic study after oral administration of amoxicillin to poultry.
Nutritional deficiencies, including malnutrition and its irreversible type cachexia, are often observed in patients with head and neck cancer (HNC). Among the various factors contributing to the occurrence of these disorders, inflammation seems to be crucial. The potential regulatory properties of miR-511-3p, e.g., post-translational alteration of expression of genes with protein products that are involved in inflammation, may be related to nutritional deficiencies observed in HNC patients. Therefore, the aim of our study was to assess the correlation between pretreatment miR-511-3p expression and nutritional status in patients undergoing radiotherapy (RT) due to HNC. In our retrospective study, 60 consecutively admitted patients treated with intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) due to advanced HNC were enrolled. The analysis of miR-511-3p expression was performed using real-time PCR. Significantly higher expression of miR-511-3p was observed in well-nourished patients compared to patients with moderate or severe malnutrition (p = 0.0001). Pretreatment expression of miR-511-3p may be a useful biomarker of nutritional deficiencies in patients subjected to IMRT due to HNC.
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