Cholesterol-reducing statin drugs are the most frequently prescribed agents for reducing morbidity and mortality related to coronary heart disease. In this publication a validated, highly sensitive, and selective isocratic HPLC method is reported for quantitative determination of the major statin drug atorvastatin (ATV) and its metabolite 2-hydroxyatorvastatin (HATV). Detection was performed with an electrospray ionization triple-quadrupole mass spectrometer equipped with an ESI interface operating in positive-ionization mode. Multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) was used for MS-MS detection. The calibration plot was linear in the concentration range 0.10-40.00 ng mL(-1) for both ATV and HATV. Inter-day and intra-day precision and accuracy of the proposed method were characterized by measurement of relative standard deviation (RSD) and percentage deviation, respectively; both were less than 8% for both analytes. The limit of quantitation was 0.02 ng mL(-1) for ATV and 0.07 ng mL(-1) for HATV. The method was used for pharmacokinetic study of ATV and HATV. Pharmacokinetic data for all analytes are also reported.
A validated, highly sensitive, and selective HPLC method with MS-MS detection has been developed for quantitative determination of azithromycin (AZI) in human Na2EDTA plasma. Roxithromycin (ROX) was used as internal standard. Human plasma containing AZI and internal standard was ultrafiltered through Centrifree Micropartition devices and the concentration of AZI was determined by isocratic HPLC-MS-MS. Multiple reaction monitoring mode (MRM) was used for MS-MS detection. The calibration plot was linear in the concentration range 2.55-551.43 ng mL(-1). Inter-day and Intra-day precision and accuracy of the proposed method were characterized by R.S.D and percentage deviation, respectively; both were less than 8%. Limit of quantification was 2.55 ng mL(-1). The proposed method was used to determine the pharmacokinetic profile of AZI (250-mg tablets).
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