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High‐performance liquid chromatographic assay for imipramine, desipramine, and their 2‐hydroxylated metabolites

  • SUNY Buffalo

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Abstract

A high‐performance liquid chromatographic method is presented for the simultaneous determination of imipramine, desipramine, and their 2‐hydroxylated metabolites in plasma. The method involves a simple plasma extraction at basic pH with organic solvent, chromatography on a silica gel column, and fluorescence detection. Correlation with a GLC‐mass spectrometric method for imipramine and desipramine is illustrated. The method can detect 1 ng of each component/ml of plasma, sufficient sensitivity for pharmacokinetic studies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)703-705
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Volume68
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 1979

Keywords

  • Antidepressants, tricyclic—imipramine, desipramine, high‐performance liquid chromatographic analysis in plasma
  • Desipramine—analysis in plasma, high‐performance liquid chromatography
  • High‐performance liquid chromatography—analysis, imipramine, desipramine, 2‐hydroxylated metabolites in plasma
  • Imipramine—analysis in plasma, high‐performance liquid chromatography, metabolites

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