Abstract
Paracetamol is a safe drug which has been used as an in-vivo probe to determine phase II metabolism in a HIV+/AIDS population. Due to the biohazard nature of HIV-infected samples, a high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) assay which offers minimal sample manipulation and maximal specificity was developed. This reverse-phase HPLC method uses wavelength-switching UV detection for the simultaneous determination of paracetamol and its glucuronide and sulfate metabolites in HIV-infected urine samples. The solvent systems involves a simple isocratic elution with a composition of 50 mM sodium acetate buffer, pH adjusted to 3.5; acetonitrile (96:4 v/v) modified with 0.35% trifluroacetic acid. The validated method is highly reproducible with an inter-assay variation of <7%. This method also shows good precision and sensitivity, making it an ideal assay for phenotyping studies to determine the extent of glucurondiation and sulfation activities.
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