Abstract
An accurate LC method was developed and validated for simultaneous determination of irinotecan (CPT-11) and its active metabolite SN-38 in rat plasma. Plasma samples were pretreated with 0.4 g mL−1 sodium dodecyl sulfate to inactive the carboxylesterase and avoid the conversion of CPT-11 to SN-38. Chromatographic separation was achieved on a Diamaonsil C18 column using acetonitrile–50 mM phosphate buffered solution (30:70, v/v) at pH 4.0 as the mobile phase with the flow rate of 1 mL min−1. The linear quantitation ranges for CPT-11 and SN-38 were 5.05–3,030 and 3.15–315 ng mL−1 with r 2 > 0.99, respectively. The lower limit of quantification (LLOQ) was 2.33 ng mL−1 for CPT-11 and 0.26 ng mL−1 for SN-38 with intra- and inter-day relative standard deviation of 90%. The method was proved to be accurate and sensitive enough and was successfully applied to a pharmacokinetic study of CPT-11 in rats.
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