Abstract
Thioridazine (THD) is a phenothiazine neuroleptic drug used for the treatment of psychiatric disorders. After oral administration THD is extensively biotransformed to thioridazine 2-sulfone (THD 2-SO 2), thioridazine 5-sulfoxide (THD 5-SO) and thioridazine 2-sulfoxide (THD 2-SO). THD 2-SO and THD 5-SO have two chiral centres and therefore exist as two diastereoisomeric pairs. The degradation and epimerization of THD 2-SO in human plasma, buffer and methanolic solutions were studied using an enantioselective HPLC method. The samples were prepared by liquid–liquid extraction with diethyl ether and the chiral resolution of the enantiomers was carried out on a Chiralpak AD column using a mobile phase consisting of hexane:ethanol:2-propanol (90:7:3, v/v/v) containing 0.2% diethylamine. The method was validated and used to study the degradation and epimerization under different conditions of incubation. Our results showed that both enantiomers were stable at varying temperatures, pH and ionic strengths; however, solubility problems were observed, mainly at pH 8.5. The influence of light on stability was studied using methanolic solutions and degradation and epimerization of the THD 2-SO enantiomers were observed under UV light of 366 and 254 nm, respectively.
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