Abstract
A method was developed for the separation and quantification of the warfare nerve agent sarin (O-isopropylmethylphosphonoflouridate), its metabolite methylphosphonic acid, the anti nerve agent drug pyridostigmine bromide (PB;3-dimethylaminocarbonyloxy-N-methyl pyridinium bromide) and its metaboliteN-methyl-3-hydroxypyridinium bromide in rat plasma and urine. The method involved using solid phase extraction and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with reversed phase C18 column, and UV detection at 280 nm. The compounds were separated using gradient of 1% to 55% acetonitrile in 0.1% triflouroacetic acid water solution (pH 3.20) at flow rate of 0.9 ml/min in a period of 15 min. The retention times ranged from 4.4–12.1 min. The limits of detection were 50 ng mL−1 for PB andN-methyl-3-hydroxypyridinium bromide, and 10 μg mL−1 for sarin and methylphosphonic acid, while limits of quantitation were between 100 ng mL−1–12 μg mL−1. Average percentage recovery of five spiked samples from plasma were 84.6±8.4, 86.5±9.0, 76.4±8.5, 81.3±8.2, and from urine 78.5±7.9, 76.4±7.8, 74.4±8.4, 80.6±6.8 for sarin, methylphosphonic acid, pyridostigmine bromide andN-methyl-3-hydroxypyridinium bromide, respectively. This method was applied to analyze the above chemicals and metabolites following combined administration in rats.
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