Development of water‐phase derivatization followed by solid‐phase microextraction and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry for fast determination of valproic acid in human plasma
- 20 March 2006
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry
- Vol. 20 (8), 1281-1287
- https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.2451
Abstract
In this study, a simple, rapid, and sensitive method was developed and validated for the quantification of valproic acid (VPA), an antiepileptic drug, in human plasma, which was based on water‐phase derivatization followed by headspace solid‐phase microextraction (HS‐SPME) and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). In the proposed method, VPA in plasma was rapidly derivatized with a mixture of isobutyl chloroformate, ethanol and pyridine under mild conditions (room temperature, aqueous medium), and the VPA ethyl ester formed was headspace‐extracted and simultaneously concentrated using the SPME technique. Finally, the analyte extracted on SPME fiber was analyzed by GC/MS. The experimental parameters and method validations were studied. The optimal conditions were obtained: PDMS fiber, stirring rate of 1100 rpm, sample temperature of 80°C, extraction time of 20 min, NaCl concentration of 30%. The proposed method had a limit of quantification (0.3 µg/mL), good recovery (89–97%) and precision (RSD value less than 10%). Because the proposed method combined a rapid water‐phase derivatization with a fast, simple and solvent‐free sample extraction and concentration technique of SPME, the sample preparation time was less than 25 min. This much shortens the whole analysis time of VPA in plasma. The validated method has been successfully used to analyze VPA in human plasma samples for application in pharmacokinetic studies. All these results show that water‐phase derivatization followed by HS‐SPME and GC/MS is an alternative and powerful method for fast determination of VPA in biological fluids. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Keywords
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