Simultaneous determination of five anti-epilepsy drugs in human plasma using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry

摘要

A new liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry method for the determination of carbamazepine,clonazepam,alprazolam,estazolam and phenytoin in human plasma has been developed by using diazepam as an internal standard.Chromatographic separation was performed on a Zorbax SB-C18 column(30 mm × 2.1 mm,3.5 ?m) with a mobile phase consisting of methanol and aqueous 25 mM ammonium acetate using gradient elution.A diethyl ether extraction method was used for the extraction of five anti-epilepsy drugs.The final extract was injected for analysis by LC-MS/MS.The method was validated within the concentration range of 50-5000 ng mL-1 for five anti-epilepsy drugs.The precision of the assay(RSD%) was less than 10% at all concentration levels within the tested range.The method recoveries for all samples were more than 90%.The results indicate that the method is specific,sensitive and accurate,and suitable to study the pharmacokinetics,to adjust the dosage for individual administration,and to monitor the drug-concentration and drug abuse of the five anti-epilepsy drugs.