Rapid HPLC analysis of the antiepileptic lamotrigine and its metabolites in human plasma

✍ Scribed by Maria Addolorata Saracino; Francesca Bugamelli; Matteo Conti; Mario Amore; Maria Augusta Raggi

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 740 KB
• Volume: 30
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1615-9306
• DOI: 10.1002/jssc.200700110

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

A liquid chromatographic method with diode array detection (DAD) has been developed for the analysis of the antiepileptic agent lamotrigine (LTG) and its metabolites, lamotrigine 2‐N‐glucuronide and 2‐N‐methylated in plasma samples. The analytes were separated on a C8 RP column, using a mobile phase composed of methanol and a 0.45 mM, pH 3.5 phosphate buffer containing 0.17% triethylamine (24:76 v/v). Melatonin was used as the internal standard (IS). The DAD detector was set at 220 nm for the detection of all the analytes. A simple protein precipitation with methanol guaranteed high extraction yield values (>90%) and good purification from matrix interference. Good linearity was obtained in the 0.1–15.0 μg/mL range for LTG and lamotrigine 2‐N‐glucuronide and in the 0.1–2.0 μg/mL range for lamotrigine 2‐N‐methylated. The analytical method was validated in terms of precision, extraction yield, and accuracy. These assays gave RSD% values for precision always lower than 4.3% and mean accuracy higher than 80%. The method seems to be suitable for the analysis of plasma samples from patients treated with Lamictal.