Stereoselective determination of methadone in serum by HPLC following solid-phase extraction on disk

✍ Scribed by Serge Rudaz; Jean-Luc Veuthey

• Book ID: 103912476
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 486 KB
• Volume: 14
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0731-7085
• DOI: 10.1016/0731-7085(95)01660-0

✦ Synopsis

A solid-phase extraction (SPE) technique for methadone has been developed using a mixed-mode solid-phase extraction disk which contains both hydrophobic and cation-exchange functional groups. The SPE technique was used to isolate the drug from the biological matrix and to prepare a cleaner sample prior to stereoselective analysis by HPLC on a silica column with covalently bound ~l-acid glycoprotein (Chirai-AGP) followed by ultraviolet detection at 205 rim.

The within-run precision was less than 5% for the complete method over the therapeutic range. The quantification ~imit was 25 ng ml -~. The between-run precision was less than 15% at the quantification limit. The between-run precision at other concentrations was less than 8.5% with an accuracy of more than 95%. The mean recovery for R-methadone was 78.5% and the mean recovery for S-methadone was 73.4%. The complete procedure has been validated. This method was successfully used for the analysis of 15 clinical cases.