N. Musso, C. Vergassola, A. Pende
Jul 1, 1990
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Journal of Liquid Chromatography & Related Technologies
Abstract
Abstract Epinine is the active moiety of ibopamine, a cardiovascular prodrug used in congestive heart failure. This catecholic compound shows dopaminergic and adrenergic properties. Moreover the drug seems to affect plasma catecholamine levels in patients with heart failure. Here we present a method developed for the simultaneous determination of epinine and catecholamine plasma levels. Free epinine and catecholamines were extracted from human venous plasma via an alumina adsorption procedure. The extracts underwent an ion-pair reversed-phase HPLC separation with three-electrode coulometry. Quantitation was made by an internal standard method. Coefficients of variation were 0.997). The detection limits were ≤ 5 pg of each catechol after extraction. This method allows about 50 low cost determination to be done in a working day.