Sensitive and selective LC-MS/MS assay for quantitation of flutrimazole in human plasma

L. Shen, S.-J. Liu, N.-S. Zhang, G.-L. Dai, C. Zou, C.-Y. Li, X.-H. Chen, W.-Z. Ju

Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. 13951672230@163.com

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• Pharmacology

OBJECTIVE: A highly sensitive liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method was developed and validated for the determination of flutrimazole in human plasma. This study was to investigate the application of sensitive and selective LC-MS/MS method for quantitation of flutrimazole in human plasma.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: The analysis and internal standard were extracted with ether and hexane (v:v, 1:1) followed by a rapid isocratic elution with a 0.1% formic acid/methanol (v:v, 20:80) on a C18 column (50 mm × 2.1 mm I.D.) and subsequent analysis by mass spectrometry in the multi-reaction-monitoring mode. The precursor to production transitions of m/z 279.0 → 183.1 and m/z 441.0 → 295.1 were used to measure the analyte and the internal standard.

RESULTS: The assay was linear over the concentration range of 0.996-99.6 ng•mL-1 for flutrimazole in human plasma. The lower limit of quantification was 0.996 ng•mL-1 and the extraction recovery was larger than 78.83% for flutrimazole. The inter- and intra-day precision of the method at three concentrations was less than 9.26%.

CONCLUSIONS: The LC-MS/MS method was firstly applied to quantitation of flutrimazole in human plasma.

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