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Quantification of a cytochrome P450 3A4 substrate, buspirone, in human plasma by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.

Arizona Cancer Center, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, United States.
Journal of Chromatography B (impact factor: 2.89). 01/2007; 844(2):235-9. DOI:10.1016/j.jchromb.2006.07.005 pp.235-9
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ABSTRACT A sensitive HPLC-tandem mass spectrometry method was developed for determination of buspirone levels in human plasma. After solid phase extraction and reversed phase HPLC separation, detection of buspirone and the internal standard (prazosin) was performed using eletrospray ionization and selected reaction monitoring in the positive ion mode. Linear calibration curves were established over a concentration range of 0.025-2.5 ng/ml when 0.5 ml aliquots of plasma were used. Satisfactory results of within-day precision (RSD of 1.9-7.7%) and accuracy (% difference of 0.5-6.6%) and between-day precision (RSD of 3.7-11.1%) and accuracy (% difference of 2.2-6.8%) were obtained. The assay has been successfully applied to the analysis of buspirone levels in more than 500 human plasma samples collected from a drug interaction study.

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0.5 ml aliquots
 
500 human plasma samples
 
between-day precision
 
buspirone
 
buspirone levels
 
concentration range
 
detection
 
drug interaction study
 
eletrospray ionization
 
human plasma
 
Linear calibration curves
 
phase HPLC separation
 
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positive ion mode
 
prazosin
 
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sensitive HPLC-tandem mass spectrometry method
 
solid phase extraction
 
within-day precision
 

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