Development and Validation of a LC/MS/MS Method for the Determination of Duloxetine in Human Plasma and Its Application to Pharmacokinetic Study

A selective, high sensitive and high throughput liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS/MS) method has been developed and validated for the chromatographic separation and quantitation of duloxetine in human EDTA plasma using fluoxetine (IS) as an internal standard. Analyte and IS w...

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Main Authors: D. Chandrapal Reddy, A. T. Bapuji, V. Surayanarayana Rao, V. Himabindu, D. Rama Raju, Syed Syedba, H. L. V. Ravikiran
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Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:E-Journal of Chemistry
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/912568
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description A selective, high sensitive and high throughput liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS/MS) method has been developed and validated for the chromatographic separation and quantitation of duloxetine in human EDTA plasma using fluoxetine (IS) as an internal standard. Analyte and IS were extracted from human plasma by liquid-liquid extraction using MTBE-n Hexane (80:20).The eluted samples were chromatographed on X-terra RP8 (50 mmx4.6 mm, 5 μm particle size) column by using mixture of 30 mM ammonium formate (pH-5.0±0.05) and acetonitrile as an isocratic mobile phase at a flow rate of 0.40 mL/min and analyzed by mass spectrometer in the multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) using the respective m/z 298.08→154.0 for duloxetine and 310.02→148.07 for IS. The linearity of the response/ concentration curve was established in human plasma over the concentration range 0.100-100.017 ng/mL. The lower detection limit (LOD,S/N>3) was 0.04 ng/mL and the lower limit of quantization (LOQ,S/N>10) was 0.100 ng/mL. This LC-MS/MS method was validated with Intra-batch and Inter-batch precision of 5.21-7.02. The Intra-batch and Inter-batch accuracy was 97.14-103.50 respectively. Recovery of duloxetine in human plasma is 80.31% and ISTD recovery is 81.09%. The main pharmacokinetic parameters were Tmax (hr) = (7.25±1.581), Cmax (ng/mL) (44.594±18.599), AUC0→t, = (984.702±526.502) and AUC0→∞, (1027.147±572.790) respectively.
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spelling doaj-art-451a05ffd48044d993682a00063847b32025-02-03T05:51:37ZengWileyE-Journal of Chemistry0973-49452090-98102012-01-019289991110.1155/2012/912568Development and Validation of a LC/MS/MS Method for the Determination of Duloxetine in Human Plasma and Its Application to Pharmacokinetic StudyD. Chandrapal Reddy0A. T. Bapuji1V. Surayanarayana Rao2V. Himabindu3D. Rama Raju4Syed Syedba5H. L. V. Ravikiran6Department of Clinical Pharmacology, APL-Research Centre, Hyderabad 500090, AP, IndiaDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, APL-Research Centre, Hyderabad 500090, AP, IndiaDepartment of Chemistry SKD University, Anantapur 515 055, AP, IndiaInstitute of Science and Technology, JNT University, Kukatpally, Hyderabad 500085, AP, IndiaDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, APL-Research Centre, Hyderabad 500090, AP, IndiaDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, APL-Research Centre, Hyderabad 500090, AP, IndiaDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, APL-Research Centre, Hyderabad 500090, AP, IndiaA selective, high sensitive and high throughput liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS/MS) method has been developed and validated for the chromatographic separation and quantitation of duloxetine in human EDTA plasma using fluoxetine (IS) as an internal standard. Analyte and IS were extracted from human plasma by liquid-liquid extraction using MTBE-n Hexane (80:20).The eluted samples were chromatographed on X-terra RP8 (50 mmx4.6 mm, 5 μm particle size) column by using mixture of 30 mM ammonium formate (pH-5.0±0.05) and acetonitrile as an isocratic mobile phase at a flow rate of 0.40 mL/min and analyzed by mass spectrometer in the multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) using the respective m/z 298.08→154.0 for duloxetine and 310.02→148.07 for IS. The linearity of the response/ concentration curve was established in human plasma over the concentration range 0.100-100.017 ng/mL. The lower detection limit (LOD,S/N>3) was 0.04 ng/mL and the lower limit of quantization (LOQ,S/N>10) was 0.100 ng/mL. This LC-MS/MS method was validated with Intra-batch and Inter-batch precision of 5.21-7.02. The Intra-batch and Inter-batch accuracy was 97.14-103.50 respectively. Recovery of duloxetine in human plasma is 80.31% and ISTD recovery is 81.09%. The main pharmacokinetic parameters were Tmax (hr) = (7.25±1.581), Cmax (ng/mL) (44.594±18.599), AUC0→t, = (984.702±526.502) and AUC0→∞, (1027.147±572.790) respectively.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/912568
spellingShingle D. Chandrapal Reddy
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V. Himabindu
D. Rama Raju
Syed Syedba
H. L. V. Ravikiran
Development and Validation of a LC/MS/MS Method for the Determination of Duloxetine in Human Plasma and Its Application to Pharmacokinetic Study
E-Journal of Chemistry
title Development and Validation of a LC/MS/MS Method for the Determination of Duloxetine in Human Plasma and Its Application to Pharmacokinetic Study
title_full Development and Validation of a LC/MS/MS Method for the Determination of Duloxetine in Human Plasma and Its Application to Pharmacokinetic Study
title_fullStr Development and Validation of a LC/MS/MS Method for the Determination of Duloxetine in Human Plasma and Its Application to Pharmacokinetic Study
title_full_unstemmed Development and Validation of a LC/MS/MS Method for the Determination of Duloxetine in Human Plasma and Its Application to Pharmacokinetic Study
title_short Development and Validation of a LC/MS/MS Method for the Determination of Duloxetine in Human Plasma and Its Application to Pharmacokinetic Study
title_sort development and validation of a lc ms ms method for the determination of duloxetine in human plasma and its application to pharmacokinetic study
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/912568
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