Simultaneous stereoselective high-performance liquid chromatographic determination of 10-hydroxycarbazepine and its metabolite carbamazepine-10,11-trans-dihydrodiol in human urine

J Chromatogr B Biomed Sci Appl. 2000 Feb 11;738(2):419-25. doi: 10.1016/s0378-4347(99)00531-9.

Abstract

An enantioselective HPLC method for the simultaneous determination of the concentration of the enantiomers of the oxcarbazepine metabolites 10-hydroxycarbazepine (MHD) and carbamazepine-10,11-trans-dihydrodiol (DHD) in human urine is described. The method is based on extraction with tert.-butylmethyl ether-dichloromethane (2:1, v/v) under alkaline conditions, separation and evaporation of the organic phase and dissolution of the residue in the mobile phase. Enantiomers are resolved on a Diacel Chiralcel OD column (250 mm x 4.6 mm I.D.) under isocratic conditions using as mobile phase n-hexane-ethanol-2-propanol (18:2:1, v/v/v) with addition of glacial acetic acid (0.1%). The enantiomers are detected by UV at 215 nm. The method allows reliable determination of the MHD and DHD enantiomers in human urine with limits of quantification of 0.2 mg/l and 0.4 mg/l, respectively.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carbamazepine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Carbamazepine / urine
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / methods*
  • Humans
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet

Substances

  • 10,11-dihydro-10-hydroxycarbamazepine
  • carbamazepine-10,11-dihydrodiol
  • Carbamazepine