Determination of gacyclidine enantiomers in human plasma by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry using selected-ion monitoring.
A sensitive gas chromatographic assay using mass selective-detection has been developed for the simultaneous quantitation of the enantiomers of (+/-)-gacyclidine (a non competitive N-methyl-D-aspartate antagonist) in human plasma. Gacyclidine enantiomers and phencyclidine ( PCP), the internal standard, were extracted using a single-step liquid-liquid extraction with hexane at pH 8. 0. Each enantiomer was separated on a chiral gas chromatography capillary column and specifically detected by mass spectrometry (MS) in selected-ion monitoring (SIM) mode. Gacyclidine enantiomers and PCP were monitored using the fragment ions at m/z 206 and 200, respectively. No interference was observed from endogenous components. The limit of quantitation (LOQ) for each enantiomer of gacyclidine was 300 pg/ml by using plasma samples of 500 microl. The calibration curves were linear (r2=0.998) over a range of 0.3125 to 20 ng/ml. The extraction efficiency was higher than 95% for both enantiomers. Intra- and inter-day bias were less than 10% at every standard curve concentration. Intra-day precision was less than 19% for (-)-gacyclidine and 15% for (+)-gacyclidine. Inter-day precision was below 15% for both enantiomers. The assay was validated for an enantioselective pharmacokinetic study in healthy male volunteers.[1]References
- Determination of gacyclidine enantiomers in human plasma by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry using selected-ion monitoring. Hoizey, G., Vistelle, R., Lamiable, D., Millart, H., Gourdier, B., d'Arbigny, P. J. Chromatogr. B Biomed. Sci. Appl. (1997) [Pubmed]
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