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Development and validation of an HPLC method for the determination of benzodiazepines and tricyclic antidepressants in biological fluids after sequential SPE.Uddin MN, Samanidou VF, Papadoyannis IN Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece. A novel method for the simultaneous determination of six benzodiazepines (BZDs) and four tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) in biological fluids by HPLC with UV detection at 240 nm has been developed. After a deproteinization step biological fluids were analyzed by direct injection. SPE on Nexus cartridges was also applied. Since two compounds, namely imipramine and diazepam, were coeluting, a sequential SPE protocol has been developed. BZDs were eluted by a mixture of methanol/ACN(1:1), followed by the elution of TCAs with methanol. Separation was performed on a Kromasil C8 column (250 x 64 mm(2) id, 5 microm) using a mobile phase of 0.05 MCH3COONH4/ACN/methanol (initial composition 55:15:30 v/v/v) at a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min delivered by a gradient program within 15 min. Colchicine was used as the internal standard (4 ng/microL). The method was linear for all analytes up to 20 ng/lL, with coefficients of regression between 0.996 and 0.99996. LODs and LOQs were 0.08-1.17 and 0.28-3.91 ng/lL, respectively. Recovery was in the range of 92.8-108.7% for within-day and 91.9-109.9% for between-day assays, with RSD values lower than 10.0% for all matrices. Published 29 July 2008 in J Sep Sci, 31(13): 2358-70.
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