Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometric method for the sensitive determination of niflumic acid in human plasma and its application to pharmacokinetic study of talniflumate tablet.

Eun Ji Park, Dong Hee Na, Young-Hee Shin, Kang Choon Lee

Drug Targeting Laboratory, College of Pharmacy, SungKyunKwan University, 300 Chonchon-dong, Jangan-ku, Suwon 440-746, Kyunggi-do, Republic of Korea.

Journal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences 2008 Dec 15

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A sensitive LC-MS method was developed and validated for the determination of niflumic acid (NFA), the active metabolite of the talniflumate formulation, in human plasma. The analyses were performed on C(18) column using acetonitrile-ammonium acetate buffer (pH 5.7, 40:60) as a mobile phase with quadrupole MS detection of NFA at m/z 281 in a negative ion-monitoring mode. Calibration curve was linear in the concentration range of 1-1000ng/mL in human plasma. The higher sensitivity of LC-MS allowed low concentrations of NFA to be determined at initial drug absorption and terminal elimination phases following oral administration of talniflumate tablet.

Citation

Eun Ji Park, Dong Hee Na, Young-Hee Shin, Kang Choon Lee. Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometric method for the sensitive determination of niflumic acid in human plasma and its application to pharmacokinetic study of talniflumate tablet. Journal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences. 2008 Dec 15;876(2):159-62