Determination of pamidronate in urine by ion-pair liquid chromatography after derivatization with 1-naphthylisothiocyanate

Rolf W. Sparidans, Jan Den Hartigh, Jos H. Beijnen, Pieter Vermeij*

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Abstract

A sensitive method for the determination of pamidronate disodium [(3-amino-1-hydroxypropylidene)bisphosphonate, APD] in urine has been developed and validated. The procedure involves a triple co-precipitation with calcium phosphate, solid-phase extraction on a quaternary ammonium column, derivatization with 1-naphthylisothiocyanate and ion-pair liquid-liquid extraction. From the two reaction products, naphthylthiocarbamyl-APD is converted into the other, naphthylcarbamyl-APD, by an oxidative desulphuration with hydrogen peroxide prior to analysis by ion-pair HPLC and fluorescence detection at 285/390 nm. The method has a coefficient of variation of 7% for the intra-assay precision of 99 ng ml-1 APD and 11% for the inter-assay precision. The lower limit of quantification is 3 ng ml-1 APD in 2.5 ml of human urine.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)137-144
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of chromatography. B, Biomedical applications
Volume696
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Aug 1997

Keywords

  • 1-Naphthylisothiocyanate
  • Bisphosphonates
  • Pamidronate

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