Determination of encainide and its metabolites by high-performance liquid chromatography |
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| Authors: | K Selinger J C Crawhall |
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| Affiliation: | Royal Victoria Hospital and McGill University, Division of Clinical Biochemistry, Quebec, Canada. |
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| Abstract: | Encainide (ENC) and its metabolites O-demethylencainide (ODE), 3-methoxy-O-demethylencainide (MODE), N-demethylencainide (NDE) and bis-N,O-demethylencainide (NODE) have been measured by two HPLC procedures. The method of Mayol using a mu Porasil column with ethanol-water-methanesulphonic acid as mobile phase was not able to separately measure NODE and NDE in plasma. A new method is described using a mu Bondapak Phenyl column with acetonitrile-phosphate buffer (0.05 M, pH 7.5) that yields satisfactory separation of ENC and its metabolites. NODE was not identified as a metabolite in 23 patients analysed. |
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