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Rapid isolation of some antiepileptic hydantoins and their analogues with Sep-Pak C18 cartridges and capillary gas chromatography with splitless injection

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A simple and rapid method for isolation of seven antiepileptics (2 hydantoin, 2 oxazolidin, and 3 suximide derivatives) from urine and plasma is presented. Urine and plasma (1ml) samples containing seven antiepileptics were mixed with distilled water (4ml), and the sample solution was poured into a pretreated Sep-Pak C18 cartridge; this was washed with water and chloroform/methanol was passed through it to elute the antiepileptics. The eluate was mixed with isoamyl acetate and evaporated under a stream of N2. The drugs were detected by gas chromatography with fused silica capillary columns, splitless injection and flame ionization detection. Separation of the seven antiepileptics from each other and from impurities was satisfactory with the use of an SPB-1 capillary column. The detection limit for the seven antiepileptics with the present method was 0.1–l.0μg/ml urine or plasma. The recovery of the drugs from urine and plasma was more than 70% and 50%, respectively.

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Es wird eine einfache und schnelle Methode zur Extraktion und zum gaschromatographischen Nachweis von sieben Antiepileptika (2 Hydantoin-, 2 Oxazolidin- und 3 Succinimid-Derivaten) in Harn und Plasma beschrieben. Harn und Plasma (1ml) werden mit dest. Wasser (4ml) versetzt und auf eine vorbehandelte Sep-Pak C18 Kartusche gegeben. Nach Waschen mit dest. Wasser werden die Verbindungen mit Chloroform/Methanol eluiert. Das Eluat wird mit Isoamylacetat versetzt und unter N2 eingeengt. Dann erfolgt die gaschromatographische Trennung: Quarzkapillarsäule, splitlose Injektionstechnik und FID. Mit der SPB-1 Kapillarsäule gelang eine gute Trennung der sieben Antiepileptika voneinander und von weiteren Substanzen aus der Matrix. Unter den angegebenen Analysebedingungen betrug die Nachweisgrenze 0.1–1.0μg/ml Harn oder Plasma. Die Wiederfindungsraten lagen bei den Harnanalysen über 70%, im Plasma über 50%; bei einigen wurden Wiederfindungsraten von mehr als 100% ermittelt.

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Kumazawa, T., Suzuki, O., Seno, H. et al. Rapid isolation of some antiepileptic hydantoins and their analogues with Sep-Pak C18 cartridges and capillary gas chromatography with splitless injection. Z Rechtsmed 103, 479–485 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01254399

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