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A rapid, sensitive, and accurate high-performance liquid-chromatographic–mass spectrometric (HPLC–MS) method, with estazolam as internal standard, has been developed and validated for determination of aripiprazole in human plasma. After liquid–liquid extraction the compound was analyzed by HPLC on a C18 column, with acetonitrile—30 mm ammonium acetate containing 0.1% formic acid, 58:42 (v/v), as mobile phase, coupled with electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS). The protonated analyte was quantified by selected-ion recording (SIR) with a quadrupole mass spectrometer in positive-ion mode. Calibration plots were linear over the concentration range 19.9–1119.6 ng mL−1. Intra-day and inter-day precision (CV%) and accuracy (RE%) for quality-control samples (37.3, 124.4, and 622.0 ng mL−1) ranged between 2.5 and 9.0% and between 1.3 and 3.5%, respectively. Extraction recovery of aripiprazole from plasma was in the range 75.8–84.1%. The method enables rapid, sensitive, precise, and accurate measurement of the concentration of aripiprazole in human plasma.
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We thank Dr Tie-qiao Liu, Dr Zhe-ning Liu, and Nurse Meng-xian Deng for their clinical assistance.
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Zuo, Xc., Wang, F., Xu, P. et al. LC–ESI–MS for Rapid and Sensitive Determination of Aripiprazole in Human Plasma. Chroma 64, 387–391 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1365/s10337-006-0037-1
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