Micellar electrokinetic chromatographic method for the determination of letrozole, citalopram and their metabolites in human urine. 2008

J Rodríguez Flores, and A M Contento Salcedo, and M J Villaseñor Llerena, and L Muñoz Fernández
Department of Analytical Chemistry and Foods Technology, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 13071 Ciudad Real, Spain. juana.rflores@uclm.es

A new micellar electrokinetic chromatographic method has been developed to analyse human urine samples containing a combination of a drug used for the treatment of breast cancer (letrozole), an antidepressant (citalopram) and their main metabolites. Best results were obtained by using 15 mM borate buffer (pH 9.2) containing 20 mM sodium dodecyl sulphate and 12% (v/v) 2-propanol as the background electrolyte. The separation was performed through a fused silica capillary at 40 degrees C with the application of 6s (3.45 kPa) of hydrodynamic injection and 30 kV of separation voltage. Detection wavelength was 240 nm. Under these conditions, the migration times for all the studied compounds were ranged between 3.0 and 8.0 min. Linearity ranges were determined as 0.4-5.0 microg/mL for all the compounds. Detection limits between 12.5 and 25 ng/mL were determined in urine samples. According to the validation study, the developed method has been proven to be accurate, precise, sensitive, specific, rugged and robust. This method has been used to determine letrozole, citalopram and their metabolites in human urine at clinical levels. Prior to determination, the samples are purified and enriched by means of an extraction-preconcentration step with a preconditioned C(18) cartridge and by eluting the compounds with methanol. The developed method was applied to the determination of these analytes in three urine samples from patients undergoing treatment with letrozole or citalopram.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009570 Nitriles Organic compounds containing the -CN radical. The concept is distinguished from CYANIDES, which denotes inorganic salts of HYDROGEN CYANIDE. Nitrile
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000077289 Letrozole A triazole and benzonitrile derivative that is a selective non-steroidal aromatase inhibitor, similar to ANASTROZOLE. It is used in the treatment of metastatic or locally advanced breast cancer in postmenopausal women. 4,4'-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl-methylene)-bis(benzonitrile),CGS 20267,CGS-20267,Femara,Fémara,CGS20267
D000970 Antineoplastic Agents Substances that inhibit or prevent the proliferation of NEOPLASMS. Anticancer Agent,Antineoplastic,Antineoplastic Agent,Antineoplastic Drug,Antitumor Agent,Antitumor Drug,Cancer Chemotherapy Agent,Cancer Chemotherapy Drug,Anticancer Agents,Antineoplastic Drugs,Antineoplastics,Antitumor Agents,Antitumor Drugs,Cancer Chemotherapy Agents,Cancer Chemotherapy Drugs,Chemotherapeutic Anticancer Agents,Chemotherapeutic Anticancer Drug,Agent, Anticancer,Agent, Antineoplastic,Agent, Antitumor,Agent, Cancer Chemotherapy,Agents, Anticancer,Agents, Antineoplastic,Agents, Antitumor,Agents, Cancer Chemotherapy,Agents, Chemotherapeutic Anticancer,Chemotherapy Agent, Cancer,Chemotherapy Agents, Cancer,Chemotherapy Drug, Cancer,Chemotherapy Drugs, Cancer,Drug, Antineoplastic,Drug, Antitumor,Drug, Cancer Chemotherapy,Drug, Chemotherapeutic Anticancer,Drugs, Antineoplastic,Drugs, Antitumor,Drugs, Cancer Chemotherapy
D012680 Sensitivity and Specificity Binary classification measures to assess test results. Sensitivity or recall rate is the proportion of true positives. Specificity is the probability of correctly determining the absence of a condition. (From Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed) Specificity,Sensitivity,Specificity and Sensitivity
D014230 Triazoles Heterocyclic compounds containing a five-membered ring with two carbon atoms and three nitrogen atoms with the molecular formula C2H3N3. Triazole
D015283 Citalopram A furancarbonitrile that is one of the SELECTIVE SEROTONIN REUPTAKE INHIBITORS used as an antidepressant. The drug is also effective in reducing ethanol uptake in alcoholics and is used in depressed patients who also suffer from TARDIVE DYSKINESIA in preference to tricyclic antidepressants, which aggravate dyskinesia. Celexa,Citalopram Hydrobromide,Cytalopram,Lu-10-171,Seropram,Lu10171
D018687 Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation A structurally and mechanistically diverse group of drugs that are not tricyclics or monoamine oxidase inhibitors. The most clinically important appear to act selectively on serotonergic systems, especially by inhibiting serotonin reuptake. Antidepressants, Atypical,Atypical Antidepressants,Second-Generation Antidepressive Agents,Antidepressive Drugs, Second-Generation,Agents, Second-Generation Antidepressive,Antidepressive Agents, Second Generation,Antidepressive Drugs, Second Generation,Drugs, Second-Generation Antidepressive,Second Generation Antidepressive Agents,Second-Generation Antidepressive Drugs
D020374 Chromatography, Micellar Electrokinetic Capillary A hybrid separation technique combining both chromatographic and electrophoretic separation principles. While the method was invented to separate neutral species, it can also be applied to charged molecules such as small peptides. MECC,MEKC,Micellar Electrokinetic Capillary Chromatography

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