High-performance liquid chromatographic determination of levomepromazine (methotrimeprazine) and its main metabolites in serum and urine. 1990

T Loennechen, and A Andersen, and P A Hals, and S G Dahl
Department of Pharmacology, University of Tromsø, Norway.

A new analytical method has been developed for simultaneous quantitation of levomepromazine and its five main metabolites in serum and urine. The method uses C-2 bonded phase extraction and reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography, based on ion-pair formation with dodecyl sulfate. The detection limits were 15 nM for levomepromazine and N-desmethyl levomepromazine, 28 nM for levomepromazine sulfoxide, and 56 nM for 3-hydroxylevomepromazine. 7-hydroxylevomepromazine, and O-desmethyllevomepromazine in serum, and lower in urine. The method was applied to measure steady-state serum and urine concentrations of levomepromazine and metabolites in five psychiatric patients. The concentrations of levomepromazine sulfoxide and N-desmethyllevomepromazine were generally higher than the concentrations of levomepromazine. The hydroxylated and O-demethylated metabolites were also found in higher concentrations than levomepromazine, but mainly as conjugates.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008728 Methotrimeprazine A phenothiazine with pharmacological activity similar to that of both CHLORPROMAZINE and PROMETHAZINE. It has the histamine-antagonist properties of the antihistamines together with CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM effects resembling those of chlorpromazine. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p604) Levomeprazin,Levomepromazine,Levopromazine,Tisercin,Tizercine,Tizertsin
D001800 Blood Specimen Collection The taking of a blood sample to determine its character as a whole, to identify levels of its component cells, chemicals, gases, or other constituents, to perform pathological examination, etc. Blood Specimen Collections,Collection, Blood Specimen,Collections, Blood Specimen,Specimen Collection, Blood,Specimen Collections, Blood
D002851 Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid Liquid chromatographic techniques which feature high inlet pressures, high sensitivity, and high speed. Chromatography, High Performance Liquid,Chromatography, High Speed Liquid,Chromatography, Liquid, High Pressure,HPLC,High Performance Liquid Chromatography,High-Performance Liquid Chromatography,UPLC,Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography,Chromatography, High-Performance Liquid,High-Performance Liquid Chromatographies,Liquid Chromatography, High-Performance
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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