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G Anderegg

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Therapeutic drug monitoring of tacrine: simple and fast high-performance liquid chromatography assay method for its determination in human plasma.

A new high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) assay method was developed for the therapeutic monitoring of tacrine. The method involved a simple protein precipitation by means of either acetonitrile or cold methanol followed by a fast isocratic separation on a CN column eluted in reversed-phase mode. The entire sample preparation took place in an HPLC vial and no further liquid transfer was required. The validation data showed that the assay method was precise, accurate, and robust. Analysis of more than 1,000 plasma samples collected from patients with Alzheimer disease demonstrates the suitability of the assay.

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Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry assay method for the therapeutic drug monitoring of the antiepileptic drug tiagabine.

A gas chromatography-mass spectrometry assay method suitable for the therapeutic drug monitoring of the antiepileptic drug tiagabine is described. Tiagabine and its desmethylated analogue used as internal standard were first extracted from serum by liquid-liquid extraction using an ethyl ether-isobutanol 98:2 mixture. Tiagabine and the internal standard were then methylated in the organic phase in presence of methanol by means of a safe and stable diazomethane derivative. After evaporation, the reconstituted extracts were chromatographed on a crosslinked phenyl methyl siloxane capillary column and detected by mass fragmentometry at m/z = 156. No other antiepileptic drug possibly administrated in polytherapy and no metabolite were found to interfere in the assay. The limit of quantification was 5 ng/ml. The precision and the accuracy were found to be suitable for the therapeutic drug monitoring of tiagabine.

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Determination of dimethindene in human tears by high-performance liquid chromatography.

A high-performance liquid chromatographic method is described for the determination of dimethindene in human tears. The tear samples were diluted in a 0.01 M hydrochloric acid-n-propanol mixture to prevent the irreversible adsorption of dimethindene. The diluted samples were directly injected into the chromatographic system to avoid sample pretreatment. The validation data demonstrate that the method is specific, precise and accurate within the calibration range of 12 to 1000 ng/ml dimethindene free base.

Anti-Allergic Agents↗

Chemical and biological properties of a cationic Tc-tetraamine complex.

The complex of 99Tc with the ligand 1,4,8,11-tetraazaundecane (2,3,2-tet) was prepared and was compared with the similar 99Tc complexes with ethylenediamine and 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane. The results are all consistent with the formula [TcO2(2,3,2-tet)]+. The biological behavior was tested with 99mTc in Wistar rats. A fast clearance via the kidneys was found, and no accumulation in any other organ was observed.

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