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M Debackere

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A high performance liquid chromatographic method for the determination of febantel and its major metabolites in lamb plasma.

A high performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method for the determination of the anthelminthic pro-benzimidazole febantel and its major metabolites in lamb plasma has been developed. Samples were extracted after addition of albendazole as internal standard, NH4OH and distilled diethyl ether. The extracted phase was dried under a stream of nitrogen redissolved in methanol and chromatographed by HPLC. Detection was by UV absorbance at 292 nm. Recovery from the plasma was 97.2, 97.1, 54.5 and 88.0% for febantel, fenbendazole, oxfendazole and oxfendazole sulphone respectively, and within-day and between-day coefficients of variation were 4.03, 4.69, 3.57 and 5.06% and 4.25, 3.73, 5.12 and 4.12%, respectively, for febantel, fenbendazole, oxfendazole and oxfendazole sulphone. The specificity and sensitivity of this method (limit of detection in plasma 0.025 micrograms/mL and < or = 0.0125 micrograms/mL for febantel and its metabolites, respectively) were sufficiently high to enable us to characterize the time course of the drug in the plasma after oral administration of therapeutic doses to sheep.

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A liquid chromatographic method for the determination of fenoprofen in equine plasma and urine.

A high performance liquid chromatographic method to measure plasma and urine fenoprofen levels in equine biofluids is described. Liquid-liquid extraction with diethylether was used to isolate the drug from plasma and urine. The accuracy and reproducibility of the method were within acceptable limits over the concentration range 0-10 micrograms/mL and 0-20 micrograms/mL respectively from plasma and urine. Detection limits were 0.05 microgram/mL (2 mL plasma) and 0.2 microgram/mL (0.5 mL urine). This procedure was applied to ascertain the pharmacokinetics of a 3 g dose of fenoprofen calcium in a horse.

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The influence of diuretics on the excretion and metabolism of doping agents. Part IV--Caffeine.

The urinary excretion of caffeine in humans was followed over a period of 36 h after the oral administration of ANIMINE, a formulation containing caffeine-alpha-naphthylacetate. The excretion of caffeine was not as markedly affected by the urinary pH as was found with stimulant amines. Excretion peaks were obtained 1-2 h after the ingestion and the total amount of unchanged caffeine excreted during 12 h varied from 0.57 to 1.51 per cent. The ingestion of the diuretics acetazolamide or furosemide 2 h after caffeine resulted in a urine-flow dependent and consequently increased caffeine excretion during 2-4 h post-diuretic. This increase paralleled the increase in urine volume resulting in no meaningful differences in caffeine concentration compared to normal conditions.

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Influence of hydrolysis procedures on the urinary concentrations of codeine and morphine in relation to doping analysis.

A method is described for the GC-NPD determination of urinary codeine and morphine after derivatization with trifluoroacetic anhydride. The lower limit for accurate quantitative determination was 0.05 microgram ml-1. After the oral administration of Bisolvon Griblettes corresponding to 30 mg codeine phosphate to seven subjects maximum codeine concentrations were obtained after 1-2 h and codeine remained detectable generally 24 h post dosing. The mean maximum level was 5.1 +/- 2.8 micrograms ml-1 found after enzymatic hydrolysis with Suc Helix pomatia juice (SHP). Based on these and previous results (mean 6.3 +/- 3.4 micrograms ml-1) a threshold level for codeine of 16 micrograms ml-1 is proposed. Significant differences were noticed between urinary codeine concentrations found after enzymatic hydrolysis with SHP, beta-glucuronidase from Patella vulgata and acid hydrolysis, respectively. Generally, highest values were obtained after SHP, while beta-glucuronidase and especially acid hydrolysis resulted in much lower levels. No morphine could be detected after acid hydrolysis. Concerning doping analysis, in particular the uniformity of methods and interpretation of the results, it is recommended that the hydrolysis method should be specified in the rules of those sporting federations allowing codeine and/or morphine.

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