Biomedical subjects

R Woloszczak

Publications and source records attributed to R Woloszczak.

3 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed2006

Automated determination of the pKa values of 4-hydroxybenzoic acid in cosolvent-water mixtures and related solvent effects using a modified HPLC system.

An automated spectrophotometric method based on an HPLC system with a diode array detector was used to determine the pK(a) values of compounds with low water solubility in a universal buffer containing acetonitrile as cosolvent. The column of the system was replaced with a capillary connecting the injection system and the diode array detector. Specific solvent effects were corrected for using the dielectric constants of the mixed solvent and pure water. The method was tested using 4-hydroxybenzoic acid and the results were compared with those obtained with a spectrophotometer. Linear regression lines with different slopes were obtained from spectrophotometric measurements of different cosolvent-water mixtures. These effects were shown to depend upon the polarity of the solvent-water mixture, and they were explained by the solvatochromic behavior of the 4-hydroxybenzoic acid in the solvent-water mixture.

Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid↗

PubMed1994

Influence of changes in the concentration of sex hormone-binding globulin in human serum on the protein binding of the contraceptive steroids levonorgestrel, 3-keto-desogestrel and gestodene.

The serum protein binding of levonorgestrel, gestodene and 3-keto-desogestrel has been determined during several clinical studies with different oral contraceptive formulations and one in vitro study. The results of these studies were combined in order to assess the relation between changes in the concentration of sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) and the effect on the free fraction of the progestins as well as on their distribution with respect to the binding proteins albumin and SHBG. Although marked differences in protein binding were seen for the three progestins at low concentrations of SHBG, these differences became less pronounced at high levels of SHBG which were reached during established oral contraceptive therapy. A nonlinear relation could be shown for either the free or the protein-bound fraction of the progestins and the concentration of SHBG in the serum, respectively.

Adult↗

PubMed1980

A program library for computing the parameters of linear compartment models in pharmacokinetics.

A program library is presented with which explicit solutions of linear compartment models can be fitted to pharmacokinetic experimental data. Use is made of the fact that transport constants can be calculated from the numberical solution of such a problem without ambiguity. The non-linear regression is carried out using the Powell-method. A report of our experience with, e.g. choice of objective function, lag-time, accuracy of the numerical solution is included.

Computers↗