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Published on: April 23, 2019
Simultaneous quantification of alprazolam, 4- and alpha-hydroxyalprazolam in plasma samples using liquid
Annika Allqvist1, Agneta Wennerholm, Jan-Olof Svensson
1Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet at Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, S-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden.
Abstract:
A sensitive and specific method was developed for quantification of alprazolam and its two metabolites 4-hydroxyalprazolam and alpha-hydroxyalprazolam in plasma. The work up procedure was solid phase extraction. Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) was used for separation, detection and quantification of the analytes. The limit of quantitation (LOQ) was 0.05 ng/mL for alprazolam and the two metabolites. The extraction recovery was more than 82% for alprazolam and its metabolites. The within- and between-assay coefficients of variation were in the range of 1.9-17.9%. The method was used for determination of the pharmacokinetics parameters of alprazolam and its two metabolites in healthy Caucasian subjects who ingested 1mg of alprazolam.
