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  • Title: An HPLC assay and a microbiological assay to determine levofloxacin in soft tissue, bone, bile and serum.
    Author: Böttcher S, von Baum H, Hoppe-Tichy T, Benz C, Sonntag HG.
    Journal: J Pharm Biomed Anal; 2001 May; 25(2):197-203. PubMed ID: 11275428.
    Abstract:
    A simple, specific and sensitive HPLC assay for levofloxacin in serum, bile, soft tissue and bone was evaluated and validated. The samples were prepared by protein precipitation with acids and methanol, which yielded high recoveries (for serum and bile>98% and for bone and soft tissue>90%). The compounds were separated on a reversed phase column with an acidic mobile phase containing triethylamine. The eluate was monitored by fluorescence detection. The HPLC assay is linear over the usable concentration range (0.1-40 microg/ml) and it provides good validation data for accuracy and precision. Although comparison of HPLC results to the results of a microbiological assay showed congruent results (regression coefficients>0.967). HPLC should be the method of choice for determination of levofloxacin in biological matrices.
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