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  • Title: [Determination of simvastatin in human plasma using ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry].
    Author: Wang D, Qin F, Chen L, Hao Y, Zhang Y, Li F.
    Journal: Se Pu; 2008 May; 26(3):327-30. PubMed ID: 18724669.
    Abstract:
    A rapid, sensitive and specific method has been developed for the determination of simvastatin in human plasma with ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Simvastatin and the internal standard (lovastatin) were extracted from human plasma with diethyl ether-n-hexane-isopropanol (80: 20 : 3, v/v/v), then separated on a Waters ACQUITY UPLC BEH C18 column (50 mm x 2.1 mm, 1.7 microm) with isocratic elution at a flow rate of 0.25 mL/min. The mobile phase was composed of 85% acetonitrile and 15% water (containing 10 mmol/L ammonium acetate). Electrospray ionization (ESI) source was applied and operated in positive ion mode. Multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode with the transitions of m/z 419. 2 --> m/z 199.0 and m/z 405. 0 --> m/z 199.0 was used to quantify simvastatin and the internal standard, respectively. The linear calibration curve was obtained in the concentration range of 0.051 - 20.4 ng/mL. The lower limit of quantification was 0.051 ng/mL. The inter-day and intra-day precision (relative standard deviation) were less than 10%, and the accuracy (relative error) was within -2.7% - 0% calculated from quality control samples. The mean extraction recovery of simvastatin was 91.6%. The method was proved to be selective, sensitive, rapid and suitable for the pharmacokinetic study of simvastatin.
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