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  • Title: Simultaneous determination of imipramine, desipramine and their 2- and 10-hydroxylated metabolites in human plasma and urine by high-performance liquid chromatography.
    Author: Chen AG, Wing YK, Chiu H, Lee S, Chen CN, Chan K.
    Journal: J Chromatogr B Biomed Sci Appl; 1997 May 23; 693(1):153-8. PubMed ID: 9200529.
    Abstract:
    A simultaneous assay for imipramine, desipramine and their 2- and 10-hydroxy-metabolites using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) is described. The drugs and internal standard, pericyazine, were extracted from plasma or urine at pH 9.6 with diethyl ether and back-extracted into 0.1 M orthophosphoric acid. The recovery of the compounds ranged from 78.6% for imipramine to 94.3% for 2-hydroxydesipramine. The extracts were analysed by reversed-phase HPLC with electrochemical detection using a mobile phase of 30% acetonitrile in 0.1 M K2HPO4 at pH 6.0 delivered at 2 ml/min. All compounds were resolved in a run time of 15 min with lower limits of quantification of 1.5 ng/ml for hydroxy-metabolites and 3 ng/ml for imipramine and desipramine. The intra- and inter-day coefficients of variation at 50 ng/ml were 5.2% and 6.8%, respectively (n=8).
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