Simple liquid chromatography method for the rapid simultaneous determination of prednisolone and cortisol in plasma and urine using hydrophilic lipophilic balanced solid phase extraction cartridges

S. AbuRuz, J. Millership, L. Heaney, J. McElnay

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Abstract

This article describes the development and validation of a simple solid phase extraction (SPE) and HPLC method for the extraction and the specific determination of prednisolone and hydrocortisone (cortisol) in both plasma and urine using one washing step with Oasis® hydrophilic lipophilic balanced (HLB) cartridges (1ml/30mg, 30μm). Recoveries of prednisolone and cortisol from plasma and urine exceeded 82%. The limit of quantification (LOQ) in plasma and urine was 9.9 and 6.7ng/ml for cortisol, respectively, and 11.6 and 8.0ng/ ml for prednisolone, respectively. The intraday and interday precision (measured by CV%) for both prednisolone and cortisol in both plasma and urine was always less than 7%. The accuracy (measured by relative error %) for both prednisolone and cortisol in both plasma and urine was always less than 8%. The advantages of the developed method are the use of a one step washing SPE utilising HLB cartridges which do not suffer the drying out problems of conventional SPE cartridges and the time saving when compared with solvent extraction (SE), in addition to the simultaneous determination of prednisolone and cortisol in both plasma and urine.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)193-201
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Chromatography B: Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences
Volume798
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 25 2003
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cortisol
  • Prednisolone
  • Steroids

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Biochemistry
  • Clinical Biochemistry
  • Cell Biology

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