Mass fragmentographic determination of pyrazinamide and its metabolites in serum and urine

John Roboz, Robert Suzuki, Ts'ai Fan Yü

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Abstract

A combined gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric technique is described for the simultaneous determination of pyrazinamide and its two main metabolites, pyrazinoic acid and 5-hydroxypyrazinoic acid. Serum (200 μl) is deproteinized and evaporated to dryness; urine (20 μl) is evaporated. The crude residues are silylated and selected ions are monitored in the chemical-ionization mode with isobutane as both chromatographic carrier and reagent gas. The sensitivity is 10 ng/ml for pyrazinamide and pyrazinoic acid and 20 ng/ml for the 5-hydroxy metabolite in a single analysis. Nicotinic acid and nicotinamide are internal standards. Both unchanged drug and metabolites were identified and quantified in the serum and urine of human subjects.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)337-347
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Chromatography A
Volume147
Issue numberC
DOIs
StatePublished - 11 Jan 1978

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