A Sensitive and Efficient Method for Determination of Capecitabine and Its Five Metabolites in Human Plasma Based on One-Step Liquid-Liquid Extraction

Colorectal cancer is the most common critical disease both in the developed and developing countries. Capecitabine, which has served in clinical practice at least for 10 years, is a first-line antidigestive tract cancer drug for its better efficacy, patient compliance, and lower side effects. An ult...

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Main Authors: Zhipeng Wang, Xinxing Li, Yang Yang, Feng Zhang, Mingming Li, Wei Chen, Shouhong Gao, Wansheng Chen
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Published: Wiley 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9371790
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Xinxing Li
Yang Yang
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Mingming Li
Wei Chen
Shouhong Gao
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description Colorectal cancer is the most common critical disease both in the developed and developing countries. Capecitabine, which has served in clinical practice at least for 10 years, is a first-line antidigestive tract cancer drug for its better efficacy, patient compliance, and lower side effects. An ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS/MS) method has been developed and completely validated for simultaneous determination of capecitabine and its five metabolites in human plasma from colorectal cancer patients after administration of capecitabine tablet. One-step liquid-liquid extraction was successfully applied using ethyl acetate and isopropanol (19 : 1, V : V) for sample pretreatment. Chromatographic separation was achieved within 5 min based on an Atlantis T3-C18 column (3.0 µm, 2.1 × 100 mm) with gradient elution using mobile phases consisting of 0.0075% formic acid in water (pH 4) and in acetonitrile, and the flow rate was 0.3 mL/min. Linear range was approximately 20.0–5000.0 ng/mL for all analytes. Linear correlation coefficients were >0.99 for all regression curves. The intraday and interday accuracy and precision of the method were within ±15.0% and less than 15.0%, respectively. The mean recovery and matrix effect as well as stability of all the analytes ranged from 59.27% to 90.15% and from 74.84% to 114.48% as well as within ±15.0%. This simple, rapid, and sensitive method was successfully applied in 42 sparse clinical samples to verify its practicability.
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spelling doaj-art-95f95ef4c0b54f8c9b349d1a4836e23e2025-08-20T02:10:16ZengWileyJournal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry2090-88652090-88732019-01-01201910.1155/2019/93717909371790A Sensitive and Efficient Method for Determination of Capecitabine and Its Five Metabolites in Human Plasma Based on One-Step Liquid-Liquid ExtractionZhipeng Wang0Xinxing Li1Yang Yang2Feng Zhang3Mingming Li4Wei Chen5Shouhong Gao6Wansheng Chen7Department of Pharmacy, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200003, ChinaDepartment of General Surgery, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200003, ChinaDepartment of Pharmacy, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200003, ChinaDepartment of Pharmacy, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200003, ChinaDepartment of Pharmacy, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200003, ChinaDepartment of Pharmacy, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200003, ChinaDepartment of Pharmacy, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200003, ChinaDepartment of Pharmacy, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200003, ChinaColorectal cancer is the most common critical disease both in the developed and developing countries. Capecitabine, which has served in clinical practice at least for 10 years, is a first-line antidigestive tract cancer drug for its better efficacy, patient compliance, and lower side effects. An ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS/MS) method has been developed and completely validated for simultaneous determination of capecitabine and its five metabolites in human plasma from colorectal cancer patients after administration of capecitabine tablet. One-step liquid-liquid extraction was successfully applied using ethyl acetate and isopropanol (19 : 1, V : V) for sample pretreatment. Chromatographic separation was achieved within 5 min based on an Atlantis T3-C18 column (3.0 µm, 2.1 × 100 mm) with gradient elution using mobile phases consisting of 0.0075% formic acid in water (pH 4) and in acetonitrile, and the flow rate was 0.3 mL/min. Linear range was approximately 20.0–5000.0 ng/mL for all analytes. Linear correlation coefficients were >0.99 for all regression curves. The intraday and interday accuracy and precision of the method were within ±15.0% and less than 15.0%, respectively. The mean recovery and matrix effect as well as stability of all the analytes ranged from 59.27% to 90.15% and from 74.84% to 114.48% as well as within ±15.0%. This simple, rapid, and sensitive method was successfully applied in 42 sparse clinical samples to verify its practicability.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9371790
spellingShingle Zhipeng Wang
Xinxing Li
Yang Yang
Feng Zhang
Mingming Li
Wei Chen
Shouhong Gao
Wansheng Chen
A Sensitive and Efficient Method for Determination of Capecitabine and Its Five Metabolites in Human Plasma Based on One-Step Liquid-Liquid Extraction
Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry
title A Sensitive and Efficient Method for Determination of Capecitabine and Its Five Metabolites in Human Plasma Based on One-Step Liquid-Liquid Extraction
title_full A Sensitive and Efficient Method for Determination of Capecitabine and Its Five Metabolites in Human Plasma Based on One-Step Liquid-Liquid Extraction
title_fullStr A Sensitive and Efficient Method for Determination of Capecitabine and Its Five Metabolites in Human Plasma Based on One-Step Liquid-Liquid Extraction
title_full_unstemmed A Sensitive and Efficient Method for Determination of Capecitabine and Its Five Metabolites in Human Plasma Based on One-Step Liquid-Liquid Extraction
title_short A Sensitive and Efficient Method for Determination of Capecitabine and Its Five Metabolites in Human Plasma Based on One-Step Liquid-Liquid Extraction
title_sort sensitive and efficient method for determination of capecitabine and its five metabolites in human plasma based on one step liquid liquid extraction
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9371790
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