Determination of Human Serum Strychnine Concentration by Reversed-Phase HPLC with Solid Phase Extraction / 广州中医药大学学报

ABSTRACT

[ Objective ] To establish a method for the determination of serum strychnine concentration in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with Tongbiling prescription and to monitor the serum strychnine concentration. [ Methods ] Serum strychnine was extracted with solid phase extraction column. Reversed-phase HPLC conditions were: Hypersil Division ODS C18 column (150 mm ?4.6 mm, 5?m), mobile phrase being methanol: water (70 : 30) with 0.6 g potassium dihydrogen phosphate and 1.0 g dodecyl sodium sulfonate added in 1000 mL mixture (adjust pH to 4.5 with acetic acid), detecting wavelength at 254nm and a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min at room temperature. [Results] Strychnine has a good linearity in the range of 0.031- 2.000?g?mL-1. The minimum detecting concentration was 0.01?g?mL-1 and the average recovery was over 90%. Intra-day RSD and inter-day RSD ranged from 1.53% to 5.32%. [Conclusion] This method is simple and efficient, and can be used for the determination of strychnine.