Determination of (4-chlorophenyl)thiomethylene bisphosphonic acid, a new bisphosphonate, in biological fluids by high-performance liquid chromatography.

A rapid and sensitive high-performance liquid chromatographic method for the assay of the bisphosphonate (4-chlorophenyl)thiomethylene bisphosphonic acid in plasma and urine is described. It requires selective precipitations and dissolutions of calcium salts prior to reversed-phase chromatography with UV detection. This method used semi-micro scale material and 200-microliters biological aliquots. The limit for accurate quantification is 50 ng/ml. Data on reliability criteria and application to a pharmacokinetic study are presented.

Determination of glaucine in plasma and urine by high-performance liquid chromatography.

A sensitive method is described for the measurement of d-glaucine in pharmacokinetic studies using only 100-microliter plasma samples or 200-microliter urine samples. It requires a simple extraction clean-up on kieselguhr micro-columns and straight-phase high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection. Data on selectivity, sensitivity and precision demonstrate the reliability of this method. Its applicability is revealed by single and repeated oral administration pharmacokinetic studies in human subjects.