Determination of methylguanidine in plasma and urine by high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection following postcolumn derivatization |
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Authors: | V K Boppana G R Rhodes D P Brooks |
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Affiliation: | Department of Drug Metabolism, Smith Kline & French Laboratories, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406-0939. |
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Abstract: | A high-performance liquid chromatographic method was developed for the determination of methylguanidine in biological fluids. Methylguanidine and the internal standard were isolated from plasma by cation-exchange solid-phase extraction prior to chromatographic analysis. Urine samples were diluted and injected directly onto the analytical column. Chromatographic separation was carried out on an Ultrasil cation-exchange column using a mixture of methanol and monochloroacetate (15/85, v/v) as the mobile phase. Postcolumn derivatization of methylguanidine was carried out using alkaline ninhydrin reagent and the resulting fluorescent product was detected on-line. The method was specific, sensitive, reproducible, and linear over a wide a range of concentrations. The lower limit of detection for methylguanidine in plasma and urine was 1 and 100 ng/ml, respectively. The method was successfully employed for quantification of the levels of methylguanidine in normal and uremic human subjects, normal dogs, and dogs with ischemic-induced acute or spontaneous chronic renal failure. |
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