Pharmacokinetic studies with the lipid‐regulating agent beclobrate: Enantiospecific assay for beclobric acid using a new fluorescent chiral coupling component (S‐FLOPA)
- 1 January 1991
- Vol. 3 (1), 35-42
- https://doi.org/10.1002/chir.530030108
Abstract
The major biotransformation pathway for the chiral lipid‐regulating agent beclobrate is conversion to the corresponding carboxylic acid, which is then metabolized to the acyl glucuronide. An enantiospecific assay for biological material was developed that is based on chiral derivatization with N‐ethyl‐N′‐(3‐dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide (EDAC) and the primary amine S‐FLOPA, a new chiral coupling component for carboxylic acids derived from the 2‐arylpropionic acid S‐flunoxaprofen. Conversion of beclobric acid to the acyl chloride prior to coupling with the amine is also feasible. From plasma or urine beclobric acid was extracted into n‐hexane/ethanol (9:1) at pH 4 after addition of sodium chloride. Clofibric acid was used as internal standard. Derivatization with EDAC/FLOPA was performed under addition of 1‐hydroxybenzotriazole in anhydrous dichloromethane containing trace amounts of pyridine (ambient temperature/2 h reaction time). The chromatographic separation was performed on a silica gel stationary phase (Zorbax Sil) using n‐hexane–chloroform–ethanol (100:10: 0.75, by vol) as mobile phase [flow rate, 2 ml/min; fluorescence detection, 305/355 nm; elution order of the derivatives, (−) before (+)]. Coefficients of variation were between 1.3 and 9.3% for both plasma and urine. Limit of quantification was 20–25 ng/ml for plasma based on a sample volume of 0.2 ml. Application of the assay in a pilot pharmacokinetic study showed significant differences between the kinetics of the two enantiomers. In plasma and urine, the concentrations of the dextrorotatory enantiomer exceeded those of the levorotatory enantiomer significantly.Keywords
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