Determination of quinidine in serum by spectrofluorometry, liquid chromatography and fluorescence scanning thin-layer chromatography.

ABSTRACT

Quinidine is determined in serum by direct and extraction spectrofluorometry, by reflectance fluorescence scanning thin-layer chromatography (TLC), and by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Least-squares analyses of patients' sera (n = 62) analyzed first by direct fluorometry (x) and then HPLC (y) gave a slope of 0.52, an y-intercept of -0.40, a standard error of estimate of 0.65, and a correlation coefficient of 0.83. Comparison of patients' sera (n = 59) determined by extraction fluorometry (x) and then HPLC (y) gave a slope of 0.998, an y-intercept of -0.175, a standard error of estimate of 0.30, and a correlation coefficient of 0.96. Comparison of patients' sera (n = 36) by HPLC (x) and then reflectance fluorescence scanning TLC (y) gave a slope of 0.837, an y-intercept of 0.152, and a correlation coefficient of 0.94. Methaqualone and oxazepam interfere with HPLC. Within-run precision is 1.6, 1.0, 5.2 and 3.0% by direct fluorometry, extraction fluorometry, TLC and HPLC while between-run precision is 5, 3.5, 9 and 6.0%, respectively.