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Simultaneous high-performance liquid chromatographic analysis of flunitrazepam and four metabolites in serum

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A high-performance liquid chromatographic method for the simultaneous determination of flunitrazepam and four metabolites, desmethylflunitrazepam (DMF), 7-aminodesmethylflunitrazepam (7-NH2DMF), 7-aminoflunitrazepam (7-NH2F) and 3-hydroxyflunitrazepam (3-OHF), in serum is described. The method involves a simple extraction from alkalinized plasma (pH 9.5) into diethyl ether-chloroform (80:20, v/v). Prazepam was used as an internal standard for the quantification of the five compounds. Separation was achieved with a 10 μm RSil CN column (300×3.9 mm I.D.). The detection wavelength was set at 242 nm. The limits of detection ranged from 2.5 to 5 μg/l with a limit of quantification of 10 μg/l for all analytes.

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