PMID- 31602469 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200204 LR - 20201209 IS - 1945-239X (Electronic) IS - 0021-9665 (Linking) VI - 57 IP - 10 DP - 2020 Jan 17 TI - Simple and Rapid Method by Ultra High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (UHPLC) with Ultraviolet Detection for Determination of Efavirenz in Plasma: Application in a Preclinical Pharmacokinetic Study. PG - 874-880 LID - 10.1093/chromsci/bmz078 [doi] AB - A simple and rapid ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) method for determination of efavirenz (EFV) in plasma was developed and applied in a preclinical pharmacokinetic study. The method involves only addition of acetonitrile to precipitation of plasma proteins followed by solvent evaporation. The mobile phase consisted of methanol, acetonitrile and 0.1 M formic acid (20:50:30) at a flow rate of 0.3 mL/min with run time of 5 min. A CSH C18 column and a UHPLC-UV system operating at 245 nm were used. There was a linear response in the range of 0.078 to 10 mug/mL, and the equation was obtained by weighting (1/x2) with r2 = 0.9965. The pharmacokinetic disposition of EFV was investigated in rabbits (two groups, n = 7) following a single intravenous administration (IV group) at a dose of 2.7 mg/kg and a single oral administration (oral group) of EFV co-administered with lamivudine (3TC) and tenofovir (TNF) at a dose of 50, 25 and 25 mg, respectively. The study demonstrated the applicability of the method for determination of EFV in plasma without interference from other co-administered drugs, and the pharmacokinetic parameters were calculated. The method showed advantages over other methods in the literature, such as simplicity of sample processing and fast results. CI - (c) The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com. FAU - Dos Santos Martins, Evelin AU - Dos Santos Martins E AD - Department of Natural Active Principles and Toxicology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universidade Estadual Paulista ;;Julio de Mesquita Filho''-UNESP, Araraquara, Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - Oliveira, Jonata Augusto AU - Oliveira JA AD - Department of Natural Active Principles and Toxicology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universidade Estadual Paulista ;;Julio de Mesquita Filho''-UNESP, Araraquara, Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - Franchin, Taisa Busaranho AU - Franchin TB AD - Department of Natural Active Principles and Toxicology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universidade Estadual Paulista ;;Julio de Mesquita Filho''-UNESP, Araraquara, Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - Silva, Bruna Cristina Ulian AU - Silva BCU AD - Department of Natural Active Principles and Toxicology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universidade Estadual Paulista ;;Julio de Mesquita Filho''-UNESP, Araraquara, Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - Candido, Caroline Damico AU - Candido CD AD - Department of Natural Active Principles and Toxicology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universidade Estadual Paulista ;;Julio de Mesquita Filho''-UNESP, Araraquara, Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - Peccinini, Rosangela Goncalves AU - Peccinini RG AD - Department of Natural Active Principles and Toxicology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universidade Estadual Paulista ;;Julio de Mesquita Filho''-UNESP, Araraquara, Sao Paulo, Brazil. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - J Chromatogr Sci JT - Journal of chromatographic science JID - 0173225 RN - 0 (Alkynes) RN - 0 (Benzoxazines) RN - 0 (Cyclopropanes) RN - JE6H2O27P8 (efavirenz) SB - IM MH - Alkynes MH - Animals MH - Benzoxazines/*blood/chemistry/*pharmacokinetics MH - Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid/*methods MH - Cyclopropanes MH - Drug Evaluation, Preclinical MH - Limit of Detection MH - Linear Models MH - Rabbits MH - Reproducibility of Results OTO - NOTNLM OT - AIDS OT - UHPLC OT - bioanalytical method OT - efavirenz OT - pharmacokinetics EDAT- 2019/10/12 06:00 MHDA- 2020/02/06 06:00 CRDT- 2019/10/12 06:00 PHST- 2018/05/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/07/15 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/08/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/10/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/02/06 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/10/12 06:00 [entrez] AID - 5584834 [pii] AID - 10.1093/chromsci/bmz078 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Chromatogr Sci. 2020 Jan 17;57(10):874-880. doi: 10.1093/chromsci/bmz078.