Abstract
A validated method for the determination of triethylenetetramine, a selective copper-chelator currently undergoing clinical trials for the treatment of diabetic heart failure, and its two major metabolites, N1-acetyltriethylenetetramine and N1,N10-diacetyltriethylenetetramine in human serum using HPLC is reported. The method used 9-flouorenylmethylchloroformate chloride to label all three analytes. The fluorescence labeled analytes were then separated chromatographically using a reversed phase C18 column under a gradient elution program and detected spectrofluorometrically at 317 nm with excitation at 263 nm. Application of the method is demonstrated by pharmacokinetic measurement in one healthy volunteer taking the drug orally. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 42-48 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of Chromatography B: Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences |
Volume | 860 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2007 |
Keywords
- Diabetic heart failure
- FMOC
- HPLC
- LC-MS
- TETA