Development of an ionic liquid-based dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction method for the determination of nifurtimox and benznidazole in human plasma

Dispersive ionic liquid–liquid microextraction combined with liquid chromatography and UV detection was used for the determination of two antichagasic drugs in human plasma: nifurtimox and benznidazole. The effects of experimental parameters on extraction efficiency—the type and volume of ionic liqu...

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Autores: Padró, Juan Manuel, Marsón, María Elena, Mastrantonio Garrido, Guido Enrique, Altcheh, Jaime Marcelo, García Bournissen, Facundo, Reta, Mario Roberto
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/23368
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/23368
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Benznidazole
Nifurtimox
Antichagasic drugs
Dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction
Liquid chromatography
Ionic liquids
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Sumario:Dispersive ionic liquid–liquid microextraction combined with liquid chromatography and UV detection was used for the determination of two antichagasic drugs in human plasma: nifurtimox and benznidazole. The effects of experimental parameters on extraction efficiency—the type and volume of ionic liquid and disperser solvent, pH, nature and concentration of salt, and the time for centrifugation and extraction—were investigated and optimized. Matrix effects were detected and thus the standard addition method was used for quantification. This microextraction procedure yielded significant improvements over those previously reported in the literature and has several advantages, including high inter-day reproducibility (relative standard deviation¼1.02% and 3.66% for nifurtimox and benznidazole, respectively), extremely low detection limits (15.7 ng mL1 and 26.5 ng mL1 for nifurtimox and benznidazole, respectively), and minimal amounts of sample and extraction solvent required. Recoveries were high (98.0% and 79.8% for nifurtimox and benznidazole, respectively). The proposed methodology offers the advantage of highly satisfactory performance in addition to being inexpensive, simple, and fast in the extraction and preconcentration of these antichagasic drugs from human-plasma samples, with these characteristics being consistent with the practicability requirements in current clinical research or within the context of therapeutic monitoring.