Validation and implementation of a liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry assay to quantitate dimethyl benzoylphenylurea (BPU) and its five metabolites in human plasma and urine for clinical pharmacology studies

J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2005 Dec 15;828(1-2):41-54. doi: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2005.09.027. Epub 2005 Oct 25.

Abstract

A method has been developed for the quantitation of N-[4-(5-bromo-2-pyrimidinyloxy)-3-methylphenyl]-N'-(2-dimethylamino-benzoyl)urea (BPU) and its metabolites in human plasma and urine. BPU and metabolites were separated on a C18 column with acetonitrile-water mobile phase containing 0.1% formic acid using isocratic flow for 5 min. The analytes were monitored by tandem mass spectrometry. Calibration curves were generated over the range of 2.5-500 ng/mL for BPU, mmBPU, and aminoBPU in plasma; and 0.1-20, 0.1-20, 0.5-100, 10-2000, 1-200, and 3-600 ng/mL for BPU, mmBPU, aminoBPU, G280, G308, and G322 in urine, respectively. The method has been successfully applied to study the pharmacokinetics of BPU.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Calibration
  • Chromatography, Liquid / methods*
  • Humans
  • Methylurea Compounds / blood*
  • Methylurea Compounds / urine*
  • Phenylurea Compounds / analysis
  • Phenylurea Compounds / blood
  • Phenylurea Compounds / urine
  • Reference Standards
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization / methods*

Substances

  • Methylurea Compounds
  • Phenylurea Compounds
  • dimethyl benzoylphenyl urea