Simultaneous determination of omeprazole and their main metabolites in human urine samples by capillary electrophoresis using electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry detection.

We report a novel method for the simultaneous determination of omeprazole and their main metabolites (omeprazole sulphide, omeprazole sulphone and 5-hydroxy omeprazole) in human urine samples. For this purpose, two new capillary electrophoresis (CE) methods were developed for the simultaneous determination of target compounds, using initially diode-array for optical detection and electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) for metabolites identification and identity confirmation. A new metabolite (5-hydroxysulphide omeprazole) was identified by electrospray ionization multi-stage mass spectrometry (ESI-MS2) fragment which was then used to support the proposed chemical structure. Pharmacokinetic results using CE method were compared with those obtained when a HPLC method was used. Equivalent pharmacokinetics profiles resulted when any analytical methods were carried out.