Determination of bromo-lasalocid in plasma by high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorimetric detection.

A rapid, sensitive, and specific high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) assay was developed for the determination of bromo-lasalocid in plasma. The compound was extracted into isooctane-ethyl acetate (90:10) from plasma saturated with potassium chloride and adjusted to strongly alkaline pH. The residue of this extract was dissolved in methanol-2-methoxyethanol (95:5) and analyzed by HPLC on a 10-micrometer C18 column [mobile phase of methanol-water-2-methoxyethanol-1 M potassium phosphate buffer, pH 3.0 (90:10:2.5:0.2)] using fluorescence detection with excitation at 215 nm and emission at wavelengths greater than 370 nm. The overall recovery of the assay was 65%, with a limit of sensitivity of 0.1 microgram/ml. The method was used to obtain plasma concentration-time profiles in the dog following oral administration of bromo-lasalocid-ethanolate.