A sensitive method for the simultaneous determination of loratadine and its major active metabolite descarboethoxyloratadine (DCL) in plasma was developed, using high-performance liquid chromatographic separation with tandem mass spectrometric detection. The samples were extracted from plasma with toluene followed by back-extraction into formic acid (2%) for DCL after which the toluene containing the loratadine was evaporated, the analyte reconstituted and combined with the DCL back-extract. Chromatography was performed on a Phenomenex Luna C18 (2) 5-microm, 150x2.1-mm column with a mobile phase consisting of acetonitrile-0.1% formic acid using gradient elution (10 to 90% acetonitrile in 2 min) at a flow-rate of 0.3 ml/min. Detection was achieved by a Perkin-Elmer API 2000 mass spectrometer (LC-MS-MS) set at unit resolution in the multiple reaction monitoring mode. TurbolonSpray ionisation was used for ion production. The mean recovery for loratadine and descarboethoxyloratadine was 61 and 100%, respectively, with a lower limit of quantification at 0.10 ng/ml for both the analyte and its metabolite. This is the first assay method described for the simultaneous determination of loratadine and descarboethoxyloratadine in plasma using one chromatographic run. The method is sensitive and reproducible enough to be used in pharmacokinetic studies.
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