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Table 1 Solid Phase Extraction

From: High sensitivity assays for docetaxel and paclitaxel in plasma using solid-phase extraction and high-performance liquid chromatography with UV detection

 

Paclitaxel

Docetaxel

Author

Willey [12]

Andersen et al

Rosing [24]

Andersen et al

Columns

1 ml CN-(?) 100 mg#

LRC CN-U 100 mg

CN-E 100 mg

LRC CN-E 100 mg

Cond 1

2 ml MeOH

10 ml MeOH

1 ml 0.1% TEA in MeCN

10 ml MeOH

Cond 2

2 ml AmAc##

5 ml AmAc

2 ml MeOH

2 ml AmAc

Cond 3

None

None

2 ml AmAc

None

Load

1 ml 50% plasma*

Up to 8 ml 50% plasma*

1.1 ml undiluted plasma

2 ml undiluted plasma

Wash 1

2 ml AmAc

10 ml AmAc

2 ml AmAc

2 ml AmAc

Wash 2

2 ml AmAc/20% MeOH

1 ml AmAc/20% MeOH

1 ml water/20% MeOH

1 ml AmAc/20% MeOH

Wash 3

1 ml hexane

5 ml hexane

None

2 ml hexane

Elution

2× 1 ml 0.1% TEA in MeCN

2× 250 μl ethyl acetate

1× 500 μl 0.1% TEA in MeCN

2× 250 μl ethyl acetate

Evap

Nitrogen gas blowdown

Vacuum centrifuge

Nitrogen gas blowdown

Vacuum centrifuge

Injection volume

100 μl (of 200 μl) in MeOH/MeCN/AmAc

90 μl (of 100 μl) in 40% MeCN

50 μl (of 100 μl) in MeOH/MeCN/water

90 μl (of 100 μl) in 40% MeCN

  1. The taxanes were extracted from samples of human plasma using solid phase extraction. The individual steps in the solid phase extraction are shown, together with the two methods we used as basis for this method development.
  2. MeOH = methanol, MeCN = acetonitrile
  3. # Not specified if the columns were endcapped or not.
  4. ## AmAc = 10 mM ammonium acetate buffer pH 5.0.
  5. * The plasma samples were mixed with an equal volume of 0.2 M ammonium acetate pH 5.0.