Atypical conditions for quantitative recovery of acepromazine and chlorpromazine from plasma

Steve Ballard, Thomas Tobin

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Abstract

Recoveries of acepromazine and chiorpromazine from equine plasma were examined. Recoveries of both drugs- from plasma were poor under theoretically optima! conditions for basic drugs. When a wide range of extraction pH was examined, it was found that more complete recoveries of these drugs from plasma were achieved at pH 5-6. Use of /3 Hjchiorpromazine showed that the rate of migration of the drug from an aqueous to a nonpolar environment was much faster at pH 6.0 than at pH 9.2 from both plasma and buffer solutions. Times required for equilibration with agitation were 15 min at pH 6.0, 1 h at pH 9.2, and 2 h at pH 11.0. With these agitation times and pH values, recoveries were more than 95% complete.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)745-751
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Toxicology and Environmental Health
Volume7
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1981

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Toxicology
  • Pollution

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