Effects of phenylbutazone and oxyphenbutazone on acidic drug detection in high performance thin layer chromatographic systems

W. E. Woods, T. Weckman, J. W. Blake, Thomas Tobin

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Abstract

Interference or "masking" in thin layer chromatography occurs when the presence of one drug on a thin layer plate physically obscures or interferes with the detection of another drug. We investigated the ability of phenylbutazone and oxyphenbutazone to mask or interfere with the detection of acidic drugs of high performance thin layer chromatography. Of 20 acidic drugs called "positive" since 1981 by laboratories affiliated with the Association of Official Racing Chemists, 16 did not comigrate with phenylbutazone or oxyphenbutazone and could not, therefore, be masked by these agents. Three medications (diclofenac, fenoprofen, ibuprofen) were potentially masked by phenylbutazone and one (sulindac) was potentially masked by oxyphenbutazone. These agents were therefore administered to horses to determine whether or not their metabolites would allow their detection. In each case, metabolites of these agents were detectable for at least 24 hr after drug administration and detection was not interfered with by phenylbutazone or oxyphenbutazone. These results suggest that these 20 acidic drugs should be readily detectable in postrace urines of horses in the presence of phenylbutazone either as the parent drug or by virtue of the easily distinguishable metabolites that each agent possesses. There is, therefore, no reason to believe that the agents tested in this study can be effectively masked or interfered with by phenylbutazone or its metabolites in equine urine.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)297-313
Number of pages17
JournalJournal of Pharmacological Methods
Volume16
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1986

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by a grant entitled “Masking by Phenylbutazone in Equine Drug Testing: An Analysis,” from the Kentucky Equine Drug Research Council and the Kentucky State Racing Commission. This work was published as Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station Article 85-4-265w ith the approval of the Dean and Director, College of Agriculture and Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station, and Publication No. 108 from the Kentucky Equine Drug Testing and Research Programs, Department of Veterinary Science and the Craduage Center for Toxicology, University of Kentucky. Sources of the drug standards included Sigma Chemical Co., St. Louis, MO (furosemide, naproxen, ketoprofen, ibuprofen, theobromine, thiosalicyclic acid, caffeine, salicylic acid, piroxicam, theophylline, ethacrynic acid); Ciba-Geigy, Summit, NJ (phenylbutazone, oxyphenbutazone, diclofenac); Hoffmann-LaRoche, Nutley, NJ (bumetanide); Lilly, Indianapolis, IN (fenoprofen); McNeil, Fort Washington, PA (tolmetin, zomepirac); Merck Sharp & Dohme, Rahway, NJ (diflunisal, sulindac, sulindac sulfide, sulindac sulfone); Schering, Bloomfield, NJ (flunixin); and Warner-Lambert, Ann Arbor, MI (meclofenamic acid).

Keywords

  • Acidic drugs
  • Drug detection
  • Masking, Oxyphenbutazone
  • Phenylbutazone
  • Thin layer chromatography

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pharmacology

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