A Simple HPLC Method for the Determination of Trazodone Human Serum

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Abstract
A simple HPLC method with minimal sample preparation and good reproducibility for the determination of trazodone in serum is described. Basified serum samples were extracted using ethyl acetate containing diazepam as the internal standard (IS). Chromatography was performed on a cyanopropylsilane column with 15 μL sample injection. The mobile phase consisted of 0.02 M ammonium phosphate, pH 7.5 : acetonitrile (70:30 v/v). The eluent was monitored at 220 nm. The serum standard curve was linear from 10.0 to 8000.0 ng/mL serum. The overall within-run quality control CV was 6.3% for five concentrations (20.0, 40.0, 100.0, 250.0 and 1000.0 ng/mL) and the overall recovery from serum was 85.4%. This method has been applied to the analysis of human serum samples.