High-performance liquid chromatographic determination of ciprofloxacin in rat brain and cerebrospinal fluid.

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Abstract
A novel high-performance liquid chromatographic method for the fluorometric determination of a newer quinolone, ciprofloxacin (CPFX), in rat brain and cerebrospinal fuid (CSF) was developed. CPFX in brain homogenate was extracted and injected onto a reversed-phase column without fluorescence derivatization. CSF was directly analyzed without the extraction procedure. Calibration curves were linear over the concentration ranges of 10 to 500 ng/g for brain and 5 to 500 ng/ml for CSF. The recoveries of CPFX added to brain were more than 97% with a coefficient of variation of less than 4%. The present method was sensitive and reliable enough to be utilized for detailed pharmacokinetic studies of CPFX in rat brain and CSF.

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