Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis
Dec 24, 2017
Protein glycation in the body is one of the main reasons of diabetes complications. The electrochemical studies on the inhibitory mechanism of glycation are rather scarce. Thus, it is important to investigate the role of electrochemistry in the glyca...
Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis
Dec 21, 2017
The potential use of cholesterol esterases was tested to avoid alkaline hydrolysis for cleavage of plasma esterified oxysterols. The enzymatic hydrolysis was optimized by testing two sources of enzyme-Pseudomonas and bovine pancreas, presence of surf...
Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis
Dec 21, 2017
Propofol concentration in human plasma can be quantified by liquid chromatography coupled mass spectrometry. Sample preparation usually requires solid phase extraction to remove matrix components and enrich the analyte. To facilitate user-independent...
Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis
Dec 20, 2017
A two-dimensional liquid chromatography system coupled to triple quadrupole tandem mass spectrometer (2D LC-MS/MS) was employed for the determination of fluoxetine (FLU) and norfluoxetine (N-FLU) in colostrum and mature milk by direct sample injectio...
Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis
Dec 18, 2017
Infliximab is a monoclonal antibody widely used for the treatment of inflammatory diseases. Over the past few years, many studies have assessed that monoclonal antibodies are prone to aggregation under stress conditions. The aim of this study was to ...
Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis
Dec 16, 2017
Ambrisentan is a highly selective endothelin-1 type A receptor antagonist indicated for use in the treatment of pulmonary hypertension. In this study an assay was developed and validated for the quantification of total and unbound (free) concentratio...
Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis
Dec 15, 2017
LNA-i-miR-221, a 13-mer oligonucleotide, is a new miR-221 inhibitor that could be used as a novel drug for multiple myeloma. Herein, an ion-pair reversed phase liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method has been developed and va...
Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis
Dec 28, 2016
Several metabolites in human serum have been identified as potential cancer biomarkers for early detection. This study focuses on the LC-MS/MS method development and validation of d-mannose in human serum. Surrogate blank serum, coupled with stable i...
Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis
Dec 23, 2016
An LC-MS/MS method was developed for the determination of digitoxigenin in mice skin samples. Chromatographic separation was achieved on an Agilent Poroshell 120 EC-C18 column. Mass spectrometric detection was achieved by a triple-quadrupole mass spe...
Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis
Nov 17, 2016
The plasma/serum concentration of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] is a diagnostic index for vitamin D deficiency/insufficiency, which is associated with a wide range of diseases, such as rickets, cancer and diabetes. We have reported that the derivatiz...