Research Article

Simple Determination of Gemifloxacin Levels in Human Plasma using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Table 3

Comparison of some of the previously reported and current methods for the determination of gemifloxacin in the study groups stratified by the analytical technique.

MethodMatrixInternal standardSample volume (μL)Sample preparationLinearity range (μg/mL)Run time (minute)ApplicationReference

Capillary electrophoresis Elbashir 2008SolutionFlumequineNAFiltration + dilution5–50NRIn vitro[17]
Spectrofluorimetry Kepekci Tekkeli 2011Human plasmaNone100DEV + LLE0.04–0.2NRIn vitro[18]
0.1–1.2
LC/UV Sultana 2011Human serumNone1000PPT + filtration5–1006In vitro[19]
LC/UV (PDA) Nageswara Rao 2011SolutionNoneNADilution + filtration0.1–20015In vitro[20]
LC/UV (DAD) Gumustas 2012SolutionGranisetronNAFiltration + dilution0.25–20<5In vitro[21]
LC/UV Mousavi 2018Human plasmaChloramphenicol1500PPT + Evaporation0.003–518320 mg single oral study[22]
LC/FD Nageswara Rao 2012Rat dried blood spotsCiprofloxacin30Sonication in solution0.025–51020 mg/kg single oral experiment[23]
LC/FD Onal 2021SolutionNone100DEV0.01–0.26In vitro[24]
LC-MS/MS (current)Human plasmaMoxifloxacin100PPT (5 min.)0.005–53320 mg single oral studyTHIS WORK
LC-MS/MS Doyle 2000Human plasma[13C2H3] Gemifloxacin50PPT (appx. 1 hour)0.01–51.5320 mg single oral study[25]
LC-MS/MS Roy 2010Rat tissue homogenate serumCiprofloxacin0.3 gLLE0.25–20 ng/mL12.5200 mg/kg single oral experiment[26]
2000.125–5 ng/mL
0.075–5 ng/mL
LC-MS/MS Kadi 2013Human urineOfloxacin3000Filtration + dilution0.005–0.54320 mg single oral study[27]

LC/UV, liquid chromatography with spectrophotometric detection; PDA, photodiode array detector; DAD, diode array detector; LC/FD, liquid chromatography methods with spectrofluorometric detection (LC/FD); LC-MS/MS, high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry; NA, not applicable; NR, not reported; DEV, derivatization; LLE, liquid–liquid extraction; PPT, protein precipitation.