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Clinical Chemistry 27: 417-421, 1981;
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Clinical Chemistry, Vol 27, 417-421, Copyright © 1981 by American Association for Clinical Chemistry

Gas-chromatographic assay of free phenytoin in ultrafiltrates of plasma: test of a new filtration apparatus and specimen stability

WA Joern

I describe a gas-chromatographic procedure involving a nitrogen detector for "free" (or "unbound") phenytoin in the concentration range 0.2-4.0 mg/L in ultrafiltrates of plasma. The CV (n = 10) for the assay was 2.9% for a 0.49 mg/L concentration, 1.5% for 2.02 mg/L. The sensitivity was 0.05 mg/L. The ultrafiltration process ("Ultra-Free" filters) used to separate the free phenytoin fraction from the bound fraction was tested. The mean of and CV for free phenytoin concentrations measured in eight replicate serum filtrates were 0.68 mg/L and 15%; for eight replicate plasma filtrates the values were 0.42 mg/L and 2.9%. Thus serum is not suitable for this procedure. Storage of plasma before filtration under a wide variety of times and temperatures has an insignificant effect upon the filtration process. Some evidence was found of occasional protein "leakage" through the filters.




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