Mandal, UGanesan, MJayakumar, MPal, T KChattaraj, T KRay, KrishnangshuBanerjee, S N2003-08-102009-05-312003-08-102009-05-312003-08-10Mandal U, Ganesan M, Jayakumar M, Pal TK, Chattaraj TK, Ray K, Banerjee SN. High performance liquid chromatographic determination of cox-2 inhibitor rofecoxib in human plasma. Journal of the Indian Medical Association. 2003 Aug; 101(8): 486-8http://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/103759A convenient, sensitive and simple method for the determination of rofecoxib in human plasma is presented. The analytical technique is based on reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography coupled with UV detector (Knauer, Germany) set at 272 nm. The retention time of rofecoxib after recovery from plasma, was 8.9 minutes. The method has been validated over a linear range of 50-450 ng/ml from plasma. After validation the method was used to study the pharmacokinetic profile of rofecoxib in 6 healthy volunteers as per DCGI guidelines after administration of a single oral dose (50 mg). The extraction efficiency from plasma varied from 93.95-99.58%. The minimum quantifiable concentration was set at 50 ng/ml (% CV < 10%). The pharmacokinetic parameters were Cmax = 318.58 +/- 30.65 ng/ml at tmax = 2.66 +/- 0.25 hours, AUC0-t = 4007.88 +/- 438.32 ng hour/ml, AUC0-yen = 5454.66 +/- 822.29 ng hour/ml, Kel = 0.0433 +/- 0.0067/hour, and t1/2 = 16.36 +/- 2.89 hours.engArea Under CurveChromatography, High Pressure LiquidCyclooxygenase Inhibitors --bloodHumansLactones --bloodReference StandardsReproducibility of ResultsSulfonesJournal Article