by Lai CS, Nair NK, Muniandy A, Mansor SM, Olliaro PL, Navaratnam V. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci, February 2009, 877(5-6):558-62.
Summary: With the expanded use of the combination of artesunate (AS) and amodiaquine (AQ) for the treatment of falciparum malaria and the abundance of products on the market, comes the need for rapid and reliable bioanalytical methods for the determination of the parent compounds and their metabolites. While the existing methods were developed for the determination of either AS or AQ in biological fluids, the current validated method allows simultaneous extraction and determination of AS and AQ in human plasma. The method is sensitive, selective, accurate, reproducible and suited particularly for pharmacokinetic study of AS–AQ drug combination and can also be used to compare the bioavailability of different formulations, including a fixed-dose AS–AQ co-formulation.
