Development and validation of UHPLC-MS/MS method for determination of maraviroc in placental perfusion

Charles University, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové Department of analytical chemistry Candidate: Eliška Čapková Maxová Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. PharmDr. Lucie Nováková, Ph.D. Title of Thesis: Development and validation of UHPLC-MS/MS method for the determination of maraviroc in placental perfusions The goal of this work was to develop fast and selective method for the determination of maraviroc in human placental perfusions. The ultra-high performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS/MS) was used. BEH C18 column and gradient elution with the mobile phase A (water with 0.1% formic acid) and B (acetonitrile) at 0.35 mL/min flow-rate and 40 řC temperature were used for the separation. The mass spectrometry conditions were optimist and set up as follows: electrospray ionization in positive mode, capillary voltage 1.0 kV, cone voltage 35 V, extractor 3.0 V, RF lens 0.1 V, desolvatation gas flow 1000 L/h, temperature 450 žC, cone gas flow 100 l/h, ion source temperature 130 žC. Selected reaction monitoring (SRM) mode was used for quantitation. Liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) was chosen for sample preparation and was optimised. The best results were obtained when dichloromethane was used as the extraction agent (recovery >90%). The optimized method was fully validated in..