Finasteride in Biological Fluids: Extraction and Separation by a Graphitized Carbon Black Cartridge and Quantification by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography

May 1997 in “ Journal of Chromatography B: Biomedical Sciences and Applications ”

Giuseppe Carlucci, Pietro Mazzeo

finasteride high-performance liquid chromatography solid-phase extraction human plasma Propecia HPLC SPE

Studysummary Method accurately measures finasteride in human plasma.

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The paper presents a method for quantifying finasteride in human plasma using solid-phase extraction and high-performance liquid chromatography. The method is accurate and precise, with a linear calibration graph from 0.01 to 3.0 µg/ml of finasteride in human plasma. The research was supported by grants from the Ministero della Università e della Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica and the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche.

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