Determination of mitiglinide in rat plasma by high-performance liquid chromatography with UV detection

A selective and sensitive high-performance liquid chromatography method has been developed and validated for determination of mitiglinide (MGN) in rat plasma using 2-(4-biphenylyl) propionic acid (BPA) as internal standard. Liquid–liquid extraction was used for sample preparation. Chromatographic separation was achieved on a C18 column using acetonitrile and 0.02 mol/l KH2PO4 buffer (pH 4.0) (45:55, v/v) as mobile phase delivered at 1.0 ml/min. The UV detector was set at 210 nm. The assay was linear over the range 0.1–20 μg/ml for MGN. The average extraction recoveries of MGN and BPA from rat plasma were 98.6 and 97.4%, respectively. The developed method has been applied to the pharmacokinetic study of MGN in rats.