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Phototoxicity testing by online irradiation and HPLC

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A high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) system was developed for the determination of drug photostability and phototoxicity based on an automated column-switching system with aqueous online UV-A irradiation and hyphenated organic separation of the drug and its photoproducts. The photoreactor is built with an poly(ethylene-co-tetrafluoroethylene) (ETFE) reaction coil knitted around a UV-A light source. The chromatographic separation was performed with two special C18 columns, which are also suitable for using with pure water as eluent. Degradation of chlorpromazine (CPZ) by ultraviolet light was investigated at pH 7 and pH 3. Furthermore chlorpromazine was irradiated in the presence of guanosine-5-monophosphate (GMP) in pH 7 buffered solution, leading to a new photoproduct. In the pH 3 irradiation studies of CPZ and GMP, no reaction was detected between the molecules.

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  1. Institut für Pharmazie, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Str. 2-4, 14195, Berlin, Germany

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Schröder, S., Surmann, J.P. Phototoxicity testing by online irradiation and HPLC. Anal Bioanal Chem 386, 1695–1700 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-006-0790-x

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