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        <journal-title>American Journal of PharmTech Research</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">AJPTR</abbrev-journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="epub">2249-3387</issn>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">AJPTR34018</article-id>
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        <article-title>Tandem Mass Spectrometric Method for the Quantitative Determination of Pioglitazone and their Metabolites in Human Plasma by Using Liquid-Liquid Extraction Technique and its Application to Pharmacokinetic Studies</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Ketana</surname>
            <given-names>Naga Malleswara Rao</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Chintaluri</surname>
            <given-names>Venkata Kumar</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Kommoju</surname>
            <given-names>Madhuri</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Raj</surname>
            <given-names>Suthakaran</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Inamadugu</surname>
            <given-names>Jaswanth Kumar</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>V</surname>
            <given-names>Satyanarayana P. V.</given-names>
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      <pub-date pub-type="epub" iso-8601-date="2013-08-01">
        <month>08</month>
        <day>01</day>
        <year>2013</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>3</volume>
      <issue>4</issue>
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        <p>There is interest in evaluating the efficacy of lower doses of certain thiazolidinedione family or insulin sensitizers for clinical care. We have developed a sensitive and rapid positive polarity electro-spray ionization with Tandem-mass spectrometry method was validated as per FDA guidelines for the determination of Pioglitazone (PGZ), their metabolites Keto-Pioglitazone (KPGZ) and Hydroxy-Pioglitazone (HPGZ) in human plasma samples. Glyburide was used as an internal standard. The chromatographic separation was achieved by Discovery C18 column using isocratic mobile phase consists a mixture of 5mM ammonium acetate (pH 6.4 ± 0.1) and acetonitrile (40:60 v/v). An aliquot of 150 µL plasma was used for the liquid- liquid plasma extraction technique for quantification of the analytes. The molecular ion Q1, product ion Q3 transitions for Pioglitazone, Keto-Pioglitazone and Hydroxy-Pioglitazone were found to be 357.2→134.1, 371.3→148.4 and 373.2→150.1 m/z respectively. The proposed method was validated in the concentration range of 10.0-3529.0, 5.0-1209.7 and 5.0-2029.7 ng/mL for PGZ, KPGZ and HPGZ respectively in multiple reaction monitoring mode. The pharmacokinetic parameters for Pioglitazone were found to be Tmax - 2.5 Hours, Cmax - 2088.2 ng/mL, T1/2 - 6.5 Hours, AUC (0-T) - 20925.9 ng/mL and AUC (0-∞) - 21276.2 ng/mL). The entire results obtained in the study were well within acceptance limits.</p>
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        <kwd>Determination</kwd>
        <kwd>Pioglitazone</kwd>
        <kwd>Metabolites</kwd>
        <kwd>Plasma and Tandem Mass</kwd>
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