Narrowbore high-performance liquid chromatographic method for the determination of cetirizine in plasma using column switching

A column switching HPLC assay was developed to allow the separation and quantitation of cetirizine in human plasma by ultraviolet (UV) detection. Plasma samples were prepared by liquid-liquid extraction. After drying, the residue was reconstituted in 20 mM phosphate buffer (pH 2.8) containing 15% acetonitrile. The samples were initially injected onto a clean-up Capcell Pak MF C18 column. (50 mm $\times$ 4.6 mm I.D.), and the chromatographic region containing the peaks of interest was followed in an analytical C18 microcolumn (250 mm$\times$1.5 mm I. D.) via column switching device. (omitted)