A method has been developed for the measurement of 5-fluorouracil by isocratic high-pressure ion-exchange liquid chromatography. Chlorpheniramine was added to the standards and samples before extraction with 16% isopropanol in ethyl acetate. The extracts were then chromatographed using a mobile phase of 0·014 mol/l ammonium dihydrogen phosphate buffer, pH 3·5, at a flow rate of 1 ml/min. Ultraviolet detection at 266 nm was used, and quantitation was by measurement of the peak height ratios of 5-fluorouracil to chlorpheniramine.
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