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I would like to check the in vitro human and rat plasma hydrolysis
rates for a series of newly synthesised drugs.
But, before, I would like to check the plasma esterase performances.
In particular, their susceptibility to temperature and storage.
For example:
1) Should I centrifuge to obtain plasma at 4\0x221EC (3000g, 10 min) or room
temperature is OK as well?
2) Should I aliquot immediately the plasma and store at -70\0x221EC until use
or could I work for 4 hours keeping it at 4\0x221EC?
3) If I keep plasma at room temperature for a day, what happens to
esterase activity?
Briefly, in order to keep the esterase activity, should I be extremely
careful with temperature or not?
Until then I worked with a liver esterase bought from Sigma and it was
easy to handle (-20\0x221EC storage; work at 4\0x221EC for the whole morning).
I am also looking for references on in vitro half-life of hydrolysis in
human plasma for a Drug Index molecule to check the correspondence.
Any suggestion would be sooo appriciated!
Thanks
Federica
Dipartimento Farmaceutico
Universit\0x2021 degli Studi di Parma
ITALY
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Answers to your questions,
1. room temperature is ok
2. It is ok to keep the plasma samples at 4 degrees for 4 hrs
3. Although it is not advisable to keep the samples at room temp all
day, from my personal experiene, may be 10% loss.
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