Research Article

Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry Method for the Determination of Vardenafil and Its Application of Bioequivalence

Table 2

Imprecision and accuracy for the determination of vardenafil in plasma.

LLOQ 0.5 ng/mLLQC 1.5 ng/mLMQC 25 ng/mLHQC 45 ng/mLULOQ 60 ng/mL

Intraday (n = 6)
Day 1
Mean0.461.4825.7747.3660.16
SD0.042.789.177.644.99
RSD %9.482.818.897.258.29
Accuracy %92.098.9103.1105.3100.27

Day 2
Mean0.501.5025.1446.5261.73
SD0.011.762.341.761.54
RSD %2.001.762.331.712.57
Accuracy %100.0100.0100.6103.4100.3

Day 3
Mean0.451.3425.5944.8460.64
SD0.037.061.178.651.77
RSD %5.887.901.148.683.01
Accuracy %90.089.30102.499.6100.1

Interday (n = 18)
Mean0.471.4425.5046.2459.65
SD0.035.861.312.861.93
RSD %0.066.101.292.783.22
Accuracy %94.096.1102.0102.899.41

SD: standard deviation; RSD: relative standard deviation; %: percentage; LLOQ: lower limit of quantification; LQC: low quality control; MQC: medium quality control; HQC: high quality control; ULOQ: upper limit of quantification; ng indicates nanograms; mL indicates milliliters.