Published August 11, 1980 | Version v1
Journal article

Radioimmunoassay for phencyclidine: application to kinetic analysis in the rat

  • 1. Univ. of California, San Francisco

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We report the development of a radioimmunoassay for phencyclidine (PCP) that is simple, rapid and sensitive to 0.5 ng/ml. Antibodies were raised in rabbits against the hapten, N-succinyl-3-aminophencyclidine. These antibodies proved to be very specific for PCP and exhibited less than 4% cross reactivity with the drug's two major metabolites. The assay was used for kinetic analysis of PCP in the rat following subcutaneous injection of 5 mg/kg of the drug. Serum and brain tissues were analyzed for PCP and the respective half lives were calculated to be 36 and 29 min for the α phase and 130 and 121 min for the β phase. The accuracy of the method was verified by concomitant assay of a number of kinetic samples by gas chromatography employing a nitrogen-phosphorus detector

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Journal Title
Life Sci.
Journal Volume
27
Journal Issue
6
Series
Life Sci.
Journal Page Range
457-465
ISSN
0024-3205