“…To date, the majority of papers reporting bioanalytical methods for the quantification of GFZ in plasma have used HPLC-UV (sensitivities ranging from 0.05 μg/ml to 1 μg/ml) and HPLC-fluorescence (sensitivities ranging from 0.01 μg/ml to 0.5 μg/ml) (Hengy et al, 1985; Randinitis et al, 1986; Forland et al, 1987; Nakagawa et al, 1991; Hermening et al, 2000; Gonzalez-Penas et al, 2001; Niemi et al, 2003; Schneck et al, 2004; Deng et al, 2005; Vittal et al, 2006; Kang et al, 2009). Fluorescence and UV detection methods have long run times (in some cases up to 20 minutes), and require extensive sample preparation techniques (Forland et al, 1987; Nakagawa et al, 1991; Hermening et al, 2000; Vittal et al, 2006; Kang et al, 2009).…”