for the determination of quinine in plasma, saliva and urine is described. The ion-pair
method was carried out on a reversed-phase C 18 column, using perchlorate ion as the
counter ion and ultraviolet detection at 254 nm. Quinine was well resolved from its major
metabolite, 3-hydroxyquinine, and the internal standard, primaquine. The limit of detection
was 10 ng/ml and the recovery was greater than 90% from the three biological fluids.