Table 5.

Stability of emtricitabinein rat plasma (n = 6).

Sample condition	Spiked concentration (μg/mL)	Mean determined concentration (µg/mL)	Accuracy (%)
Bench-top stability♦	0.1	0.096	96.0
	0.8	0.783	97.87
	1.6	1.571	98.18
	2.0	1.944	97.20
Freeze-thaw stability♣	0.1	0.099	99.00
	0.8	0.795	99.37
	1.6	1.582	98.87
	2.0	1.995	99.75
One-week stability▲	0.1	0.093	93.00
	0.8	0.746	93.25
	1.6	1.517	94.81
	2.0	1.911	95.55

^♦Exposed at ambient temperature (25°C) for 4 h.

^♣After three freeze-thaw cycles.

^▲Stored at −16°C.