The validationwasperformedaccordingtoUS-FDAguidance
for industryonbioanalyticalmethodvalidation [33]. Thevalida-
tion studieswerecarriedoutusingpooledplasmasamplepre-
analyzedforvitaminKcontentbeforespikingofstandardvitamin
K homologues.Threedaysofcalibrationcurveswitheightre-
plicates ofplasmasamplesspikedwithamixtureofstandardvi-
tamin Khomologues(MK-4,PKandMK-7)overconcentration
rangeof0.3-100ngmL1 and I.S.(5ngmL1) wereperformedto
assess linearityofthedevelopedHPLC-FLmethod.Thelimitof
quantitation(LOQ)wasestablishedasthelowestconcentrationof
the calibrationcurvethatcanbequantified withacceptableac-
curacy andprecision.Moreover,theanalyteresponseatthiscon-
centration mustbeatleast10timesthebaselinenoise(S/N¼10).
The limitofdetection(LOD)wasestablishedasthelowestcon-
centration ofananalytethatcanbedetectedbutnotnecessarily
quantified andtheanalyteresponseatthisconcentrationmustbe
at least3timesthebaselinenoise(S/N¼3).
Toevaluateintra-dayandinter-dayprecisionandaccuracy