Determination of trans-resveratrol in human plasma by high-performance liquid chromatography

The first method using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) has been developed for the determination of trans-resveratrol in human plasma. The method involves a liquid--liquid extraction followed by reversed-phase HPLC with UV detection. The detection limit of trans-resveratrol in human plasma was 5.0 ng/ml. Standard curves are linear over the concentration range of 5.0-5000.0 ng/ml. Intra-assay variability ranged from 1.9 to 3.7% and inter-assay variability ranged from 2.5 to 4.0% at the concentration range of 15.0-4000.0 ng/ml.