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Published on: December 14, 2021
Study on the interference of rat feed to pharmacokinetics of flavonoids
Cui-Ping Yang1, Meng-Hua Liu, Wei Zou
1School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China. yangsophia76@hotmail.com
Objective:
To investigate the interference of rat feed to pharmacokinetic of flavonoids.
Methods:
Flavonoids in rat feed and plasma samples were separated by rapid resolution reversed-phase HPLC and characterized by LC-ESI-MS/MS analysis with an electrospray ionization source (ESI) and a triple quadrupole analyzer by fragmentation pattern.
Results:
Five Citrus flavonoids (naringin, naringenin, quercetin, hesperidin and hesperetin) and two soybean isoflavonoids (daizin,daidzein) were identified in common formula rat feed. The presence of these flavonoids in plasma from rats receiving the feed was also confirmed.
Conclusion:
The results showed the flavonoids in animal food might interfere with pharmacological and pharmacokinetic study of foreign natural compounds. This paper could be taken as a reference to pharmacological and pharmacokinetic studies of all the related substances.
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