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Published on: May 19, 2012
[Quantitative investigation of glucuronidated icaritin metabolite in rats]
Objective:
To establish an ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry(UHPLC-MS/MS) method for the simultaneous quantification of icairitin(ICT) and its major metabolite glucuronidated icaritin (GICT), and investigate metabolism of ICT in rats following a single intraperitoneal administration.
Methods:
ICT, GICT and an internal standard coumestrol (CMT) were extracted from rat plasma using acetonitrile and separated on a C18 column using a gradient mobile phase of acetonitrile, water, ammonium formate and formic acid. In the negative electrospray ionization mode, selected reaction monitoring of the precursor-product ion transitions of m/z 367.1 --> 297.1 for ICT, 543.3 --> 367.1 for GICT and 267.0 - 211.1 for CMT was used for the quantification. Plasma was collected for the determination of ICT and GICT after rats were intraperitoneally administered with ICT at a single dose of 10 mg/kg.
Results:
The calibration curves were linear over the concentration range of 0.2 - 20 ng/ml for ICT and 2 -200 ng/ml for GICT with the respective lower limit of quantification at 0.2 and 2 ng/ml. The intra- and inter-day accuracy values fell in the range of 95.1 - 103.7%, and precisions were within 10.3%. Recovery and matrix effect were 89.1 - 92.4% and 93.2 - 104.2%, respectively.
Conclusion:
The UHPLC-MS/MS method was specific and accurate, suitable for the metabolism study of ICT. ICT was rapidly metabolized to GICT in rats.
