LC‐MS/MS determination of 1‐O‐acetylbritannilactone in rat plasma and its application to a preclinical pharmacokinetic study

A novel, rapid and sensitive LC‐MS/MS method for the determination of 1‐O‐Acetylbritannilactone (ABL), a sesquiterpene lactone abundant in Inula britannica, was developed and validated using heteroclitin D as internal standard. Separation was achieved on a reversed phase Hypersil Gold C₁₈ column (50 × 4.6 mm, i.d., 3.0 µm) using isocratic elution with methanol–5 mM ammonium acetate buffer aqueous solution (80:20, v/v) at a flow rate of 0.4 mL/min. Calibration curve was linear (r > 0.99) in a concentration range of 1.60–800 ng/mL with the lower limit of quantification of 1.60 ng/mL. Intra‐ and inter‐day accuracy and precision were validated by relative error (RE) and relative standard deviation (RSD) values, respectively, which were both less than ±15%. The validated method has been successfully applied to a pharmacokinetic study of ABL in rats. The elimination half‐lives were 0.412 ± 0.068, 0.415 ± 0.092 and 0.453 ± 0.071 h after a single intravenous administration of 0.14, 0.42, and 1.26 mg/kg ABL, respectively. The area under the plasma concentration–time curve from time zero to the last quantifiable time point and from time zero to infinity and the plasma concentrations at 2 min were linearly related to the doses tested. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

单乙酰大花旋覆花内酯衍生物研究

合成;生理活性;单乙酰大花旋覆花内酯衍生物研究     

在线推扫富集-胶束电动毛细管色谱检测旋覆花素中和大鼠血浆中的旋覆花内酯

采用熔融石英毛细管,以含有50 mmol/L 十二烷基硫酸钠的50 mmol/L硼酸盐缓冲液为电极缓冲液,以10 mmol/L硼酸盐缓冲液为上样缓冲液,经过对分离条件的优化,成功地建立了胶束电动毛细管色谱结合在线sweeping(推扫)富集技术检测中性脂溶性物质旋覆花内酯(acetylbritannilactone,ABL)的实验方法。所建方法的批内、批间测定值的相对标准偏差均小于5%,灵敏度为0.005 g/L,回收率大于92%;被检测样品的含量与峰面积呈良好的线性关系,相关系数为0.9975。用所建立的方法检测了旋覆花素中ABL的含量及其在体内的动态变化,结果表明胶束电动毛细管色谱结合在线sweeping样品富集技术可显著提高检测的灵敏度。该方法具有操作简单、进样量小(nL级)、检测速度快等特点,弥补了毛细管电泳在测定痕量组分方面的不足。     

An LC–MS/MS method for simultaneous determination of 1,5‐dicaffeoylquinic acid and 1‐O‐acetylbritannilactone in rat plasma and its application to a pharmacokinetic study

A selective and sensitive liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) method was developed for the simultaneous quantitative determination of 1,5‐dicaffeoylquinic acid (1,5‐DCQA) and 1‐O‐ acetylbritannilactone (1‐O‐ ABL) in rat plasma. Chromatographic separation was performed on a Zorbax Eclipse XDB‐C₁₈ column using isocratic mobile phase consisting of methanol–water–formic acid (70:30:0.1, v /v/v) at a flow rate of 0.25 mL/min. The detection was achieved using a triple‐quadrupole tandem MS in selected reaction monitoring mode. The calibration curves of all analytes in plasma showed good linearity over the concentration ranges of 0.850–213 ng/mL for 1,5‐DCQA, and 0.520–130 ng/mL for 1‐O‐ ABL, respectively. The extraction recoveries were ≥78.5%, and the matrix effect ranged from 91.4 to 102.7% in all the plasma samples. The method was successfully applied for the pharmacokinetic study of the two active components in the collected plasma following oral administration of Inula britannica extract in rats.