Pharmacokinetics and metabolism study of veratramine in mice after oral administration using LC‐MS/MS

A simple and sensitive high‐performance liquid chromatography coupled with hybrid triple quadrupole–linear ion trap mass spectrometry (Q‐trap‐MS) method was developed and validated for the determination of veratramine, the major bioactive and neurotoxic component in Veratrum nigrum L. Veratramine and the internal standard (IS) were separated with a Waters Symmetry C₁₈ column and eluted with a gradient mobile phase system containing acetonitrile and 0.1% aqueous formic acid. The analysis was performed by using positive electrospray ionization mode with multiple reaction monitoring (MRM). Transition ions of m/z 410.2 → 295.2 for veratramine and m/z 426.1 → 113.8 for the IS were monitored. The method was validated with a good linearity in the range of 1–1000 ng/mL and lower limit of quantification of 1 ng/mL. The precision (CV) of intra‐ and inter‐day ranged from 3.92 to 7.29%, while the accuracy (bias) intra‐ and inter‐day were between ?4.78 and 1.65%. The recovery, stability and matrix effect were within the acceptable ranges. Five metabolites of veratramine, including four hydroxylated and one sulfated metabolites, were tentatively identified using predictive MRM–information dependent acquisition–enhanced product ion mode (predictive MRM‐IDA‐EPI). The developed method was successfully applied to the pharmacokinetic and metabolic study of veratramine in mice after oral administration of veratramine. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

高效液相色谱-蒸发光散射检测法测定藜芦中的介藜芦碱和藜芦胺

建立了高效液相色谱-蒸发光散射检测(HPLC-ELSD)测定藜芦中介藜芦碱、藜芦胺含量的方法,并对4种藜芦属药材样品进行了测定。采用的色谱柱为Kromasil C18柱(250 mm×4.6 mm, 5 μm),以乙腈和0.1%三氟乙酸水溶液为流动相进行梯度洗脱,洗脱程序为:0～5 min, 20%乙腈; 5～30 min, 20%乙腈～40%乙腈, 30～40 min, 40%乙腈～20%乙腈; 40～45 min, 20%乙腈;流速为0.8 mL/min;柱温为35 ℃;采用ELSD检测,漂移管温度为98 ℃,载气流速2.2 L/min 。介藜芦碱和藜芦胺的线性范围分别为42.05～980 mg/L和43.77～1020 mg/L;平均回收率分别为99.2%和101.4%,相对标准偏差分别为1.7%和2.1% (n=6);信噪比为3时,测得介藜芦碱和藜芦胺最低检测限分别为18.37 mg/kg和21.50 mg/kg。该方法快速简便、灵敏度和分离度好,适用于藜芦药材中活性生物碱的测定。