Simultaneous determination and pharmacokinetic study of six components in beagle dog plasma by UPLC–MS/MS after oral administration of Astragalus Membranaceus aqueous extract

Abstract

Astragalus Membranaceus (AM) is widely applied in Chinese herbal compound formulas for treating various kinds of diseases. However, relative pharmacokinetics data on AM in nonrodents is still lacking. Here, an UPLC-MS/MS method for determining the six main compounds of AM was developed. The chromatographic separation was carried out by a Waters Acquity UPLC HSS T3 column (100 Â 2.1 mm, 1.8 μm) with gradient elution of water-formic acid (99.98:0.02, v/v) and acetonitrile-formic acid (99.98:0.02, v/v) at a flow rate of 0.3 ml/min within 11 min. Analyses of all compounds were conducted in multiple reaction monitoring mode with a positive/negative ion-switching mode of an electrospray ionization source in a single run. The analytical method was validated in terms of specificity, linearity, accuracy, precision, stability, etc. The method showed excellent linearity (r > 0.999) over certain concentration ranges. The intra-day and inter-day precisions were evaluated, and the RSD values were <12.4%. Furthermore, the validated method was successfully applied to determine the six components in plasma after oral administration of AM aqueous extract to beagle dogs and the pharmacokinetic parameters were obtained. Together, this study provides a reference for medication in the clinical practice of AM.

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