Validated LC–MS/MS method for the quantification of sciadopitysin in rat plasma and its application to pharmacokinetic and bioavailability studies in vivo

Abstract

A sensitive and rapid LC-MS/MS method was developed and validated for quantitation of sciadopitysin in rat plasma using amentoflavone as an internal standard. Sample processing was accomplished after deproteinization with 150 μL aliquot of acetonitrile. Chromatographic separation was achieved using an Agela C column with an isocratic mobile phase comprising 2 mm ammonium acetate-acetonitrile (35:65, v/v) at a flow rate of 0.4 mL/min. Detection was performed by selection reaction monitoring on a triple-quadrupole mass spectrometer following the transitions m/z 579 → 547 and 537 → 375 for sciadopitysin and internal standard, respectively, in the negative ionization mode. The calibration curve was linear from 2.90 to 1160 ng/mL for sciadopitysin. Intra- and inter-day precisions were in the ranges 4.1-11.4 and 5.7-9.1% for sciadopitysin. Sciadopitysin was stable under different stability conditions. The validated assay was applied to pharmacokinetic and bioavailability studies in rats.

Validated LC–MS/MS method for the quantification of sciadopitysin in rat plasma and its application to pharmacokinetic and bioavailability studies in vivo

“…This article was published in Volume 32, Issue 8, July 2018 of Biomedical Chromatography (Yang et al, ). Subsequent to the publication, the corresponding author would like to correct the first author's name from Shenbao Yang to Shengbao Yang.…”