Journal
MOLECULES
Volume 21, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules21060717
Keywords
UHPLC-MS/MS; Rubia cordifolia L.; purpurin; munjistin; mollugin; pharmacokinetics
Funding
- Scientific Research Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China [81573551]
- Scientific Research Project of Science Foundation of China Heilongjiang Province [LC2015031]
- Excellent Innovation Talents Supporting Plan research projects of Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine [2012RCD05]
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A specific, simple, sensitive Ultra High Performance Liquid Chromatography-tandem Mass Spectrometry (UHPLC-MS/MS) method has been developed and validated for the simultaneous determination and pharmacokinetic study of purpurin, munjistin, and mollugin in rat plasma. Chromatographic separation was carried out using a C-18 column (ACQUITY UPLC (R) HSS T3, 1.8 mu m, 2.1 x 100 mm) with gradient elution. The compounds were detected on a 6430 triple-quadrupole tandem MS with an electrospray ionization (ESI) interface using multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) in positive ionization mode. The samples were prepared by a liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) method with ethyl acetate after being spiked with an internal standard (bifendate). The current UHPLC-MS/MS assay was validated for its linearity, intra-day and inter-day precisions, accuracy, extraction recovery, matrix effect and stability in different conditions. The method was linear for all analytes over the investigated range with all determined correlation coefficients exceeding 0.9900. The intra-day and inter-day precisions were in the range of 4.21% to 14.84%, and the relative errors of accuracies were in the range of -14.05% to 14.75%. The mean recoveries and matrix effects of purpurin, munjistin, and mollugin were higher than 78.87% and 92.56%, repectively. After oral administration of 0.82 g/kg of Rubia cordifolia extract, the maximum plasma concentrations (C-max) were 70.10 +/- 11.78 ng/mL for purpurin, 26.09 +/- 6.6 ng/mL for munjistin, and 52.10 +/- 6.71 ng/mL for mollugin. The time for maximal concentration (T-max) was 1.61 +/- 0.24 h for purpurin, 2.58 +/- 0.19 h for munjistin, and 1.99 +/- 0.21 h for mollugin. The established method was further applied to a pharmacokinetic study of purpurin, munjistin, and mollugin in rat plasma. It was concluded from the pharmacokinetic parameters that the three analytes showed a process of slow absorption and metabolism after oral administration of R. cordifolia extract to rats.
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