Affiliation:
1. Jiangyin Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine , Jiangyin 214400 , China
2. College of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine , Nanjing 210023 , China
Abstract
Abstract
Pinus massoniana needles, a traditional herb, were applied to prevent hair loss in China. Studies available mainly focused on pine needle flavonoids with various biological activities. However, there has been no pharmacokinetics study of the flavonoids from Pinus needles extract. A selective and sensitive ultra-high performance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS/MS) method was developed to simultaneously quantify taxifolin, quercetin and catechin in rat plasma. To separate the three constituents, an Agilent Extend-C18 column (2.1 mm × 100 mm, 1.8 μm) was used with a mobile phrase of (A) 0.1% formic acid and (B) acetonitrile. The analytes were measured by multiple reaction monitoring in the negative ionization mode. There was good linearity in the established UHPLC-MS/MS method, with a coefficient of determination (r2) of >0.99. The accuracy, intra-day and inter-day precision and recovery were all satisfactory and these 3 compounds were stable under the tested conditions. The validated method in this study was successfully applied to pharmacokinetic study in healthy rats after oral and transdermal administration of Pinus needles extract. The results could provide further research foundation for pine needle extract as external preparations.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Graduate Student Scientific Research Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
General Medicine,Analytical Chemistry
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