Abstract
Astragaloside IV (AGS-IV) is an active constituent of Radix Astragali used in many Traditional Chinese Medicines. This paper describes a sensitive and specific assay for the quantitation of AGS-IV in rat plasma. After solid phase extraction (SPE), samples were analyzed by liquid chromatography electrospray ionization mass spectrometry using a reversed-phase C18 column. The assay was linear in the range 1-500ng/ml with a limit of detection of 0.5ng/ml. The recovery was 92.5% and within-day and between-day precision were 3.7-6.0 and 2.8-9.8%, respectively. The assay was applied to a pharmacokinetic study in rat after a single oral dose. The drug was rapidly absorbed and subsequently eliminated according to a biphasic concentration-time curve.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 285-288 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of Chromatography B: Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences |
| Volume | 801 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 5 Mar 2004 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Astragaloside IV