A gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) method has been developed and fully validated for the simultaneous determination of natural borneol (NB) and its metabolite, camphor, in rat plasma. Following a single liquid-liquid extraction, the analytes were separated using an HP-5MS capillary column (0.25 mm ? 30 m ? 0.25μm) and analyzed by MS in the selected ion monitoring mode. Selected ion monitor (m/z) of borneol, camphor and internal standard was 95, 95 and 128, respectively. Linearity, accuracy, precision and extraction recovery of the analytes were all satisfactory. The method was successfully applied to pharmacokinetic studies of NB after oral administration to Wistar rats.

Objective To supply evidence for determining the optimal collecting period for Sambucus chinese.Methods A RP-HPLC method was established to determine chlorogenic acid contents from Sambucus chinese in various collecting periods.The chromatographic conditions were as follows: Hypersil-ODS2(250 mm? 4.6 mm,5 ? m)column,acetonitrile-1 % formic acid aqueous solution(9 ∶ 91) as mobile phase with a flow rate of 1.0 mL? min-1,column temperature at 35 ℃ and the detection wavelength at 326 nm.Results Content of chlorogenic acid in the samples collected in May(pre-blossom period)was the highest and the content in leaf was higher than in the stem and root.Conclusion It is suggested that Sambucus chinese should be gathered before blooming when the leaves are in luxuriance.

Aim To establish the rat model of Spleen-Qi deficiency, analyse the metabolic pathways and investigate the connection between the changed urinary metabolites and Spleen-Qi deficiency, in order to explore the potential mechanisms of Spleen-Qi deficiency.Methods With the binding methods of diarrhea induced by bitter and cold, abnormal of starvation and excessive tiredness, the rat Spleen-Qi deficiency model was established.Then the activity of creatine phosphokinase(CPK) was detected.The endogenous metabolites in the urine were detected by NMR, and the data were analyzed with multivariate and statistical methods.Then the metabolites were selected that could be clearly distinct in the two groups with the fold change value(>1.2) and the P<0.05 of Student′s t-test.Both the pathway analysis and enrichment analysis were performed with Metabo Analyst 3.0.Results Compared with the normal rats, the activity of CPK decreased significantly in model rats(P<0.05).A significant separation appeared in the principal components analysis(PCA) score plot when the control group and the model group were compared, indicating that the Spleen-Qi deficiency model was successfully duplicated.The 33 differential metabolites, which mainly involved in the metabolic pathways, were distinguished from the comparision of Spleen-Qi deficiency model group and control group.The metabolic pathways was related to energy metabolism, amino acid metabolism, nucleotide metabolism and disturbance of gut microbes.Conclusions The main energy metabolic pathways (tricarboxylic acid cycle, glycolysis and liquid oxidation) may be disturbed in Spleen-Qi deficiency rats.The energy supply function is suppressed, which leads to the fatigue and weight loss in rats.

OBJECTIVETo investigate the absorption mechanism of oxysophocarpine across Caco-2 cell monolayer model.

METHODThe safety concentration of oxysophocarpine in Caco-2 cell was first selected by using MTT method. Then the Caco-2 cell monolayers drug transport model was assigned to study the bi-direction transport mechanism of oxysophocarpine by evaluating the influent factors such as time, concentration, pH, P-gp inhibitor of verapamil, on its absorption characterization.

RESULTIn the Caco-2 cell monolayer model, the transport volume was correlated positively with the time and concentration of oxysophocarpine, and affected by pH value. Verapamil had no influence on its transport since the transport of oxysophocarpine from apical (AP) to basolateral (BL) was similar to the transport from basolateral to apical.

CONCLUSIONThe intestinal absorption mechanism of oxysophocarpine was deduced as passive transference by Caco-2 cell monolayer model.

Alkaloids ; pharmacokinetics ; Biological Transport ; Caco-2 Cells ; Cell Membrane Permeability ; drug effects ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; pharmacokinetics ; Humans ; Intestinal Absorption ; drug effects ; Models, Biological

Objective An HPLC-MS/MS method was established for the simultaneous determination of 7 components in Qingkailing Oral Liquid.Methods The assay was performed on a Waters ACQUITY UPLC BEH C18 column(2.1 mm×10 mm,1.7 μm)and the sample was eluted with a gradient mobile phase containing 10 mmol·L-1 of ammonium acetate and 0.1%of formic acid in water(A)-methanol(B).The mass spectrometry was carried out by electrospray ionization(ESI)with positive/negative ions in multiple reaction monitoring(MRM)mode for quantitative analysis.Results The linear ranges of adenine,chlorogenic acid,caffeic acid,geniposide,baicalin,hyodeoxycholic acid and cholic acid were 0.100 4-3.213,0.784 5-8.982,0.998-3.194,0.622 5-19.92,25.05-300.6,2.513-30.15 and 7.775-93.30 μg·mL-1(r≥0.999 0).The average recoveries(n=6)were 100.9%,98.74%,101.2%,100.2%,100.8%,99.97%and 98.94%with RSD of 1.58%,0.59%,1.78%,1.25%,0.65%,1.69%and 1.07%.The contents of the above mentioned 7 components in 15 tested samples were in the ranges of 0.12-0.18,0.19-0.24,0.06-0.09,0.34-0.37,4.54-4.85,0.49-0.67 and 1.82-2.19 mg·mL-1.The contents of 7 components in tested sample from different manufacturers were closed.Conclusion The method has shown good sensitivity,accuracy,and repeatability.The study can provide reference and data support for the quality control and subsequent research of Qingkailing Oral Liquid.