Pharmacokinetic study of the antidepressant active components from Jiaotai pills in healthy subjects
- VernacularTitle:交泰丸中抗抑郁活性成分在健康受试者体内的药动学研究
- Author:
Yujie CHEN
1
;
Yiran WANG
1
;
Zhipeng LIAO
1
;
Xinfang BIAN
1
;
Yanjun WANG
1
;
Wenzheng JU
1
Author Information
1. Dept. of Clinical Pharmacology，Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine，Nanjing 210029，China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Jiaotai pills;
pharmacokinetics;
depression;
coptisine;
berberine;
magnoflorine;
palmatine;
LC-MS/MS method
- From:
China Pharmacy
2026;37(3):366-370
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To study the pharmacokinetic characteristics of antidepressant active components from Jiaotai pills in healthy subjects. METHODS Eight healthy subjects （3 males and 5 females） were recruited and given a single oral dose of 8.55 g of Jiaotai pills. Venous blood samples were collected before administration （0 h） and at intervals from 0.25 to 36.0 hours post- administration. After treating the plasma samples with protein precipitation， the blood concentrations of the antidepressant active ingredients （coptisine， berberine， magnoflorine， and palmatine） in Jiaotai pills were determined using liquid chromatography- tandem mass spectrometry （LC-MS/MS） method. DAS 2.0 software was employed to calculate the pharmacokinetic parameters of healthy subjects [half-life （t1/2）， peak concentration （cmax）， time to peak concentration （tmax）， area under the concentration-time curve （AUC）， and mean residence time （MRT）] using a non-compartmental model. RESULTS After healthy subjects took Jiaotai pills， the drug-time curve of the four antidepressant active ingredients conforms to a two-compartment model and tmax values were similar， with all reaching peak blood concentrations within 2.00 to 4.00 hours post-administration. However， the t1/2 and MRT of coptisine and berberine were significantly longer than that of magnoflorine and palmatine. There were also significant differences in the AUC and cmax among the four antidepressant active ingredients， with magnoflorine exhibiting markedly higher AUC0-t and cmax compared to the other three components. CONCLUSIONS In this study，LC-MS/MS is used to analyze the pharmacokinetic characteristics of the antidepressant active ingredients from Jiaotai pills in healthy subjects， can provide valuable references for the clinical application of Jiaotai pills.
