• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.177-182
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• 2012

A new composition of standardized Scutellariae Radix extract (HPO12) was developed for treatment of Alzheimer's disease. For the preclinical pharmacokinetic study of HPO12, a rapid, sensitive, and selective LCMS/MS method was developed and validated for the simultaneous determination of 4 bioactive compounds, baicalein, baicalin, wogonin, and wogonoside. After extraction with ethylacetate, chromatographic analysis was performed on a Thermo $C_{18}$ column ($150mm{\times}2.1mm$, $3{\mu}m$) with a mobile phase consisting of 0.1% formic acid (A) and 0.1% formic acid in 95% acetonitrile (B) by using gradient elution at a flow rate of $250{\mu}L/min$. Analytes introduced to a mass spectrometer were monitored by multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) in positive ion mode. Using $25{\mu}L$ of plasma sample, the method was validated over the following concentration ranges: 25-5000 ng/mL for baicalein, 20-40000 ng/mL for baicalin, 1-1000 ng/mL for wogonin, and 5-10000 ng/mL for wogonoside. The intra- and inter-day precision and accuracy of the quality control samples at the 4 concentrations showed $\leq$ 13.7% relative standard deviation (RSD) and 86.6-105.5% accuracy. The method was successfully applied to determine the concentrations of baicalein, baicalin, wogonin, and wogonoside in rat plasma after intraperitoneal and oral administrations of HPO12.

• 분석과학
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.221-227
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• 2013

LC-MS/MS를 이용하여 인체 혈장 중 ginsenoside Rg1의 신속하고 정확한 분석법을 개발하고 이 분석법에 대한 검증을 수행하였다. 혈장 분석을 위하여 internal standard인 digoxin을 첨가한 후 acetone과 methanol용액 (80:20)으로 전처리하고, 그 상층액을 진공농축 한 후, LC-MS/MS로 분석하였다. 최적 크로마토그래피 분석은 0.1% formic acid 첨가된 water와 methanol을 이동상으로 하여 Agilent Eclipse XDB-C18 column ($4.6{\times}150mm$, $5{\mu}m$)을 이용하여 0.9 mL/min의 유속으로 gradient mode로 수행하였다. 혈장 중 ginsenoside Rg1의 표준 검량선은 1~500 ng/mL의 농도 범위에서 우수한 직선성($r^2=0.9995$)을 보였으며, 일내, 일간 정밀성은 변동계수 7.53% 이하, 정확성은 98.28% 이상이었다. 결과적으로 본 분석법은 ginsenoside Rg1의 약동학 연구에 적용되기에 충분한 감도와 특이성, 직선성, 정밀성 및 정확성을 가지고 있음을 확인하였다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.1684-1688
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• 2013

A rapid and sensitive method for determining usnic acid of Lethariella cladonioides in rat was established using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) quadrupole time-of-flight (QTOF) tandem mass (MS/MS). Rat plasma was pretreated by mixture of acetonitrile and chloroform to precipitate plasma proteins. Chromatographic separation was achieved on a column ($50{\times}2.1$ mm, $5{\mu}m$) with a mobile phase consisting of water (containing $5{\times}10^{-3}$ M ammonium formate, pH was adjusted to 3.0 with formic acid) and acetonitrile (20:80, v/v) at a flow rate of 0.3 mL/min. A tandem mass spectrometric detection with an electrospray ionization (ESI) interface was conducted via collision induced dissociation (CID) under negative ionization mode. The MS/MS transitions monitored were m/z 343.0448 ${\rightarrow}$ m/z 313.2017 for usnic acid and m/z 153.1024 ${\rightarrow}$ m/z 136.2136 for protocatechuic acid (internal standard). The linear range was calculated to be 2.0-160.0 ng/mL with a detection limit of 3.0 pg/mL. The inter- and intra-day accuracy and precision were within ${\pm}7.0%$. Pharmacokinetic study showed that the apartment of usnic acid in vivo confirmed to be a two compartment open model. The method was fully valid and will probably be an alternative for pharmacokinetic study of usnic acid.