title: High-performance liquid chromatographic determination of evodiamine in rat plasma: application to pharmacokinetic studies.
abstract: A previously published simple and sensitive high-performance liquid chromatographic method for determination and identification of rutaecarpine in rat plasma was used for evodiamine determination. However, the ultraviolet detection was not 344 nm, but 227 nm. The method was applied to a pharmacokinetic study of evodiamine in rats after 2 mg/kg intravenous administration. A biphasic phenomenon with a rapid distribution followed by a slower elimination phase was observed from the plasma concentration-time curve. Compartmental analysis yielded a two-compartment model.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pharmacology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Jeng
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Chou
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D010936:Plant Extracts; D011799:Quinazolines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D051381:Rats; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D010936:Plant Extracts; D011799:Quinazolines; C049639:evodiamine