title: High-performance liquid chromatographic assay for the determination of Aloe Emodin in mouse plasma.
abstract: An isocratic high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method was developed and validated to determine Aloe Emodin (AE) in mouse plasma. The analysis required 0.3 ml of plasma and involves extraction with dichloromethane. The HPLC separation was carried out on Symmetry Shield RP18, a mobile phase of methanol-water-acetic acid (65:35:0.2) and fluorescence detection at lambda(ex)=410 nm and lambda(em)=510 nm. The retention time of AE was 11.7 min. The assay was linear from 10 to 1,000 ng/ml (r2 > or = 0.999), showed intra- and inter-day precision within 7.8 and 4.7%, and accuracy of 87.3-105.7%. Detection limit (LOD) and quantification limit (LOQ) were 4.5 and 5 ng/ml, respectively. The method was applied to determine for the first time the pharmacokinetic of AE in mice.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cancer Pharmacology, Department of Oncology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zaffaroni
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mucignat
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pecere
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zagotto
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Frapolli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: D'Incalci
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zucchetti
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000880:Anthraquinones; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D004642:Emodin / Q000097:blood*; D051379:Mice; D012015:Reference Standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D000880:Anthraquinones; C518327:aloe emodin; D004642:Emodin