title: Determination of piceid in rat plasma and tissues by high-performance liquid chromatographic method with UV detection.
abstract: A rapid, sensitive and selective HPLC method was developed and validated for determination of piceid in rat plasma and tissues. The drug was isolated from plasma and tissues by a simple protein precipitation procedure. Chromatographic separation was performed on a C(18) column with acetonitrile-water (26:74, v/v) as mobile phase. The method was successfully applied to the pharmacokinetics and tissue distribution research after oral administration of a 50 mg/kg dose of piceid to healthy male Wistar rats. The pharmacokinetic parameters showed that piceid was quickly absorbed, distributed and eliminated within 4 h after oral administration. The tissue distribution results showed that, at 10 min, the concentrations of piceid in most tissues reached peak level except in heart and testis. The highest level of piceid was found in stomach, then in small intestine, spleen, lung, brain, testis, liver, kidney and heart. The amount of piceid in testis and heart reached the peak level at 30 min. At 120 min, the amount of piceid in all tissues decreased to a low percentage of the initial concentration. Piceid was absorbed throughout the gastrointestinal tract with considerable absorption taking place in the stomach and small intestine. There was no long-term accumulation of piceid in rat tissues.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050017, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Chunyan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lv
authors.forename: Lantong
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Qiao
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Weina
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Chunying
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiujuan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jing
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D004355:Drug Stability; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000032:analysis; D005960:Glucosides / Q000097:blood* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013267:Stilbenes / Q000097:blood* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D005960:Glucosides; D013267:Stilbenes; C058229:polydatin