title: Kinetic distribution of paeoniflorin in cortex of normal and cerebral ischemia-reperfusion rats after intravenous administration of Paeoniae Radix extract.
abstract: The time course of paeoniflorin in the cortex of normal and cerebral ischemia-reperfusion rats, following intravenous administration of Paeoniae Radix extract at a dose of 60 mg/kg of paeoniflorin, was determined using high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) assay. The results showed that paeoniflorin could penetrate through the blood-brain barrier to reach the cortex, and that the injuries of ischemia-reperfusion could play an important role in pharmacokinetic process of paeoniflorin in the cortex after intravenous administration of Paeoniae Radix extract. The cortex concentrations of paeoniflorin in cerebral ischemia-reperfusion rats were lower 5 min after dosing and declined more slowly than that in normal control.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Chunai
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Xihui
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Lujun
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Han
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Lijun
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Du
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001565:Benzoates / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000378:metabolism*; D001952:Bridged-Ring Compounds / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000378:metabolism*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods; D005960:Glucosides / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D008297:Male; D039821:Monoterpenes; D029596:Paeonia / Q000378:metabolism; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D015427:Reperfusion Injury / Q000378:metabolism*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D006027:Glycosides
chemical_list: D001565:Benzoates; D001952:Bridged-Ring Compounds; D005960:Glucosides; D039821:Monoterpenes; D010936:Plant Extracts; C015423:peoniflorin; D006027:Glycosides