title: Pharmacokinetics of gastrodin and its metabolite p-hydroxybenzyl alcohol in rat blood, brain and bile by microdialysis coupled to LC-MS/MS.
abstract: Gastrodin is a pharmacologically active substance isolated from Gastrodia elata Blume with sedation, anti-convulsion and anti-epilepsy activities. A rapid and sensitive liquid chromatography technique coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) system was developed to determine gastrodin and its metabolite p-hydroxybenzyl alcohol (HBA) in rat blood, brain and bile collected using microdialysis technique. The analytes were separated using a reversed phase column (4.6 mm x 150 mm, 5 microm). The mobile phase for column separation was 30% methanol with a flow rate of 0.6 mL/min. As a post-column addition, 1% ammonium hydroxide solution (in methanol) was additionally pumped via a T-connection using a chromatographic pump (BAS PM-80, USA) at a flow rate of 0.2 mL/min after the column separation. A LC-MS/MS system equipped with a negative electrospray ionization (ESI) source in multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode was used to monitor m/z 285.0-->122.9 and m/z 123.0-->105.0 transitions for gastrodin and HBA, respectively. The lower limit of quantification (LLoQ) for gastrodin and HBA were 0.5 and 2 ng/mL, respectively. The calibration curves were linear over the range of 0.5-5,000 ng/mL and 2-1,000 ng/mL for gastrodin and HBA with a coefficient of determination >0.995, respectively. This selective and sensitive method is useful for the determination of gastrodin and HBA and in the pharmacokinetic studies of these compounds.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Traditional Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Lei-Chwen
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Yen-Fei
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Wen-Chuan
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yu-Tse
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Tung-Hu
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Tsai