title: Determination of mitragynine in rat plasma by LC-MS/MS: application to pharmacokinetics.
abstract: This study used for the first time LC-MS/MS for the analysis of mitragynine (MIT), a mu-opioid agonist with antinociceptive and antitussive properties, in rat plasma. Mitragynine and the internal standard (amitriptyline) were extracted from plasma with hexane-isoamyl alcohol and resolved on a Lichrospher RP-SelectB column (9.80 and 12.90 min, respectively). The quantification limit was 0.2 ng/mL within a linear range of 0.2-1000 ng/mL. The method was applied to quantify mitragynine in plasma samples of rats (n=8 per sampling time) treated with a single oral dose of 20 mg/kg. The following pharmacokinetic parameters were obtained (mean): maximum plasma concentration: 424 ng/mL; time to reach maximum plasma concentration: 1.26 h; elimination half-life: 3.85 h, apparent total clearance: 6.35 L/h/kg, and apparent volume of distribution: 37.90 L/kg.
authors: Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Toxicológicas e Bromatológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP 14040-903, Brazil.
authors: Natália Valadares
authors: NV
authors: de Moraes
authors: Raquel Alves Corrêa
authors: RA
authors: Moretti
authors: Edward B
authors: EB
authors: Furr
authors: Christopher R
authors: CR
authors: McCurdy
authors: Vera Lucia
authors: VL
authors: Lanchote
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D046948:Secologanin Tryptamine Alkaloids / Q000097:blood* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D046948:Secologanin Tryptamine Alkaloids; C001801:mitragynine