Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To establish a method for the determination of tanshinone Ⅱ
A in rat plasma and investigate pharmcokinetic characteristics of tanshinone Ⅱ
A self-microemulsifying preparation (TSP). METHODS Protein precipitation method with acetonitrile was applied to purify plasma samples before analysis. The concentration of tanshinone Ⅱ
A in rat plasma was detected by HPLC using Kromasil C
18 column(250 mm×4.6 mm, 5.0 mm). The mobile phase was consisted of acetonitrile and 0.01 mol·L
-1 citric acid solution(80∶20). The flow rate was 1 mL·min
-1 and the column temperature was 25 ℃. The detection wavelength was 270 nm. The pharmacokinetic profiles of tanshinone Ⅱ
A between self-emusifying and suspension were compared by oral administration. RESULTS The standard curve was linear over the range of 0.102-8.2 mg·L
-1 (
r=0.998 6). The absolute recovery was 77.5% to 85.6%, and the assay recovery was 88.3% to 96.8%. The intra- and inter-day precision RSD were less than 15%. The AUC after TSP administration was approximately 2.5-fold compared with that of the suspension. CONCLUSION The method is accurate and sensitive for the determination of tanshinone Ⅱ
A in rat plasma. Bioavailability of tanshinone Ⅱ
A was improved by self-microemulfying.