Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To develop a sensitive and specific reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatoraphy (RP-HPLC) method to determine matrine in rat microdialysate and plasma. METHODS The samples were analyzed on a Diamonsil C
18 column(4.6 mm×150 mm, 5 μm) with a mobile phase consisting of acetonitrile-0.1% phosphoric acid(adjusted pH to 7.6-7.7 with triethylamine ) (35∶65 in microdialysate and 30∶70 in plasma). Flow rate was 1.0 ml·min
-1. The detection wavelength was 220 nm. The column temperature was 35 ℃. The injection volume was 20 μL. RESULTS The assay showed good linear correlation over the range of 0.10-25.00 μg·mL
-1 in microdialysate and 0.32-81.80 μg·mL
-1 in plasma(r=1, n=5) , respectively. The intra- and inter-day precision over these ranges were not more than 6.95 % in microdialysate and 10.75 % in plasma, respectively. The average accuracy was in the range of 94.7-105.9 % in microdialysate and 98.6-107.9 % in plasma, respectively. The sample solution was stable. CONCLUSION The method is accurate, simple, sensitive and specific for determination of matrine in rat microdialysate and plasma.