Determination and pharmacokinetic studies of artesunate and its metabolite in sheep plasma by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

作者：Li Bing; Zhang Jie; Zhou Xu Zheng; Li Jian Yong; Yang Ya Jun; Wei Xiao Juan; Niu Jian Rong; Liu Xi Wang; Li Jin Shan; Zhang Ji Yu

来源：Journal of Chromatography B-Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences, 2015, 997: 146-153.

DOI：10.1016/j.jchromb.2015.05.001

• Antiparasitic
• Artesunate nanoemulsion
• LC/MS/MS
• Pharmacokinetics
• Sheep plasma

A rapid and sensitive high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method was developed and validated to simultaneous quantify artesunate and its metabolite in sheep plasma. The plasma samples were prepared by liquid-liquid extraction. Chromatographic separation was achieved on a C18 column (250 x 4.6 mm, 51.1,mu m) using methanol: water (60:40, v/v) (the water included 1 mM ammonium acetate, 0.1% formic acid, and 0.02% acetic acid) as the mobile phase. Mass detection was carried out using positive electrospray ionization in multiple reaction monitoring mode. The calibration curve was linear from 1 ng/mL to 400 ng/mL (r(2) = 0.9992 for artesunate, r(2) = 0.9993 for its metabolite). The intra- and inter-day accuracy and precision were within the acceptable limits of +/- 10% at all concentrations for both artesunate and its metabolite. The recoveries ranged from 92% to 98% at the three concentrations for both. In summary, the LC-MS/MS metho described herein was fully successfully applied to pharmacokinetic studies of artesunate nanoemulsion after intramuscular delivery to sheep.

• 出版日期2015-8-1