High-performance liquid chromatographic determination and pharmacokinetic study of apigenin-7-O-β-D-glucoside in rat plasma after intravenous administration

Arch Pharm Res. 2011 May;34(5):741-6. doi: 10.1007/s12272-011-0507-3. Epub 2011 Jun 9.

Abstract

The present study was designed to validate an analytical method based on HPLC for the quantitative measurement of the Apigenin-7-O-β-D-glucoside (AGL) in rat plasma after intravenous administration. HPLC analysis was done using a C18 column, UV detection at 335 nm, and a mobile phase of methanol:0.2% phosphoric acid (1:1, v/v). Good linearity was observed over the range of 0.06-7.20 μg/mL with a lower limit of quantication of 0.06 μg/mL. The intra-and inter-day precision values were below 9.97%. No interference peaks or matrix effects were observed. The method was fully validated and successfully applied to a pharmacokinetic study of AGL.

Publication types

  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / administration & dosage
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / blood
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / isolation & purification
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / pharmacokinetics
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / blood
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / isolation & purification
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacokinetics
  • Antioxidants / administration & dosage
  • Antioxidants / analysis*
  • Antioxidants / isolation & purification
  • Antioxidants / pharmacokinetics*
  • Apigenin / administration & dosage
  • Apigenin / blood*
  • Apigenin / isolation & purification
  • Apigenin / pharmacokinetics*
  • Calibration
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Stability
  • Glucosides / administration & dosage
  • Glucosides / blood*
  • Glucosides / isolation & purification
  • Glucosides / pharmacokinetics*
  • Half-Life
  • Humulus / chemistry
  • Injections, Intravenous
  • Limit of Detection
  • Metabolic Clearance Rate
  • Random Allocation
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Antioxidants
  • Glucosides
  • apigetrin
  • Apigenin