Research Article

Simultaneous Determination of Five Chromones of Radix Saposhnikoviae Extract in Rat Plasma by UPLC-MS/MS: Application to a Comparative Pharmacokinetic Study in Normal and Febrile Rats

Table 3

Precision, accuracy, extraction recovery, and matrix effect of the analytes ().

AnalytesIntradayInterdayRecoveryMatrix effect
Concentration (μg/mL)Precision (RSD%)Accuracy (RE%)Precision (RSD%)Accuracy (RE%)Mean ± SD (%)RSD (%)Mean ± SD (%)RSD (%)

Prim-O-glucosylcimifugin
0.0082.38−1.181.46−0.1494.73 ± 4.414.6593.25 ± 4.444.77
0.0244.701.373.19−5.5093.35 ± 5.005.3689.19 ± 4.454.98
0.2382.91−4.803.08−2.8193.03 ± 3.764.0492.75 ± 1.912.06
2.3782.89−2.635.675.5391.40 ± 4.354.7690.35 ± 5.285.85

Cimifugin
0.0332.75−0.452.67−0.9395.07 ± 3.904.1096.93 ± 4.434.57
0.0991.99−2.683.030.6990.72 ± 3.734.1191.28 ± 2.933.20
0.9922.512.323.22−1.1289.52 ± 4.735.2986.50 ± 3.804.39
9.9154.67−1.695.31−2.0997.65 ± 2.892.7598.37 ± 4.594.67

4′-O-β-D-glucosyl-5-O-methylvisamminol
0.0032.95−2.594.13−1.3095.09 ± 4.985.2398.30 ± 3.533.58
0.0092.37−4.102.572.4793.66 ± 4.234.5195.14 ± 3.964.16
0.0931.31−2.572.40−1.0488.75 ± 2.262.5592.65 ± 1.962.12
0.9266.875.141.60−1.5794.35 ± 4.664.9489.75 ± 2.292.56

5-O-methylvisamminol
0.0114.202.982.832.3794.37 ± 3.483.6897.28 ± 3.463.56
0.0335.33−3.633.04−4.2591.15 ± 5.435.96102.18 ± 3.863.78
0.3334.234.332.82−1.8893.33 ± 5.445.8289.30 ± 2.753.08
3.3253.94−3.43.020.3595.87 ± 3.203.3495.03 ± 4.845.09

Sec-O-glucosylhamaudol
0.0015.49−2.785.13−2.2295.14 ± 4.474.7098.23 ± 4.414.49
0.0043.72−4.883.581.4693.05 ± 3.363.61101.33 ± 2.972.93
0.0412.82−3.462.84−1.1597.03 ± 4.334.4696.73 ± 6.376.58
0.4143.181.043.57−2.1788.26 ± 5.916.69102.85 ± 4.224.10
Puerarin (IS) 0.10091.21 ± 5.824.19101.88 ± 3.742.62