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Tissue Distribution of Total Flavonoids Extracts of Drynariae Rhizoma in Young and Old Rats by UPLC–MS/MS Determination

Table 20

Stability of naringin in rat tissues (n = 6).

TissuesSpiked (ng/mL)Room temperatureFreeze-thaw (−20°C, 3 times)Long term (−20°C, 30 days)
Mean ± SDRSD (%)RE (%)Mean ± SDRSD (%)RE (%)Mean ± SDRSD (%)RE (%)

Heart8.108.18 ± 0.9912.100.999.31 ± 0.596.3414.948.34 ± 1.0512.592.96
405.00398.76 ± 53.7613.48−1.54363.13 ± 28.567.86−10.34392.60 ± 57.3714.61−3.06
810.00829.59 ± 77.679.362.42842.66 ± 90.1710.704.03833.28 ± 79.239.512.87

Liver12.2012.40 ± 1.5112.181.6411.43 ± 0.645.60−6.3111.77 ± 1.7614.95−3.52
1,220.001,109.92 ± 162.7214.66−9.021,056.84 ± 59.005.58−13.371,148.25 ± 169.6214.77−5.88
4,880.004,705.83 ± 702.9014.94−3.575,273.67 ± 504.569.578.074,969.00 ± 514.8410.361.82

Spleen8.108.85 ± 1.0812.209.269.05 ± 1.2213.4811.738.07 ± 0.8510.53−0.37
810.00801.57 ± 45.205.64−1.04848.96 ± 85.3210.054.81822.63 ± 46.565.661.56
4,050.004,143.06 ± 577.0713.932.303,865.82 ± 370.269.58−4.554,201.39 ± 602.3314.343.74

Lung8.109.26 ± 1.0110.9114.328.77 ± 0.404.568.279.03 ± 1.0611.7411.48
810.00841.43 ± 64.457.663.88849.40 ± 106.5512.544.86867.33 ± 105.6412.187.08
4,050.003,705.01 ± 526.7514.22−8.524,317.76 ± 550.3812.756.613,697.64 ± 514.3213.91−8.70

Kidney8.109.15 ± 1.1012.0212.968.31 ± 0.485.782.599.31 ± 1.0210.9614.94
810.00892.39 ± 40.994.5910.17834.96 ± 117.6014.083.08846.20 ± 106.8812.634.47
4,050.004,133.40 ± 608.4514.722.063,779.16 ± 448.5011.87−6.693,747.32 ± 516.2013.78−7.47

Brain8.108.35 ± 1.0112.103.097.92 ± 1.0413.132.227.49 ± 0.506.68−7.53
405.00444.59 ± 47.6110.719.78385.42 ± 41.4710.76−4.83424.79 ± 47.0911.094.89
810.00882.19 ± 104.3911.838.91817.76 ± 120.7014.760.96810.79 ± 121.0514.930.10

Stomach8.108.47 ± 1.2114.294.579.19 ± 1.2813.9313.467.86 ± 0.526.62−2.96
810.00790.05 ± 106.4713.48−2.46777.09 ± 71.419.19−4.06842.24 ± 101.4812.053.98
8,100.008,149.70 ± 564.586.930.617,454.36 ± 368.624.95−7.977,672.71 ± 291.703.80−5.28

Uterus8.108.96 ± 0.647.1410.629.09 ± 1.2513.7512.229.14 ± 0.9410.2812.84
1,215.001,155.91 ± 151.4813.10−4.861,358.76 ± 84.486.2211.831,266.07 ± 11.090.884.20
2,430.002,461.22 ± 348.5214.161.282,262.54 ± 87.253.86−6.892,330.98 ± 332.2914.26−4.07

Ovary8.108.06 ± 1.0713.28−0.499.16 ± 0.748.0813.097.97 ± 1.0513.17−1.60
810.00820.47 ± 26.503.231.29895.06 ± 54.936.1410.50827.50 ± 32.713.952.16
4,050.003,954.66 ± 490.8412.41−2.354,095.99 ± 558.0413.621.144,080.56 ± 377.089.240.75

Intestine8.108.19 ± 0.9010.991.119.30 ± 1.2413.3314.817.63 ± 0.131.70−5.80
810.00818.79 ± 115.7914.141.09877.24 ± 105.4312.028.30845.43 ± 80.799.564.37
8,100.008,351.44 ± 1,228.1014.713.108,229.70 ± 1,151.1413.991.608,818.55 ± 1,318.1414.958.87