KIOM-MA128 is a novel oriental herbal medicine which is for atopic dermatitis and asthma. The purpose of this study was to develop on analytical method of arctiin in rat plasma after oral administration of KIOM-MA128. Analyte was separated on a Atlant...
KIOM-MA128 is a novel oriental herbal medicine which is for atopic dermatitis and asthma. The purpose of this study was to develop on analytical method of arctiin in rat plasma after oral administration of KIOM-MA128. Analyte was separated on a Atlantis dC18 reverse phase column, using gradient mobile phase (A:B = acetonitrile: 0.1% formic acid in water) at a flow rate of 0.3 mL/min. Detection was performed by electrospray positive ionization mass spectrometry using multiple reaction monitoring of the transitions of arctiin at m/z 552.4 → 372.8 and internal standard (carbamazepine) at m/z 237.0 → 194.5. The limit of quantification was 1 ng/mL for arctiin. The precisions were lower than 15% and the accuracy was between –
12.21 and 3.2%. The maximum concentration found in plasma samples was 4.1 ng/mL. The present method
was successfully developed for detecting arctiin in plasma and this results would be utilized to the further study.