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A rapid, sensitive and selective liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometric (LC-MS/ MS) method for the determination of lithospermic acid B (LSB) in rat serum was developed. LSB and internal standard, 7-hydroxy-3-phenyl-chromen-4-one (HPC) were extracted from rat serum with methyl-tert-butyl ether at acidic pH and analyzed on a Luna C8 column with the mobile phase of acetonitrile-ammonium formate (10 mM, pH 6.5) (50:50, v/v). The analytes were detected using a negative electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry in the multiple-reaction-monitoring mode. The standard curve was linear(r2= 0.997) over the concentration range of 10.0-500 ng/mL. The coefficient of variation and relative error for intra- and inter-assay at three QC levels were 1.1~6.2% and -10.3~-2.7%, respectively. The recovery of LSB from serum sample ranged from 73.2 to 79.5%, with that of HPC (internal standard) being 75.1%. The lower limit of quantification for LSB was 10 ng/mL using 50 μL of serum sample.
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Kim, HH., Ji, H.Y., Lee, H.W. et al. Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry for the determination of lithospermic acid B in rat serum. Arch Pharm Res 27, 1202–1206 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02975881
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