Quantitative determination of fluorinated caffeic acid phenethyl ester derivative from rat blood plasma by liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2008

Abstract

The quantitative determination of caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE) and its fluorinated derivative (FCAPE) from rat plasma using ultra-performance liquid chromatography with electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-ESI-MS/MS) is reported. CAPE and FCAPE were extracted using ethyl acetate in the presence of methyl caffeate (MC) as internal standard. Separation was achieved using a C(18) column (2.1 mm x 50 mm, 1.7 microm) and gradient elution with water and acetonitrile containing 0.2% and 0.1% formic acid, respectively. A non-linear response over a broad concentration range (1-1000 ng/ml, r(2)>0.995 using a quadratic regression model and 1/concentration weighting) was obtained. The inter-day and intra-day variability for CAPE and FCAPE were found to be less than 14.2% and 9.5%, respectively. Data are presented to illustrate the practicality of the method for the pharmacokinetic evaluation of CAPE and FCAPE after intravenous administration to rats.

Publication Title

Journal of chromatography.B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences

Volume

867

Issue

1

First Page

138

Last Page

143

Comments

This article was published in Journal of chromatography.B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences, Volume 867, Issue 1, Pages 138-143.

The published version is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jchromb.2008.02.025 [doi].

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