Analysis and pharmacokinetic study of polyphyllin H in beagle dog plasma after oral administration of Rhizoma Paridis extracts by LC-MS/MS

A highly sensitive, rapid assay method has been developed and validated for the analysis of polyphyllin H in beagle dog plasma with liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry with electrospray ionization in the positive-ion mode. The assay procedure involves extraction of polyphyllin H and ginsenoside Re (IS) from beagle dog plasma. Chromatographic separation was carried out on an Agilent Zorbax XDB-C18 (100 × 2.1 mm, 1.8μm) column by isocratic elution with acetonitrile and water (50:50, v/v) at a flow rate of 0.25 mL/min with a total run time of 2.5 min. The MS/MS ion transitions monitored were m/z 869.60 → 869.60 for polyphyllin H and m/z 969.60 → 969.60 for IS. [corrected] Linear responses were obtained for polyphyllin H ranging from 1 to 50 ng/mL. The intra-and inter-day precisions (RSDs) <1.77 and 3.39% and the extraction recovery ranged from 91.89 to 93.33% with RSD <2.68%. Stability studies showed that polyphyllin H was stable in the preparation and analytical process. The results indicated that the validated method was successfully used to determine the concentration-time profiles of polyphyllin H.