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BIOMEDICAL CHROMATOGRAPHY
卷 25, 期 5, 页码 613-620出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/bmc.1492
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thymoquinone; ultra performance liquid chromatography; stability indicating method; solid lipid nanoparticles; pharmacokinetics
Thymoquinone (THQ) is known for its neuroprotective and anti-convulsant properties in preclinical studies. We herewith describe a simple, rapid, selective, sensitive and stability-indicating UPLC method for the estimation of THQ and its application to biopharmaceutical studies such as in vitro release from nanoparticulate system and in vivo pharmacokinetic study. The method employed gradient elution using a Waters Acquity HSS-T3 C-18 (100 x 2.1 mm, 1.8 mu m) UPLC column. The mobile phase consisted of water and acetonitrile, pumped at a flow rate of 0.5 mL/min. The injection volume was 5 mu L and THQ was monitored at 294 nm wavelength with a total run time of 6 min. In solution as well as in plasma, the method was found to be linear (r >= 0.998), precise (CV <= 2.45%) and accurate (recovery >= 84.8%) in the selected concentration range of 0.1-0.8 mu g/mL. Forced degradation studies revealed that THQ undergoes degradation under acidic, basic, oxidation and UV light stress conditions. However, the developed UPLC method could effectively resolve degradation product peaks from THQ. Further, no interference was found at the retention time of THQ from any plasma components, indicating selectivity of the developed method. For solutions, the limits of detection and quantitation of the method were found to be 0.001 and 0.0033 mu g/mL, respectively; while in plasma they were 0.006 and 0.02 mu g/mL, respectively. The validated method was successfully applied to quantify THQ in dissolution medium as well as oral in vivo pharmacokinetic study of THQ suspension and THQ-solid lipid nanoparticle (THQ-SLN) formulation. A 2-fold increase in the relative bioavailability was observed with the THQ-SLN compared with THQ. The results indicate that the SLN significantly increased plasma concentrations and retention within the systemic circulation. Copyright (C) 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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