OBJECTIVE To develop a UPLC-MS/MS method for the determination of neopanaxadiol (NPD) in rat urine samples, and to explore the excretion patterns of NPD in rats after oral administration. METHODS NPD was extracted from urine samples by liquid-liquid extraction. The concentration of NPD in urine was determined by UPLC-MS/MS and the cumulative excretion amount and excretion rate of NPD were calculated after a single oral administration of NPD at 100 mg·kg-1 to SD rats. RESULTS Excellent linearity was found between 80-1 280 ng·mL-1. The intra- and inter-day RSDs of the QC samples were both below 15% and the extraction recoveries of NPD were higher than 80%. The cumulative excretion of unchanged NPD in urine within 96 h amounted to (0.023 3±0.035 6)% of the dose. CONCLUSION NPD is hardly eliminated through urine within 96 h in rats.
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