Research Article

Pharmacokinetics, Tissue Distribution, and Metabolism Study of Icariin in Rat

Table 2

Intra- and interday accuracy and precision for the determination of icariin in plasma and tissue samples (, 6 replicates per day for 3 days).

cConc.InterdayIntraday
ng/mLRE (%)CV (%)RE (%)CV (%)

Plasma2−0.39413.4−0.8873.50
20−5.181.56−4.852.25
400−3.281.50−2.762.47

Liver20.6901.55−0.1974.64
20−0.5289.59−0.1981.85
400−1.0310.4−1.171.62

Heart2−0.3094.25−4.833.22
204.091.614.952.46
400−3.652.19−2.571.59

Spleen2−2.149.00−3.357.63
203.965.093.462.25
400−0.3134.7501.98

Lung2−6.8013.7−13.34.72
20−2.0514.1−8.522.67
400−9.3010.2−1.261.11

Kidney24.735.363.945.36
203.9913.37.432.77
400−6.4913.6−5.731.49

Brain2−13.19.48−12.34.74
203.275.590.7921.40
400−3.283.56−3.362.12

Testicle2−4.203.25−2.364.60
200.5384.933.072.69
400−0.3795.792.574.02