Research Article

Simultaneous Determination of Bergapten, Imperatorin, Notopterol, and Isoimperatorin in Rat Plasma by High Performance Liquid Chromatography with Fluorescence Detection and Its Application to Pharmacokinetic and Excretion Study after Oral Administration of Notopterygium incisum Extract

Table 5

Pharmacokinetic parameters of four coumarins after oral administration of N. incisum extract (, mean ± SD).

ParametersBergaptenImperatorinNotopterolIsoimperatorin

(ng mL−1)183.5 ± 171.41667 ± 150523.31 ± 6.87145.1 ± 75.9
(h)3.06 ± 3.711.65 ± 1.800.45 ± 0.351.59 ± 0.97
(h)12.8 ± 22.24.99 ± 3.023.18 ± 3.445.62 ± 4.06
(ng/mL h)1638 ± 249010975 ± 11955101.6 ± 34.8830.5 ± 762.4
(ng/mL h)1958 ± 249013948 ± 13926296.2 ± 241.82123 ± 2866