Research Article

Development of an Ultra-High Performance Liquid Chromatography Method for Simultaneous Determination of Six Active Compounds in Fructus aurantii and Rat Plasma and Its Application to a Comparative Pharmacokinetic Study in Rats Administered with Different Doses

Table 5

Pharmacokinetic parameters for meranzin hydrate, naringenin, and hesperetin in rat plasma after oral administration of FA decoction at doses of 15 g/kg and 30 g/kg ().

ParameterMeranzin hydrateNaringeninHesperetin
15 g/kg group30 g/kg group15 g/kg group30 g/kg group15 g/kg group30 g/kg group

AUC(0–t) (g/L·h)1534.84 ± 252.107370.77 ± 887.033662.98 ± 860.8311176.77 ± 1413.17508.31 ± 88.02955.15 ± 226.98
MRT(0–t) (h)2.77 ± 0.343.21 ± 0.224.06 ± 0.333.89 ± 0.214.27 ± 0.274.15 ± 0.35
t1/2z(h)2.67 ± 0.812.23 ± 0.598.59 ± 9.255.67 ± 2.908.05 ± 3.106.56 ± 3.35
Tmax (h)1.00 ± 0.271.25 ± 0.271.13 ± 0.350.81 ± 0.261.00 ± 0.381.31 ± 0.26
CL/F (L/h/kg)9452.36 ± 1764.913875.84 ± 474.562816.64 ± 860.151986.11 ± 415.9718224.53 ± 5230.0621918.11 ± 6139.69
Cmax (µg/L)504.75 ± 64.261827.68 ± 220.57693.84 ± 208.242581.35 ± 388.3083.90 ± 14.18174.32 ± 39.04

, compared to 15 g/kg FA group.