Research Article

Metabolite Profiling of Meridianin C In Vivo of Rat by UHPLC/Q-TOF MS

Table 2

UHPLC/Q-TOF MS analysis MC and its metabolites in rat plasma, bile, urine, and feces.

RT (min)No.Calculated massObserved mass (Da) fragment ionsaError (mDa)bMetabolite nameFormulaMatrixc

2.49M1481.0359481.0365/483.03, 305.00/307.00, 226.09, 185.07−0.6Hydroxylation + glucuronideC18H17BrN4O7P, B, U, F
2.97M2384.9606384.9613/386.96, 305.00/307.00, 226.09, 209.06, 197.08, 185.07−0.7Hydroxylation + sulfationC12H9BrN4O4SP, B, U, F
3.24M3305.0038305.0118/307.01, 289.01, 226.09, 185.07−8.0HydroxylationC12H9BrN4OP, U, F
3.33M4465.0410465.0421/467.0406−1.1Glucuronide conjugationC18H17BrN4O6P, U, F
3.38M5465.0410465.0416, 305.00/307.00, 226.08, 210.09, 185.07, 169.08−0.6Glucuronide conjugationC18H17BrN4O6P, B, U, F
3.61M6305.0038305.0043/307.00, 289.01/291.01−0.5HydroxylationC12H9BrN4OF
3.75M7465.0410465.0408, 289.01/291.01, 210.09, 169.080.2Glucuronide conjugationC18H17BrN4O6U, F
3.78M8320.9987320.9985/322.99680.22x HydroxylationC12H9BrN4O2P, U, F
3.85M9481.0359481.0359/483.03, 305.00/307.00, 226.09, 209.06, 198.09, 143.060.0Hydroxylation + glucuronideC18H17BrN4O7P, B, U, F
4.22M10289.0089289.0089/291.01, 209.08, 169.08, 140.050.0ParentC12H9BrN4P, B, U, F
4.37M11384.9606384.9608/386.96, 305.00/307.00, 226.09, 209.06, 198.09, 185.07, 143.06−0.2Hydroxylation + sulfationC12H9BrN4O4SP, B, U, F
4.47M12305.0038305.0041/307.00, 289.01/291.01, 169.08−0.3HydroxylationC12H9BrN4OB, F
4.63M13336.9936334.9955/336.9951, 318.97, 320.97−1.93x hydroxylationC12H9BrN4O3F
6.06M14445.0148443.0180/445.0161, 288.00/290.00, 246.99/248.99, 208.07, 168.07−1.3Hydration + glucuronide conjugation + 2× alcohols dehydrationC18H13BrN4O5P, F

aOnly characteristic fragment ions were shown. bThe mass error of molecular ions. cU, urine samples; B, bile samples; P, plasma samples; F, fecal samples.