2016 Volume 32 Issue 6 Pages 705-707
An effective separation and simultaneous determination of corynoxeine and its metabolites using high-performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry was developed and validated. The method was applied to pharmacokinetics and in vivo distribution investigations in rats after oral (0.105 mmol kg−1) and intravenous (0.0105 mmol kg−1) doses of corynoxeine. Its brain uptake index was of 3.08 × 10−11 mol g−1 at 3 h and 3.75 × 10−11 mol g−1 at 74 min after oral and intravenous doses, respectively.