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Development And Validation Of Lc–Ms/Ms Method For Quantitative Determination Of (−)-Securinine In Mouse Plasma, Simuli L. Wabuyele, David Wald, Yan Xu

Chemistry Faculty Publications

(−)-Securinine (SE) is a major alkaloid found in plant Securinega suffruticosa, which has a wide range of pharmacological activities including anticancer, anti-parasitic and central nervous system stimulating effects, etc. To aid the pharmacological study of SE, we developed an LC–MS/MS method for quantitative determination of SE in mouse plasma. In this method, plasma samples were first prepared with salting-out assisted liquid–liquid extraction using cold acetonitrile (−20 °C) and 2.00 M ammonium acetate. Separation of SE and the internal standard (IS) from sample matrix was achieved on a Gemini Nx C18 column using 40% acetonitrile and 60% 10.0 mM ammonium acetate …