Quantitative determination of new anti-inflammatory drug indomenthyl and its metabolite in rabbit plasma by HPLC-MS/MS

Anal Methods. 2021 Oct 28;13(41):4911-4919. doi: 10.1039/d1ay01220g.

Abstract

Background: Indomenthyl is an innovative anti-inflammatory drug with a high analgesic activity. Indomenthyl releases indomethacin under the influence of neutrophil esterases in the inflammation focus. Methodology/results: This research is aimed at developing a highly sensitive method for the quantitative determination of indomenthyl and its active metabolite indomethacin in rabbit plasma by HPLC-MS/MS. Protein precipitation and extraction with acetonitrile were used for analyte isolation from plasma according to the QuEChERS principle. The target quantitative ion pairs m/z were respectively 496.4 → 358.0 for indomenthyl, 358.0 → 139.5 for indomethacin, and 340.1 → 202.1 for the IS. Conclusion: The calibration curve was linear over the range 0.1-1000 ng mL-1. The technique was applied to the pharmacokinetic study at a dose of 25 mg kg-1 to rabbits.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / analysis*
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / pharmacology
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / methods
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations*
  • Rabbits
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry* / methods

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations