Abstract:Objective : To develop a LC-MS method to determine paeoniflorin concentration in rats plasma. The method was applied to investigate pharmacokinetics of paeoniflorin in rats in vivo. Method : Blood samples were collected at different time after oral administration of Radix Paeoniae Alba extract at doses of 0.2, 0.4, 0.8 g·kg-1. The paeoniflorin concentration in plasma was determined by LC-MS method. Pharmacokinetic parameters were fitted by WinNonlin 5.1 software package. Result : The linear range and the average recovery of paeoniflorin were 2.5-500 μg·L-1 (r=999 4). and more than 80%(n=5), respectively. The inner- and inter-days precision were both less than 15%. The T1/2 was similar. The relationship between dose and AUC showed good linearity. Conclusion : The method described in this report has high sensitivity and selectivity, and was suitable for pharmacokinetic study of paeoniflorin. The kinetic process of paeoniflorin in palsma showed two-compartment model after oral administration of Radix Paeoniae Alba extract at doses of 0.2, 0.4, 0.8 g·kg-1 to rats.