Abstract:Objective: To develop a HPLC for the determination of plasma concentration of glycyrrhetic acid (GA) and study the pharmacokinetics of GA in rats. Method: To sample blood from rat which were injected GA by 1.0 mg·kg-1 at 0.08,0.17,0.25,0.33,0.5,0.75,1,2,3,4,6 h and use HPLC to determine the concentration of GA in it, the pharmaeokinetie parameters were accessed by DAS 1.0. Result: The calibration curve was linear (r=0.999 7) within the range of 50-2 000 ng·mL-1 for GA in plasma. The average recovery was (105.2±2.23)%, (102.5±2.95)%, (98.4±2.32)%. The within-day and between-day derivation (RSD) were less than 4%. GA was fitted to a two compartment open pharmaeokinetie model in rats. The mainly pharmaeokinetie parameters were: t1/2α=(0.153±0.023) h, t1/2β=(2.365±0.866) h, Cmax=(2.074±0.100) mg·L-1, CL=(0.715±0.082) L·h-1·kg-1, Vd=(2.427±0.872) L·kg-1, AUC0-6 h=(1.302±0.151) mg·h-1·L-1. Conclusion: The method can be used to determine the concentration and to investigate the pharmacokinetics of GA in rat. GA was disposed extensively and rapidly in rats.