Identification of the metabolites of gigantol in rat urine by ultra-performance liquid chromatography combined with electrospray ionization quadrupole time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry.

Abstract	Gigantol is a typical bibenzyl compound isolated from Dendrobii Caulis that has been widely used as a medicinal herb in China for the treatment of diabetic cataract, cancer and arteriosclerosis obliterans and as a tonic for stomach nourishment, saliva secretion promotion and fever reduction. However, few studies have been carried out on its in vivo metabolism. In the present study, a rapid and sensitive method based on ultra-performance liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization quadrupole time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-Q/TOF-MS) in positive ion mode was developed and applied to identify the metabolites of gigantol in rat urine after a single oral dose (100 mg/kg). Chromatographic separation was performed on an Acquity UPLC HSS T3 column (100 × 2.1 mm i. d., 1.8 µm) using acetonitrile and 0.1% aqueous formic acid as mobile phases. A total of 11 metabolites were detected and identified as all phase II metabolites. The structures of the metabolites were identified based on the characteristics of their MS, MS(2) data and chromatographic retention times. The results showed that glucuronidation is the principal metabolic pathway of gigantol in rats. The newly identified metabolites are useful to understand the mechanism of elimination of gigantol and, in turn, its effectiveness and toxicity. As far as we know, this is the first attempt to investigate the metabolic fate of gigantol in vivo.
Authors	Yuanmin Fan, Han Han, Chunyong He, Li Yang, Zhengtao Wang
Journal	Biomedical chromatography : BMC (Biomed Chromatogr) Vol. 28 Issue 12 Pg. 1808-15 (Dec 2014) ISSN: 1099-0801 [Electronic] England
PMID	24899569 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Copyright	Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Chemical References	Bibenzyls gigantol Guaiacol
Topics	Animals Bibenzyls (chemistry, metabolism, urine) Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid (methods) Guaiacol (analogs & derivatives, chemistry, metabolism, urine) Male Metabolic Networks and Pathways Rats Rats, Sprague-Dawley Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization (methods) Tandem Mass Spectrometry (methods)

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