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Table 4 The stabilities of five analytes in rat serum under different storage conditions

From: Metabolic profiling and pharmacokinetic studies of Baihu-Guizhi decoction in rats by UFLC-Q-TOF–MS/MS and UHPLC-Q-TRAP-MS/MS

Analytes

Concentration (ng/mL)

Sample stability (mean ± SD, %)

Three freeze–thaw stabilities (mean ± SD, %)

4℃ short-term stabilities (mean ± SD, %)

− 80℃ long-term stabilities (mean ± SD, %)

room temperature short-term stabilities (mean ± SD, %)

Timosaponin AIII

1.48

91.95 ± 0.04

95.06 ± 0.02

100.7 ± 0.12

98.72 ± 0.19

96.95 ± 0.18

74.0

96.37 ± 1.13

101.8 ± 2.03

96.19 ± 0.81

96.55 ± 4.29

99.54 ± 2.19

Glycyrrhizic acid

14.9

99.11 ± 0.74

97.89 ± 1.79

91.11 ± 0.56

97.61 ± 1.98

112.8 ± 0.12

747

96.20 ± 5.96

102.0 ± 11.8

93.21 ± 9.08

100.38 ± 10.5

97.07 ± 3.97

Liquiritin apioside

2.88

100.9 ± 0.03

96.82 ± 0.08

99.05 ± 0.10

96.44 ± 0.01

100.4 ± 0.13

144

105.4 ± 3.08

101.3 ± 0.15

99.5 ± 1.74

98.97 ± 3.63

98.40 ± 1.38

Mangiferin

2.94

90.85 ± 0.06

96.28 ± 0.18

99.46 ± 0.34

102.9 ± 0.32

94.09 ± 0.18

147

106.2 ± 3.48

98.30 ± 2.40

97.90 ± 4.50

94.26 ± 8.31

98.02 ± 9.12

Cinnamic acid

14.8

110 ± 0.09

102.6 ± 1.21

109.7 ± 0.77

92.45 ± 0.79

98.33 ± 0.83

741

102.8 ± 5.93

102.4 ± 3.94

96.63 ± 14.4

97.52 ± 4.26

98.67 ± 3.50