Cloud-Point Extraction Combined with Liquid Chromatography for the Determination of Ergosterol, a Natural Product with Diuretic Activity, in Rat Plasma, Urine, and Faeces

Ergosterol from many medicinal fungi has been demonstrated to possess a variety of pharmacological activities in vivo and in vitro. A new method based on cloud-point extraction has been developed, optimized and validated for the determination of ergosterol in rat plasma, urine and faeces by liquid c...

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Main Authors: Dan-Qian Chen, Jun-Min An, Ya-Long Feng, Ting Tian, Xiang-Yang Qin, Ying-Yong Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/479056