Silybin is the main component of silymarin, a standardized extract obtained from the seeds of milk thistle (Silybum marianum). Flavonolignan silybin has antioxidant, hepatoprotective, chemoprotective and antitumor activities. Natural silybin occurs as an approximately equimolar mixture of two diastereoisomers - silybin A and silybin B. Analytical separation of these diastereoisomers is possible but preparative separation is complicated. The biological activity of the silybin A is different from the silybin B. Silybin diastereoisomers are mainly conjugated to glucuronides and sulfates in organism. A mixture of both silybin diasteroisomers is used in the majority of reported biological, chemical and pharmacokinetic studies. For the first time, optically pure silybin A and silybin B were used for pharmacokinetic study in this thesis. The object of this work was determination of the concentration of free and total silybin in rats plasma in relation to time. Theoretical introduction describes the current state of the problem of chemistry, pharmacology and pharmacokinetics of silybin diastereoisomers. Second part is focused on the selection of appropriate analytical column, chromatographic method and suitable procedure for preparation of biological samples for the determination of the silybin...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:309700 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | Kolářová, Petra |
| Contributors | Tesařová, Eva, Bednář, Petr |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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