TABLE 2.

Accuracy and precision of curcumol in rat plasma and tissue homogenates (n = 5).

Sample	Spiked concentration (ng/mL)	Intra-day		Inter-day
		Accuracy	Precision	Accuracy	Precision
		%	(RSD, %)	%	(RSD, %)
Plasma	10	105.9	8.2	100.6	7.5
	30	102.2	8.4	96.5	8.2
	400	110.9	2.0	98.3	9.8
	1,600	111.0	2.3	97.3	10.7
Brain	5	100.0	12.3	94.0	8.8
	15	98.0	2.1	95.7	4.5
	160	97.3	1.7	98.3	1.7
	1,600	93.6	4.4	92.5	2.9
Heart	5	92.4	2.5	93.8	2.8
	15	90.9	3.4	93.2	3.1
	160	88.0	2.2	99.3	8.5
	1,600	97.1	4.5	94.0	4.1
Liver	5	96.4	5.9	102.4	6.9
	15	99.1	8.6	104.4	6.9
	160	98.6	3.4	106.3	5.9
	1,600	100.3	3.1	98.4	5.6
Spleen	5	94.6	6.7	97.6	8.1
	15	104.1	7.5	102.4	6.6
	160	108.5	1.1	100.4	6.3
	1,600	101.5	5.6	96.6	6.1
Lung	5	96.4	7.6	97.3	7.5
	15	102	4.4	96.4	5.8
	160	107.1	1.7	99.3	8.4
	1,600	89.1	0.9	93.4	7.3
Kidney	5	94.9	7.3	97.3	8.0
	15	95.1	6.7	99.0	6.5
	160	94.9	4.7	101.2	8.4
	1,600	89.8	2.9	96.3	9.6
Intestine	10	100.6	8.6	102.0	7.4
	30	100.7	6.0	102.9	4.7
	400	111.0	2.5	108.4	4.9
	4,000	94.1	3.4	95.9	3.9
Colon	10	109.4	3.5	102.1	8.0
	30	103.1	6.6	105.0	5.3
	400	99.0	1.2	106.5	5.5
	4,000	90.9	3.6	96.6	5.9