TABLE 3.

The extraction recovery and the matrix effect of curcumol in rat plasma and tissue homogenates (n = 5).

Sample	Spiked concentration (ng/mL)	Extraction recovery		Matrix effect
		Accuracy	RSD	Accuracy	RSD
		%	%	%	%
Plasma	30	100.1	3.8	108.6	5.6
	400	99.1	3.8	102.1	8.9
	1,600	100.4	9.4	101.0	7.3
Brain	15	96.8	6.5	101.0	5.0
	160	94.8	7.0	109.3	7.5
	1,600	95.2	2.2	102.4	4.7
Heart	15	101.1	3.1	99.4	7.1
	160	92.5	5.8	100.5	2.1
	1,600	89.0	4.1	110.4	9.5
Liver	15	99.2	4.1	103.0	3.5
	160	97.7	3.8	109.6	6.7
	1,600	94.0	5.7	105.0	5.5
Spleen	15	99.2	6.3	112.9	6.4
	160	89.4	2.0	105.8	3.0
	1,600	97.8	7.5	112.7	4.0
Lung	15	100.0	4.4	113.2	9.6
	160	106.5	1.4	113.5	4.6
	1,600	96.5	3.0	100.1	4.4
Kidney	15	100.0	9.7	97.3	9.8
	160	102.6	6.6	94.8	3.1
	1,600	91.7	4.7	90.5	3.1
Intestine	30	103.5	5.0	105.2	4.1
	400	98.0	6.1	90.8	5.7
	4,000	106.7	4.2	106.9	4.8
Colon	30	100.9	6.0	98.4	6.4
	400	97.6	0.9	106.1	6.7
	4,000	99.9	1.3	91.8	2.6