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Bioanalytical Method Development and Validation of an LC-MS/MS Method for the Quantitation of Fruquintinib in Rabbit Plasma

Thota Manasa1, Kumaraswamy Gandla2★★ Corresponding author

  1. 1Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Chaitanya (Deemed to be University), Gandipet, Himayat Nagar, Moinabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.
  2. 2Department of Pharmacy, Chaitanya (Deemed to be University), Gandipet, Himayat Nagar, Moinabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.

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Kumaraswamy Gandla

Department of Pharmacy, Chaitanya (Deemed to be University), Gandipet, Himayat Nagar, Moinabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.

drkumaraswamygandla@gmail.com

Received: 02-01-2026; Revised: 23-03-206; Accepted: 15-04-2026.

Volume 60, Issue 3 · pp. 1304–1310 · PUBLISHED 2026 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.20262575

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Aim: An LC-MS/MS method is needed to accurately measure the concentration of Fruquintinib in a biological sample. This method should be both specific and sensitive. Materials and Methods: The processed materials were separated using a Hypersil ODS C18 column (50 mm × 4.6 mm) 3.5 µm with a mobile phase of acetonitrile, methyl alcohol, and 0.1% HCOOH in the proportion of 20:70:10. The moveable solvent system was measured using a column with 0.7 mL/ min rate of flow. The drug and Internal Standard (IS), Dapagliflozin were assessed by monitoring the transitions of m/z -394.12/363.1 and 409.1/289.1 for Fruquintinib and IS, correspondingly, in multiple reaction monitoring mode. Results: The results of the linearity equation and the Correlation Coefficient (r 2 ) were as follows: y=0.0011x - 0.0022 and >0.99 correspondingly after the analysis. When compared to the reported methods in the rat plasma, those methods were in the linearity range of 93 (LLOQ) to 2710 (ULOQ) ng/mL in plasma with the %RSD values in between 2.4 to 4.51 which were poor as compared to the current method. It was discovered that the QC-samples (254, 1805 and 2160 ng/mL) had a relative standard deviation of between 2.49 and 4.24% for the intra and interday accuracy of the approach that was developed. The precision deviation values for intra and inter-batches were varied between 2.83 and 4.24 of relative standard deviations. At MQC, LQC, and HQC levels, an average Fruquintinib extraction recovery was 94.8%, 95.4%, and 94.7%, respectively. Average IS adjusted matrix factor for all the analytes was between 0.941 and 1.105, with a standard deviation of 4.99%. Conclusion: The new method was effectively used to the regular evaluation of Fruquintinib in biological materials, and it has been shown that Fruquintinib is more stable over a longer length of time

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    Manasa, T., & Gandla, K. (2026). Bioanalytical Method Development and Validation of an LC-MS/MS Method for the Quantitation of Fruquintinib in Rabbit Plasma. Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, 60(3), 1304–1310. https://doi.org/10.5530/ijper.20262575