Loperamide, DLOP and midazolam (used as internal standard) were purchased from Shanghai Canspec Scientific & Technology Co., Ltd. (Shanghai, China) Acetonitrile and methanol of analytical grade were bought from Merck (Darmstadt, Germany); formic acid was from Sigma-Aldrich Co. (St. Louis, MO, USA). Ultra-pure water was produced with a Milli-Q reagent system (Millipore, Bedford, MA, USA). The reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) was purchased from Roche Pharmaceutical Ltd (Basel, Switzerland). Recombinant human CYP3A4 enzymes and purified cytochrome b5 were kind gifts from Beijing Hospital (Beijing, China).24 (link)–26 (link)