中药分析新思路及其质量控制

随着国家对中药现代化的重视,为了更好地诠释中药药性的本质,研究者从不同角度对中药进行研究。分析化学、药学、生物学等多学科的多种不同的技术在这里融合,一些新的思路和方法正在不断涌现,中药的分析与质量控制正沿着综合且全面的方向在不断地发展和前进。该文对当前中药分析新思路及其质量控制进行了简要评述,在此基础上,对中药质量控制的色谱指纹图谱进行了分类说明与研究,表明采用现代分析手段,可以实现对中药质量的有效控制。     

多囊卵巢综合征相关雄性激素的液相色谱-串联质谱检测

建立了液相色谱-串联质谱(LC-MS/MS)检测血清中硫酸脱氢表雄酮(DHEAS)、雄烯二酮(A4)、睾酮(T)、17-羟基孕酮(17-OHP)、双氢睾酮(DHT)5种激素的分析方法。血清样本经蛋白沉淀后,采用固相萃取,经Agela Venusil MP C18色谱柱(3.0 mm×50 mm,3μm)分离,以含0.1%甲酸的甲醇和含0.02%甲酸的水为流动相进行梯度洗脱。使用正-负离子多反应监测模式进行数据采集。结果表明,5种激素在各自质量浓度范围内线性关系良好(r2>0.995),回收率为96.0%~105%,各激素的批内精密度和批间精密度均小于10%,DHEAS、A4、T、17-OHP、DHT的定量下限(LOQ)分别为5.00、0.05、0.05、0.025、0.025 ng/mL。该方法快速、准确、灵敏,适用于临床对多囊卵巢综合征(PCOS)患者血清雄性激素水平的检测。     

中药粉体物理指纹图谱研究进展

中药(TCM)粉体是中药口服固体制剂的重要中间体或产品,粉体的物理性质不仅影响制剂成型,而且直接或间接影响产品质量。中药粉体种类众多、尺度各异,采用物理指纹图谱可从物理状态层面整体评价中药粉体质量,并可将其作为对中药粉体含量测定或HPLC指纹图谱评价的补充,这为中药粉体全面质量控制提供了新的工具和思路。该文系统梳理了中药粉体物理指纹图谱的规范化建立方法,包括指标体系的设计、二级指标的测试或计算,以及二级指标标准化处理和图谱展示。总结了物理指纹图谱在中药破壁粉、中药浸膏粉、中药颗粒、药用辅料、制剂成型工艺全过程质量评价和制剂处方设计中的应用。指出了开展物理指纹图谱和物性分析方法验证,确保物理指纹图谱数据可靠,同时结合模式识别和人工智能方法拓展物理指纹图的应用场景,支持中药质量一致性评价、产品和工艺的设计与持续改进,将是中药粉体物理指纹图谱未来的研究方向。     

Screening bioactive quality control markers of QiShenYiQi dripping pills based on the relationship between the ultra‐high performance liquid chromatography fingerprint and vascular protective activity

Traditional Chinese medicine consists of complex phytochemical constituents. Selecting appropriate analytical markers of traditional Chinese medicine is a critical step in quality control. Currently, the combination of fingerprinting and efficacy evaluation is considered as a useful method for screening active ingredients in complex mixtures. This study was designed to develop an orthogonal partial least squares model for screening bioactive quality control markers of QishenYiqi dripping pills based on the fingerprint–efficacy relationship. First, the chemical fingerprints of 49 batches of QishenYiqi dripping pill samples were established by ultra‐high performance liquid chromatography coupled with a photodiode array detector. Second, ultra‐high performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole‐time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry was exploited to systematically investigate the 36 copossessing fingerprint components in QishenYiqi dripping pills. The vascular protective activity of QishenYiqi dripping pills was determined by using a cell counting kit‐8 assay. Finally, fingerprint–efficacy relationship was established by orthogonal partial least squares model. The results indicated that ten components exhibited strong correlation with vascular protective activity, and these were preliminarily screened as quality control markers. The present study provided a novel idea for the study of the pharmacodynamic material basis and quality evaluation of QishenYiqi dripping pills.     

Chemometrics and modernization of traditional Chinese medicine

Development of chromatographic fingerprinting and its related chemometric methods in the research of quality control of traditional Chinese medicines(TCMs) are discussed. The quality control methods for guarantying the authentication and stability of products and semi-products of TCMs are firstly assessed. The technique based on chromatographic fingerprinting is essentially a kind of high-through put and integral tools to explore the complexity of herbal medicines. In order to further control the comprehensive quality of TCMs,confirmation and identification of their important chemical components are necessary. Some new strategies are proposed to trace the chemical changes of chromatographic fingerprints both in product processing and/or after their administration by modern chromatographic techniques and chemometrics. Combined with systems biology and bioinformatics,it seems possible for one to reveal the working mechanism of TCMs and to further control their intrinsic quality comprehensively.     

Multi‐component determination and chemometric analysis of Paris polyphylla by ultra high performance liquid chromatography with photodiode array detection

Multi‐source analysis of traditional Chinese medicine is key to ensuring its safety and efficacy. Compared with traditional experimental differentiation, chemometric analysis is a simpler strategy to identify traditional Chinese medicines. Multi‐component analysis plays an increasingly vital role in the quality control of traditional Chinese medicines. A novel strategy, based on chemometric analysis and quantitative analysis of multiple components, was proposed to easily and effectively control the quality of traditional Chinese medicines such as Chonglou. Ultra high performance liquid chromatography was more convenient and efficient. Five species of Chonglou were distinguished by chemometric analysis and nine saponins, including Chonglou saponins I, II, V, VI, VII, D, and H, as well as dioscin and gracillin, were determined in 18 min. The method is feasible and credible, and enables to improve quality control of traditional Chinese medicines and natural products.     

关于中药质量控制与体内代谢研究的思考

质量控制是保证中药安全、有效的重要基础。体内代谢研究可以为阐明中药的治病机制提供依据。本文以蟾酥为例,讨论了当前中药质量控制及体内代谢研究存在的主要问题和解决办法:认为把中药指纹图谱的全面指认与多指标成分定量相结合是有效控制中药质量的可行途径;液相色谱-质谱联用技术(LC/MS)将在中药化学研究、体内代谢研究等方面发挥重要作用;中药的化学指纹图谱应与药理活性相关联,从而建立合理的中药质量评价体系;结构修饰对基于天然产物的新药发现具有重要意义。     

Quantification and semiquantification of multiple representative components for the holistic quality control of Allii Macrostemonis Bulbus by ultra high performance liquid chromatography with quadrupole time‐of‐flight tandem mass spectrometry

Allii Macrostemonis Bulbus (named Xiebai in China) is a folk medicine with medicinal values for the treatment of thoracic obstruction and cardialgia, and a food additive as well. However, there is even no quantitative standard for Allii Macrostemonis Bulbus recorded in the current edition of the Chinese Pharmacopeia. Hence, simultaneous assay of multiple components is urgent. In this study, chemometric methods were firstly applied to discover the components with significant fluctuation among multiple Allii Macrostemonis Bulbus samples based on optimized fingerprints. Meanwhile, the major components and main absorbed components in rats were all selected as its representative components. Subsequently, a sensitive method was established for the simultaneous determination of 54 components (15 components for quantification and 39 components for semiquantification) by ultra high performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole time‐of‐flight tandem mass spectrometry. Moreover, the validated method was successfully applied to evaluate the quality of multiple samples on the market. It became known that multiple Allii Macrostemonis Bulbus samples varied significantly and showed poor consistency. This work illustrated that the proposed approach could improve the quality of Allii Macrostemonis Bulbus, and it also provided a feasible method for quality evaluation of other traditional Chinese medicines.     

Chromatographic fingerprinting and metabolomics for quality control of TCM

Chromatographic fingerprinting technique of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has proved to be a comprehensive strategy for assessing the intact quality of herbal medicine. In general, one could use the chromatographic techniques to obtain a relatively complete picture of herbal medicines, which are in common called chromatographic fingerprints of herbal medicines to represent the so-called phytoequivalence. Based on this, the features of chromatographic fingerprints of herbal medicines have been discussed in some detail. The technique based on chromatographic fingerprinting is essentially a kind of high-throughput and integral tools to explore the complexity of herbal medicines. In order to further control the comprehensive quality of TCMs, some new strategies are proposed to trace the chemical changes of chromatographic fingerprints both in product processing and/or after their administration by modern chromatographic techniques and chemometrics. Combined with metabolomics, it seems possible for one to reveal the working mechanism of TCMs and to further control their intrinsic quality. Finally, the intensive study of chromatographic fingerprinting coupled with multivariate analysis tools developed in bioinformatics and chemometrics are emphasized in order to achieve the aim to reveal the working mechanisms of TCMs and to further control and strengthen TCMs' intrinsic quality in a comprehensive manner.     

色谱指纹图谱与中药质量控制

本文综述了近年来色谱指纹图谱研究中多种色谱技术、相关化学计量学方法的发展及其在中药质量控制中的应用,并对中药质量稳定性和有效性的全面评价方法和可行性进行了初步探讨。提出以色谱指纹图谱为核心,依托现代色谱技术、化学计量学和系统生物学方法,建立中药化学成分信息与药效(毒性)信息相关关系的中药质量控制研究策略,深层次揭示中药的内在作用机理,期望真正实现中药质量的可控、安全和有效。     

多组分光谱相关色谱及其在中药色谱指纺图谱分析中的应用

基于正交投影理论和相关色谱方法提出多组分光色谱方法提出多组分光谱相关 色谱。为克服联用色谱仪器的不等性噪声影响，采用目标组分投影前后的光谱夹角 余弦判据，判断不同的中药色谱指纹图谱的相关组分色谱峰簇。该方法为中药指纹 图谱的数据处理、合理评价以及中药谱效学的基本理论研究提供一种实用的工具。     

Monitoring quality consistency of Liuwei Dihuang Pill by integrating the ultraviolet spectroscopic fingerprint,a multi‐wavelength fusion fingerprint method,and antioxidant activities

Liuwei Dihuang Pill, a classical traditional Chinese medicine, has been widely used to treat kidney yin deficiency in China for hundreds of years. Little attention, however, has been paid to quality control methods for this formulation. In the present study, we aimed to establish a comprehensive and practical quality evaluation system for Liuwei Dihuang Pill. Thus, ultraviolet spectroscopic fingerprints and multi‐wavelength fusion fingerprints have been proposed for quality consistency evaluation of the popular patent. The similarity analysis of Liuwei Dihuang Pill samples was evaluated by systematic quantitative fingerprint method from qualitative and quantitative perspectives. The results showed that 26 batches of samples were classified into five grades for fusion fingerprints and three grades for ultraviolet spectroscopic fingerprints. Moreover, the fingerprint–efficacy correlation was also established and confirmed through the partial least squares model to visualize the antioxidant activity of Liuwei Dihuang Pill in vitro. In conclusion, these results indicated that integrating ultraviolet spectroscopic fingerprints and multi‐wavelength fusion fingerprints coupled with antioxidant activities provide a rapid and effective approach to monitor the quality consistency of Liuwei Dihuang Pill.     

The analysis of Radix Angelicae Sinensis (Danggui)

Radix Angelicae Sinensis, known as Danggui in China, is one of the most popular traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs), which is contained by more than 80 composite formulae. Modern researches indicate that phthalides, organic acids and their esters, polysaccharides are main chemical components related to the bioactivities and pharmacological properties of Danggui. Some of them, such as Z-ligustilide and ferulic acid, are selected as marker compounds to evaluate the quality of Danggui frequently. Because of the diversity of chemical structures and characters of these components, analytical methods of Danggui are various, including GC-MS, HPLC-DAD-MS, TLC, CE-DAD, and so on. Besides that, the development of analytical technology makes the quality control of Danggui more effective and reliable. Quality evaluation is from single or several components' analysis to fingerprinting, or in combination. Furthermore, bioactive components screening of Danggui has also attracted much attention, which will help us evaluate the selected marker components to some extent. In this paper, the literatures about the major phytoconstituents of Danggui, quality control and bioactive components screening methods have been reviewed. Main attention is given to the different methodologies developed to perform chemical analysis, including separation, detection and identification.     

超高效液相色谱-质谱法同时测定舒血宁注射剂中20种黄酮醇苷与萜类内酯成分

建立了舒血宁注射剂中16种黄酮及4种萜类内酯同时定量的超高效液相色谱-质谱分析方法,并采用所建立的方法同时测定了不同厂家舒血宁注射剂产品中上述20种化合物的含量。注射剂样品经甲醇-水(体积比1∶1)稀释后,在Acquity UPLC BEH Shield RP18(2.1 mm×100 mm,1.7μm)色谱柱上分析,以0.1%(体积分数)甲酸水溶液-乙腈为流动相进行梯度洗脱,以电喷雾离子源负离子多反应监测(MRM)模式进行质谱监测。结果表明:20种化合物可在10 min内完成色谱分离分析,检出限和定量下限分别为0.02~1.59 ng/mL和0.07~5.30 ng/mL,16种黄酮及4种萜类内酯在各自的线性范围内线性关系良好,在低、中、高3个加标水平下的回收率为85.9%~109%。该方法前处理简单、快速高效、准确性高,为舒血宁注射剂的质量控制提供了参考。     

快速高效液相色谱分离技术在中药分析中的应用

中药化学成分分析是中药药效物质阐明及质量控制的关键问题之一。由于中药化学成分的复杂性,中药成分分析一直存在着分离难度大、分析时间长等问题。为此,针对这些问题发展起来的快速、高效液相色谱技术(主要包括超高压液相色谱、基于整体柱的高效液相色谱和高温液相色谱)备受关注。本文结合本实验室近年的研究,对该技术在中药复杂体系化学成分分析中的应用做简要综述,内容主要包括这些技术的原理、分离性能及其在中药复杂体系中的应用。     

基于人工智能-多元多息指纹图谱探索中药一法通识品种鉴定新方法

该文建立了一种基于中药多元多息指纹图谱联合人工智能识别的中药一法通识品种鉴定新方法,方法先通过对同一味药材采用不同处理手段得到具有不同性质的化学成分信息,并构建一种集反相色谱法、亲水色谱法以及分子排阻色谱法为一体的具有普适性的多元多息指纹图谱采集方式,实现了药材中小极性小分子、大极性小分子及大分子类化合物的全面表征,再对采集的多元多息指纹图谱进行数据标准化处理,采用卷积神经网络识别不同品种中药材,获得了准确率达92%的识别模型。该方法能够对中药品种进行快速、准确、高效地鉴定,克服了传统中药品种鉴别中的主观色彩,能够更加客观精准地给出鉴定结果。     

Chromatographic separation techniques and data handling methods for herbal fingerprints: a review

As herbal medicines have an important position in health care systems worldwide, their current assessment and quality control are a major bottleneck. Over the past decade, major steps were taken not only to improve the quality of the herbal products but also to develop analytical methods ensuring their quality. Nowadays, chromatographic fingerprinting is the generally accepted technique for the assessment and quality control of herbal products. This paper briefly considers the evolution of the regulations and guidelines on the quality control of herbal medicines, and reviews the established analytical techniques for herbal fingerprinting with an emphasis on the most recent developments, such as miniaturized techniques, new stationary phases, analysis at high temperatures and multi-dimensional chromatography. Accessory to the new analytical techniques, the chemometric data handling techniques applied are discussed. Chemometrics provide scientists with useful tools in understanding the huge amounts of data generated by the analytical advances and prove to be valuable for quality control, classification and modelling of, and discrimination between herbal fingerprints.     

中药指纹图谱共有峰的自动识别

依托时间匹配、光谱信息辅助,利用自编的VB程序,建立并比较了时间匹配和时间匹配参考光谱信息两种识别中药指纹图谱共有峰的方法,并成功地应用于肉苁蓉的高效液相色谱-二极管阵列检测器(HPLC-DAD)法指纹图谱的建立.结果表明,只需要人为设置色谱峰大小下限、保留值相对误差上限和最大吸收波长差值上限三个参数,VB程序编制的指纹分析系统就能快速对所有样本进行共有峰识别和模糊数学处理,实现了无人工干预下的中药指纹图谱共有峰的自动识别,指纹图谱的建立过程客观,并且节省大量时间,其中参考光谱法识别结果更准确.     

Application of two‐dimensional liquid chromatography in the separation of traditional Chinese medicine

Traditional Chinese medicines have been widely used to prevent and cure diseases for thousands of years. For the purpose of better understanding the extremely complicated traditional Chinese medicines, powerful separation techniques are essential. Two‐dimensional liquid chromatography has been proven to be more powerful for the separation of complex traditional Chinese medicines due to its enhanced peak capacity and resolution compared with one‐dimensional liquid chromatography. Enormous efforts have been made on the coupling of independent separation mechanisms to improve the resolving power for complex traditional Chinese medicine samples, including the development and introduction of novel stationary phases. This review aims to give an overview on the applications of two‐dimensional liquid chromatography in traditional Chinese medicine research since 2008, including comprehensive two‐dimensional liquid chromatography, heart‐cutting two‐dimensional liquid chromatography both in on‐line, and off‐line mode. Different couplings of separation modes were respectively discussed based on specific studies, with emphasis on the applications of novel stationary phases in the two‐dimensional liquid chromatography.     

中药指纹图谱研究的某些进展与展望

在中药现代化的过程中,中药的质量控制标准直接影响到中药的国际化问题。近年来,国内很多学者对中药指纹图谱用于质量控制的问题进行了深入的研究,取得了很多成果。本文着重就近几年来中药指纹图谱的某些进展进行了综述,内容包括气相色谱指纹图谱、液相色谱指纹图谱以及其他指纹图谱。最后就指纹图谱研究的发展提出了几点看法。共引用文献161篇。