Qualitative and quantitative analyses of Epimedium wushanense by high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with diode array detection and electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry

A new HPLC-DAD-ESI-MS(n) method was developed for rapid separation, characterization and quantitation of flavonoids in Epimedium wushanense, a popular Chinese herbal medicine. For qualitative identification, a total of 37 compounds were characterized from the underground and aerial parts of E. wushanense. Among them, 28 compounds were prenylated flavonoids, and 23 were confirmed by comparing with reference standards. For quantitative analysis, 12 major flavonoids including kaempferol glycosides, desmethylicaritin glycosides, and icaritin glycosides were simultaneously determined by HPLC/UV. Samples were separated on a Waters Symmetry C(18) column at 35 °C eluted with a gradient three-component mobile phase of acetonitrile, methanol, and water containing 0.03% v/v formic acid. All the flavonoids showed good linearity (r(2) ≥0.9997). The recoveries varied from 92.6 to 106.1% at three concentration levels. This method was applied to the determination of 20 samples of different geographical sources, harvesting time, and plant parts. Contents of the predominant flavonoid, epimedin C, ranged from 1.4 to 5.1% in aerial parts and 1.0 to 2.8% in underground parts. The methods established in this paper were simple and reliable and could be used for the quality control of E. wushanense.     

The Determination of Metribuzin and Its Metabolites by High Pressure Liquid Chromatography

Abstract

A method for the determination of metribuzin and its metabolites in plant tissues has been developed using High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). The system used involves reversed-phase chromatography on a C-18 HPLC column and a 62:38 methanol/0.05 M acetic acid mobile phase. Under these conditions, metribuzin and the three known metabolites [deaminated metribuzin (DA), deaminated diketometribuzin (DADK) and diketometribuzin (DK)] are completely resolved from each other. Detection is by UV absorbance at 254 nm.     

山蜡梅叶颗粒的高效液相色谱指纹图谱定性及定量分析

应用高效液相色谱法建立可同时对山蜡梅叶颗粒进行鉴别和有效成分含量测定的色谱指纹图谱。以Cosmosil C18色谱柱为分离柱,甲醇与甲酸混合溶液进行梯度洗脱,检测波长为365 nm。成分芦丁、槲皮素和山奈素的质量浓度均与峰面积呈线性关系,线性范围分别为4.6~110.4,1.0~24.0,1.5~36.0 mg.L-1。运用中药色谱指纹图谱相似度评价系统2004版进行分析,20批样品平均相似度为95%以上。颗粒剂中三个成分的含量分别为芦丁含量(130±20)μg.g-1,槲皮素含量(35±10)μg.g-1,山奈素含量(60±10)μg.g-1。建立的山蜡梅叶颗粒的色谱指纹图谱,为质量控制提供新方法。     

高效液相色谱法分离测定人参中的6种人参皂甙

 采用梯度法,以乙腈-水溶液为流动相,用高效液相色谱法分离人参中的6种主要人参皂甙,并采用紫外检测器检测,在203 nm处测定4种人参样品。该方法在25 mg/L～300 mg/L的范围内有良好的线性关系,回收率高于80%。     

Pharmacokinetic study of three active flavonoid glycosides in rat after intravenous administration of Trollius ledebourii extract by liquid chromatography

A selective and sensitive reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography method was developed and validated for the simultaneous determination of orientin-2'-O-beta-L-galactopyranosyl (OGA), orientin and vitexin in rat plasma. Blood samples were collected via the fossa orbitalis vein at time intervals after intravenous administration and the concentrations of the three ingredients in plasma were analyzed by HPLC after the plasma protein had been precipitated directly with methanol. OGA, orientin and vitexin were successfully separated using a C18 column with gradient elution composed of acetonitrile and 0.1% acetic acid and were detected at the detection wavelength of 348 nm. Calibration curves of OGA, orientin and vitexin were generated over the range 0.315-161, 0.326-167 and 0.215-110 microg/mL, respectively. The intra- and inter-day precisions (relative standard deviation) for the analysis of the three analytes were between 1.68 and 8.43% with accuracies (relative error) below 8.55%. The mean extraction recoveries were between 70.35 and 86.42%. The developed method was suitable for simultaneous determination of these three active flavonoid glycosides in rat plasma and was successfully applied to investigate the pharmacokinetics of glycosides from Trollius ledebourii in rats.     

Determination of the level of the core of 2',5'-oligoadenylates by high performance liquid chromatography.

A simple and rapid method for analysis of the core of 2',5'-oligoadenylates, mainly based on the use of high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), is described. Perchloric acid extracts of tissues or cells were first treated with nuclease P1. Portions of the extracts were then digested with alkaline phosphatase. HPLC analysis of the extracts was performed on a column system composed of an Ultrasphere ODS precolumn (4.6 x 45 mm) and an Ultrasphere Octyl column (4.6 x 250 mm) by stepwise elution using a 50 mM ammonium phosphate buffer, pH 7, containing 3.5 and 7% methanol. Three species of the core of 2',5'-oligoadenylates (dimer, trimer and tetramer) from a number of samples were eluted separately with 7% methanol, and the concentration of each core was directly estimated using constant values calculated with the standard core. The level of the core of 2',5'-oligoadenylates in tissues and cells determined by our method is similar to that reported by other authors who used biological, radiobinding or radioimmunological assays.     

Chromatographic behaviour of steroidal saponins studied by high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry

The chromatographic behaviour of steroidal saponins found in Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Asparagus officinalis, Convallaria majalis, Digitalis purpurea and Ruscus aculeatus was studied by HPLC-MS using a C-18 reversed-phase column and aqueous acetonitrile or aqueous methanol mobile phase gradients, with or without the addition of 1% acetic acid. The behaviour was compared to that of triterpene saponins found in Aesculus hippocastanum, Centella asiatica, Panax notoginseng and Potentilla tormentilla. Inclusion of methanol in the mobile phase under acidic conditions was found to cause furostanol saponins hydroxylated at C-22 to chromatograph as broad peaks, whereas the peak shapes of the spirostanol saponins and triterpene saponins studied remained acceptable. In aqueous methanol mobile phases without the addition of acid, furostanol saponins chromatographed with good peak shape, but each C-22 hydroxylated furostanol saponin was accompanied by a second chromatographic peak identified as its C-22 methyl ether. Methanolic extracts analysed in non-acidified aqueous acetonitrile mobile phases also resolved pairs of C-22 hydroxy and C-22 methoxy furostanol saponins. The C-22 methyl ether of deglucoruscoside was found to convert to deglucoruscoside during chromatography in acidified aqueous acetonitrile, or by dissolving in water. Poor chromatography of furostanol saponins in acidified aqueous methanol is due to the interconversion of the C-22 hydroxy and C-22 methoxy forms. It is recommended that initial analysis of saponins by HPLC-MS using a C-18 stationary phase is performed using acidified aqueous acetonitrile mobile phase gradients. The existence of naturally-occurring furostanol saponins methoxylated at C-22 can be investigated with aqueous acetonitrile mobile phases and avoiding methanol in the extraction solvent.     

高效液相色谱法测定不同产地枇杷叶中的3种黄酮类成分

建立了高效液相色谱同时测定枇杷叶中3种黄酮类成分的分析方法。该方法分析了不同产地枇杷叶中芦丁、槲皮素和山柰酚的含量差异。枇杷叶粉末用甲醇超声提取后,加盐酸回流,制备样品测试液。采用Diamonsil C18色谱柱（250 mm×4.6 mm,5 μm）,以0.4%（v/v）磷酸水溶液-乙腈为流动相,梯度洗脱。分别对7个不同产地的枇杷叶样品中的芦丁、槲皮素和山柰酚进行测定。结果表明,芦丁、槲皮素、山柰酚在各自的质量浓度范围内线性关系良好（r>0.99）,加标回收率分别为96.33%、95.81%和95.80%,RSD分别为6.48%、0.90%和3.02%。该方法操作简单、分离度好、重复性高。不同产地枇杷叶中3种黄酮类成分的含量存在差异,其中芦丁的差异最大,而山柰酚的含量最稳定且在不同产地样品中均可检出,或可用作枇杷叶药材质量控制的标志成分。     

Quantitation of Long Chain Fatty Acids as the Methoxyphenacyl Esters

Abstract

In recent years High Performance Liquid Chromatography has been used for the separation of long chain fatty acids. This study establishes a procedure for the quantitation of the major fatty acids found in oral bacteria. The acids studied were C-10, C-12, C-14, C-16, C-18, C-18:1, C-20, and C-22. The samples were esterified with α-Bromo-m-methoxyacetophenone, separated by reversed phase chromatography and monitored at both 254nm and 280nm. The fatty acids have approximately the same linear absorbance range at 254nm from 100 picomoles to 50 nanomoles. While the linear absorbance range was similar, the response factors varied by more than 40% when using peak heights, compared to less than a 15% variation when using peak areas. Several A-NHI fatty acid reference mixtures were used to assure the reliability (average relative error = 3.72%) of the method. Subsequent analysis of a bacteria sample was made by both High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) and Gas Liquid Chromatography (GLC) in order to further substantiate the validity of the technique.     

Separation of Phenols from the Leaves of Toona Sinensis (Meliaceae) by Capillary Electrophoresis

A micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography (MEKC) method, using UV detection, was developed for the determination of polyphenols in Toona sinensis (Meliaceae); the procedure involved precipitation of polyphenols from the leaves of T. sinensis using methanol. The structures can be established with fifteen compounds including methyl gallate, gallic acid, kaempferol, quercitin, quercitrin, rutin, kaempferol‐glucoside, catechin, epicatechin, stearic acid, palmitic acid, β‐sitosterol, stigmasterol, β‐sitosteryl‐glucoside, and stigmasteryl‐glucoside by spectroscopic analysis. However, there has been no investigation to quantitate the polyphenols that form T. sinensis. Thus, seven polyphenols of T. sinensis with UV absorbance, catechin (C), epicatechin (EC), methyl gallate (MG), rutin (R), gallic acid (G), quercitrin (Q), and kaempferol (K) were separated within 10 min with a 40 cm uncoated fused‐silica column, with the RSD < 3% (migration times), voltage at 15 kV using this method. On‐column detection was carried out at 254 nm. The detection limit of this method for all analytes ranged from 19.5 to 0.02 μM (RSD < 3.1%). The method provided a rapid and sensitive identification of polyphenols of interest in T. sinensis and is suitable for biological activity studies.     

凤仙花不同提取物中山奈酚的测定

为寻求有效的山奈酚分离、纯化条件,并从凤仙花中提取山奈酚;分别采用不同溶剂和不同方法对凤仙花红色花瓣进行了提取,并利用高效液相色谱法对其主成分进行了测定;实验结果表明: 9种提取物中均含有山奈酚,乙酸乙酯提取物中山奈酚的含量最高: 1 g凤仙花红色花瓣的乙酸乙酯提取液中含有8.1 mg的山奈酚.     

Chemical fingerprinting of Hoodia species and related genera: chemical analysis of oxypregnane glycosides using high-performance liquid chromatography with UV detection in Hoodia gordonii

Hoodia gordonii, family Asclepiadaceae, is a succulent plant and is traditionally used in southern Africa for its appetite-suppressant properties. A high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method with UV detection for analysis of 11 oxypregnane glycosides from H. gordonii has been developed. The simultaneous analysis of 11 oxypregnane glycosides was achieved with a Phenomenex (Torrance, CA) reversed-phase C18 column using gradient mobile phase of water and acetonitrile, both containing 0.025% trifluoroacetic acid. The developed method was applied to the identification of oxypregnane glycosides in 3 different species of Hoodia and 23 related genera. The HPLC profiles of various plant samples were compared for the presence of oxypregnane glycosides.     

Evaluation of a method to determine flavonol aglycones in Ginkgo biloba dietary supplement crude materials and finished products by high-performance liquid chromatography: collaborative study

An interlaboratory study was conducted for evaluation of a method to determine the flavonol aglycones quercetin, kaempferol, and isorhamnetin in Ginkgo biloba products. The method calculates total glycosides based on these aglycones formed after acid hydrolysis. Twelve matrixes were chosen for study by 12 collaborating laboratories in 2 countries. Test materials included crude leaf material, standardized dry powder extract, single and multiple entity finished products, ethanol and glycerol tinctures, and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) standard reference materials (SRMs). Results from 11 laboratories were used for the final calculations. Eight of the 12 matrixes evaluated produced acceptable results for total flavonol glycosides, with HorRat scores ranging from 1.31 to 2.05; repeatability relative standard deviations (RSDr) from 1.46 to 4.14; and reproducibility relative standard deviations (RSDR) from 4.67 to 9.69. These 8 matrixes consisted primarily of simple dosage forms (e.g., dry powder extracts, crude leaf samples, liquid extracts, and SRMs) and a single tablet product (Ginkgo Awareness). Four additional matrixes, consisting of 3 tablets and 1 soft gel product (Ginkgold, Ginkoba, Ginkogen, and Ginkgo Phytosome, respectively), showed greater total flavonol glycoside HorRat scores in comparison, ranging from 2.39 to 5.13, with RSDr values from 2.83 to 8.16, and RSDR values from 8.53 to 20.4. Based on the results presented here, the method is recommended for Official First Action for determination of total flavonol glycosides calculated from quercetin, kaempferol, and isorhamnetin in dry powder extracts, crude leaf material, liquid extracts, and a select finished product, Ginkgo Awareness.     

HPLC determination and pharmacokinetics of chlorogenic acid in rabbit plasma after an oral dose of Flos Lonicerae extract

A simple and sensitive high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method has been developed for the determination of chlorogenic acid (3-O-caffeoyl-D-quinic acid) in plasma and applied to its pharmacokinetic study in rabbits after administration of Flos Lonicerae extract. Plasma samples are extracted with methanol. HPLC analysis of the extracts is performed on a C(18) reversed-phase column using acetonitrile-0.2% phosphate buffer (11:89, v/v) as the mobile phase. The UV detector is set at 327 nm. The standard curves are linear in the range 0.0500-1.00 microg/mL (r = 0.9987). The mean extraction recovery of 85.1% is obtained for chlorogenic acid. The interday precision (relative standard deviation) ranges from 5.0% to 7.5%, and the intraday precision is better than 9.0%. The limit of quantitation is 0.0500 microg/mL. The plasma concentration of chlorogenic acid shows a C(max) of 0.839 +/- 0.35 microg/mL at 34.7 +/- 1.1 min and a second one of 0.367 +/- 0.16 microg/mL at 273.4 +/- 39.6 min.     

Separation ofCimicifuga racemosa triterpene glycosides by reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography and evaporative light scattering detection

Summary The main triterpene glycosides ofCimicifuga racemosa were separated by reversed phase HPLC, using a C-18 column, Evaporative Light Scattering (ELS) detection and a grient system consisting of water, acetonitrile and reagent alcohol. Within 35 min three main glycosides could be separated and quantified in the methanolic root extract with detection limits of 10.5, 15.6 and 31.6 μg·mL⁻¹ respectively. The method was successfully used, to analyzed differentCimicifuga racemosa market products, as well as to distinguish between otherCimicifuga samples from China.     

新药乌拉地尔含量的高效液相色谱法测定

用高效液相色谱法测定乌拉地尔（urapidil)的含量。采用PhenomenexLUNA C18柱;1％（φ）冰醋酸溶液－甲醇（体积比50：50）为流动相;检测波长为268nm;外标法定量测定,结果显示样品质量浓度在10－200nm/L范围内与峰面积呈良好线性关系,相关系数为0．9999（n-5);平均加标回收率为99．8％。该法操作快捷,重复性好,结果准确可靠,可用于乌拉地尔的质量控制。     

Semipreparative High-Performance Liquid Chromatographic Separation of Phosphatidylcholine Molecular Species From Soybean Leaves

Abstract

An improved high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method using UV detection at 205 nm is described for the semipreparative separation of the molecular species of phosphatidylcholine (PC) from soybean leaves. the separations of PC molecular species are achieved isocratically within ca. 75 min on C 18 reversed-phase column using the mobile phase, methanol:0.1 M ammonium acetate, pH 7.4 (95:5, v/v). Five molecular species for soybean PC are identified as 18:3/18:3, 18:2/18:3, 18:2/18:2, 16:0/18:3 and 16:0/18:2.     

三尖杉悬浮培养细胞中hinokiol的定量分析

建立了高效液相色谱分析三尖杉悬浮培养细胞中次生代谢产物的方法,实现了次生代谢产物的分离以及hinokiol的定量分析。样品经甲醇提取后,再用氨水-氯仿萃取。采用Apollo C18色谱柱(250 mm×4.6 mm, 5 μm)进行分离,流动相为甲醇-水,梯度洗脱,柱温为30 ℃,检测波长为290 nm,流速为1 mL/min。在0.0125~0.2 g/L范围内,hinokiol的色谱峰面积与质量浓度之间具有良好的线性关系。采用该方法测定了实际样品中hinokiol的含量,并进行了3个水平的加标回收试验,其回收率为87.2%～94.7%,相对标准偏差(n=3)为0.9%~4.2%。该方法可靠、重现性好,适合对植物培养细胞中的hinokiol进行分析。     

色谱指纹图谱在苹果酒质量评价中的应用

采用反相高效液相色谱-电化学检测法研究了14种苹果酒样品的指纹图谱。以标准品绿原酸进行定位,通过对图谱分析和相对保留时间计算,确定了8个共有峰。根据共有峰的峰面积用相关系数法和向量夹角余弦法计算相似度,两种方法的计算结果一致。实验结果表明同一厂家生产的苹果酒相似度较好。该法为苹果酒的产品分析提供了有效的微观信息,为苹果酒的质量控制、新产品的研发以及苹果酒行业标准的制定提供一种可行思路。     

Validation of HPLC‐UV method for determination of minor glycosides contained in Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni leaves

Leaves of Stevia rebaudiana contain glycosides with sweetness and biological activity. However besides the major glycosides, there are other glycosides within extracts that may contribute to its activity, and therefore it is important to quantify them. In this work, an isocratic HPLC method was validated for determination of dulcoside A, steviolbioside, rebaudioside C and rebaudioside B. An HPLC method was performed using a C₁₈ column (250 × 4.6 mm, particle size 5 µm) and a UV detector set at 210 nm. The mobile phase consisted of a 32:68 (v/v) mixture of acetonitrile and sodium phosphate buffer (10 mmol/L, pH 2.6), set to a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min. The calculated parameters were: sensitivity, linearity, limit of detection (LOD), limit of quantification (LOQ), accuracy and precision. The calibration curves were linear over the working range 25–150 µg/mL, with coefficient of correlation of ≥0.99 and coefficient of determination of ≥0.98. The LOD was 5.68–8.81 µg/mL, while the LOQ was 17.21–26.69 µg/mL. The percentage recoveries of fortified samples were 100 ± 10% and precision, relative standard deviation, was <10%. The method validation showed accuracy, linearity and precision; therefore this method can be applied for quantitative analysis of minor steviol glycosides in S. rebaudiana leaves. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.