超高效液相色谱-串联质谱法同时测定尿样中4种痕量的乌头类生物碱

建立了超高效液相色谱-串联质谱(UPLC-MS/MS)结合中空纤维微萃取(HF-LPME)同时检测尿样中痕量的乌头碱、次乌头碱、新乌头碱和滇乌头碱等4种生物碱的方法。采用HF-LPME对尿样进行提取、纯化和富集,富集倍数达102～301。同时采用电喷雾电离(ESI)、多反应监测(MRM)进行含量测定,显著提高了尿液中乌头类生物碱的检测灵敏度,4种乌头类生物碱的定量限达到0.01～0.1 ng/L,可大大延长中毒患者尿样中乌头类生物碱的检测时间窗。方法验证结果表明,尿液中乌头碱、新乌头碱和滇乌头碱在0.01～10 ng/L、次乌头碱在0.1～100 ng/L范围内线性关系良好,提取回收率为80.2%～109%,相对标准偏差小于4.6%。该方法适用于乌头类生物碱中毒案件的检测,为痕量乌头类生物碱分析提供了灵敏的分析方法。     

短距乌头根的生物碱成分.Ⅰ

从短距乌头(Aconitum brevicalcaratum Diels)的根中分得六个二萜生物碱成分,其中三个为新成分,即短距乌碱甲(acobretine A,1),短距乌碱乙(acobretine B,2)和短距乌碱丙(acobretine C,3).另三个为已知成分:花葶乌头宁(scaconine,4),花葶乌头碱(scaconitine,5)和N-脱乙酰花葶乌头碱(N-deacetylscaconitine,6).经IR,MS,^1H NMR,^1^3C NMR测定和化学方法确定可1～3的结构     

柱切换液相色谱法快速定量检测参附注射液中乌头碱类生物碱和人参皂苷

利用柱切换液相色谱,建立了参附注射液中苯甲酰新乌头原碱、苯甲酰乌头原碱、苯甲酰次乌头原碱、新乌头碱、次乌头碱和乌头碱6种乌头碱类生物碱,以及Rg1、Re、Rf、Rb1、Rc、Ro、Rb2、Rb3、Rd 9种人参皂苷的分析方法。首先利用强阳离子交换的在线固相小柱选择性富集和净化样品中生物碱类成分,优化了色谱条件;并采用EC－C18柱作为人参皂苷的分析柱,通过优化实验条件,结合柱切换方式,去除了样品中辅料等大极性基质成分对色谱柱的污染,实现了生物碱分析和人参皂苷分析的自动切换。结果显示,样品中的生物碱和人参皂苷分离良好,线性相关系数（r2）均大于0.999,连续进样精密度的相对标准偏差（RSD） < 2.0%,重复性的RSD < 2.0%;其中6种生物碱的平均回收率为95.1%～98.6%,检出限为4.0～8.2 ng/mL;9种人参皂苷的平均回收率为91.7%～104%。所构建的基于柱切换液相色谱技术的在线固相萃取方法能够有效去除样品中的基质干扰,快速完成参附注射液中3种单酯型生物碱和9种人参皂苷的快速定量,同时也可对3种双酯型生物碱进行限量检测,可应用于药物的质量评价。     

膝瓣乌头根中新去甲二萜生物碱的结构研究

从膝瓣乌头(AconitumgeniculatumFlectcher)根中分得3个新的乌头碱型去甲二萜生物碱。由光谱法(^1HNMR,^1^3CNMR和MS)确定其结构为膝乌宁碱甲(genicunineA)1,膝乌宁碱乙(genicunineB)2,膝乌宁碱丙(genicunineC)3。     

生物检材中乌头类生物碱的检验

 用薄层 (TLC)、高效液相 光电二极管阵列检测器 (HPLC/DAD)、动物实验等方法对生物检材中乌头生物碱进行检验 ,并对这些方法进行比较。结果发现 ,TLC法为此类药物检验筛选的首选方法 ,最小检出量为 0 3μg。在进行HPLC检测时 ,以乌头生物碱的特征紫外吸收光谱和动物实验结果为重要的定性手段 ,其特征吸收波长为 (2 2 8± 2 )nm和 (2 75± 2 )nm。乌头生物碱在 2mg/L～ 5 0mg/L时其峰面积与质量浓度有很好的线性 ,相关系数为 0 9996。经实际案件证明 ,方法准确、灵敏 ,可用于生物检材中乌头类生物碱的检验。     

大理紫乌头的二萜生物碱成分研究

为了研究大理紫乌头的二萜生物碱成分,采用硅胶柱层析进行化合物的分离纯化,通过NMR方法对其化合物结构进行鉴定。结果表明大理紫乌头含6个二萜生物碱成分,包括5个C_(19)-乌头碱型:塔拉萨敏(1)、14-乙酰塔拉萨敏(2)、黄草乌碱丙(3)、8-去乙酰滇乌碱(4)、印乌碱(5)和1个C_(20)-海替定型宽乌宁(6)。其中化合物3～6为首次从该物种分离得到。     

乌头碱的代谢产物去氧乌头碱的生物转化及其电喷雾串联质谱

采用人肠内细菌和乌头碱体外温孵的方法, 探讨去氧乌头碱在人肠内的生物转化. 利用离子阱和傅里叶变换离子回旋共振质谱直接分析去氧乌头碱的转化产物. 乌头类生物碱及其代谢产物在正离子电喷雾质谱条件下形成质子化分子([M+H]+), 通过多级串联质谱进行结构表征. 去氧乌头碱可被人肠内细菌转化, 通过脱酰基、脱甲基脱羟基以及酯化反应产生新型的单酯型、双酯型和脂类生物碱等10余种代谢产物. 双酯型的去氧乌头碱的毒性较高, 当它被肠内细菌转化为单酯型和脂类生物碱时会使其毒性降低.     

16-O-去甲基去氧乌头碱在肠内细菌中的生物转化研究

采用人肠内细菌和乌头碱体外温孵的方法,探讨乌头碱的代谢产物16-O-去甲基去氧乌头碱在人肠内的生物转化。利用离子阱电喷雾串联质谱(ESIMS/MSn)方法直接分析16-O-去甲基去氧乌头碱的代谢产物。乌头类生物碱在ESI正离子模式条件下形成质子化分子[M H] 。16-O-去甲基去氧乌头碱可被人肠内细菌转化,通过脱乙酰基、脱苯甲酰基、脱甲基、脱羟基以及酯化反应产生新型的单酯型、双酯型和脂类生物碱等10余种代谢产物。双酯型生物碱具有较高的毒性,相对应的单酯型和脂类生物碱毒性较低。16-O-去甲基去氧乌头碱被肠内细菌转化为单酯型和脂类生物碱会使其毒性降低。     

赣皖乌头生物碱的研究II. 江西兴国产赣皖乌头中其他生物碱的分离和鉴定

从江西兴国县赣皖乌头(Aconitum finetianum Hand-Mazz)根中分得五个二萜类生物碱,根据衍生物的制备、光谱分析及物理常数测定,证明其中两个为新生物碱,定名兴国乌头碱(finetianine)和1-去氢宋果灵(1-dehydrosongorine);其他三个为已知生物碱宋果灵(songorine)、诺密宁(nominine)和氨茴酰牛扁碱(anthranollycoctonine).     

德钦乌头二萜生物碱成分研究

研究了乌头属植物德钦乌头(Aconitum ouvrardianum)根部二萜生物碱类化学成分。采用了柱色谱、重结晶方法进行分离纯化,根据理化性质及波谱学数据确定化合物结构。从中分离得到5个二萜生物碱,分别鉴定为黄草乌碱丁(Ⅰ)、异塔拉乌头定(Ⅱ)、塔拉萨敏(Ⅲ)、查斯曼宁(Ⅳ)和denudatine(Ⅴ)。化合物Ⅴ为首次从该植物中分离得到的C-20型二萜生物碱。     

利用液质联用技术分析干姜对乌头类生物碱在大鼠肠内吸收的影响

为从吸收的角度考察干姜对乌头类双酯型生物碱的解毒机理, 采用外翻肠囊法展开实验. 利用超高液相与三重四极杆质谱联用技术定量检测双酯型生物碱成分, 采用标准曲线法计算乌头碱、中乌头碱、次乌头碱在肠囊内吸收的绝对含量, 采用质谱峰面积直接分析其它双酯型生物碱的相对变化, 结果加入干姜提取液后, 乌头碱、中乌头碱、次乌头碱的单位肠管面积累计吸收量均降低, 10-羟基中乌头碱的的累积峰面积降低; 加入维拉帕米后, 双酯型生物碱的单位肠管面积累计吸收量及累积峰面积均增加; 向含有地高辛的肠营养液中加入干姜提取液后, 地高辛在各实验时间点的单位肠管面积累计吸收量均降低, 根据以上结果推测干姜抑制乌头类双酯型生物碱在大鼠肠囊内吸收的可能机制是通过诱导肠内P-葡糖蛋白, 从而抑制作为P-葡糖蛋白底物的双酯型生物碱的吸收, 最终起到减毒作用.     

Simultaneous determination of six Aconitum alkaloids in proprietary Chinese medicines by high-performance liquid chromatography

By optimizing the extraction, separation and analytical conditions, a reliable and accurate high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method coupled with photodiode array detector (DAD) was developed for simultaneous quantitative determination of six Aconitum alkaloids, i.e., aconitine, mesaconitine, hypaconitine, benzoylaconine, benzoylmesaconine and benzoylhypaconine, in Chinese medicinal herbs, aconite roots, and 12 proprietary Chinese medicines containing processed aconite roots. The separation of these Aconitum alkaloids was achieved on an ODS column with gradient elution using solvents of acetonitrile and ammonium bicarbonate buffer (pH 10.0+/-0.2). Intra-assay and inter-assay precision of the analytes were less than 2.97%, and the average recovery rates obtained were in the range of 90-103% for all with RSDs below 3.28%. Good linear relationships were showed with correlation coefficients for the analytes exceeded 0.999. Quantitative analysis of the six Aconitum alkaloids in the unprocessed and processed aconite roots and in twelve proprietary Chinese medicines containing processed aconite roots showed that the contents of the alkaloids varied significantly. This method and quantitation results can provide a scientific and technical platform to the products manufacturers for setting up a quality control standard as well as to the public for quality and safety assurance of the proprietary Chinese medicines and other herbal preparations containing aconite roots.     

离心超滤质谱筛选川乌中与人血清白蛋白相互作用的乌头类生物碱

采用离心超滤质谱技术从川乌总生物碱提取物中筛选与人血清白蛋白相互作用的乌头类生物碱成分,并用LC-MSn技术对筛选出的活性成分进行了分离鉴定.结果表明,从川乌总生物碱中筛选并鉴定出9种与人血清白蛋白存在相互作用的乌头类生物碱:苯甲酰新乌头原碱、苯甲酰乌头原碱、10-OH-中乌头碱、中乌头碱、10-OH-乌头碱、乌头碱、次乌头碱、脱氧乌头碱和3,13-脱氧乌头碱.     

Qualitative and quantitative analysis of aconitine-type and lipo-alkaloids of Aconitum carmichaelii roots

By optimizing the extraction and analytical conditions, a reliable and precise HPLC method coupled with photodiode array detection (HPLC–DAD) has been developed for the identification and quantification of three major aconitine-type alkaloids (aconitine, mesaconitine, hypaconitine) in the roots of Aconitum carmichaelii Debeaux. The qualitative analysis of the plant material was carried out by LC-APCI-MSⁿ. By means of this method, 26 lipo-alkaloids were also identified from the roots of A. carmichaelii. The effect of processing on aconitine-type alkaloids, lipo-alkaloids and pure aconitine was studied. As part of our investigation, two lipo-alkaloids, 14-benzoylaconine-8-palmitate and 14-benzoylaconine-8-linoleate were produced semisynthetically. The COX-1, COX-2 and LTB₄ formation inhibitory activity of aconite root extracts and different types of diterpene alkaloids and the toxicity of lipo-alkaloids were also investigated.     

Matrix Solid-phase Dispersion Extraction of Alkaloids from the Roots of Aconitum kusnezoffii Reichb

Matrix solid-phase dispersion(MSPD) was developed for the extraction of four alkaloids, including aconitine, mesaconitine, hypaconitine and deoxyaconitine, from the roots of Aconitum kusnezoffii Reichb. The determination of the analyte was carried out by high performance liquid chromatography with UV detection. The alkaline alumina was used as sorbent. The mixture of acetonitrile and water was used as elution solvent. Several extraction parameters, such as type of sorbent, the ratio of sample to solid suppo...     

Structure identification of five unknown dilipo-alkaloids extracted from processed tuber of Aconitum Carmiechaeli by electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry.

The alkaloids in processed aconite tuber of Aconitum Carmiechaeli were studied, and five novel alkaloids in extract from processed aconite tuber were found. The first step involved the use of electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS), and then multi-stage tandem mass spectrometry (MSn) was used to provide structural information. Based on their MSn spectra, the structures of the five novel compounds were elucidated to be C3,C8-difatty acid esters of mesaconitine, aconitine and 10-hydroxyaconitine.     

Simultaneous determination of three Aconitum alkaloids in six herbal medicines by high-performance liquid chromatography

To simultaneously determine three components of aconitine, mesaconitine, and hypaconitine in six species of Aconitum genus, an extraction condition for the total alkaloids was specifically optimized and a simple analytical method of reversed-phased highperformance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was developed. The extraction rate of total alkaloids in A. szechenyianum Gay was 98.3% for repeated extracting three times with an acidic alcohol solution (alcohol: pH 3.0 HAc = 85:15, v/v). The chromatography was carried out on a Phenomenex Luna C(18) column by gradient elution with a mobile phase of 0.03 mol/mL ammonium bicarbonate (pH = 9.50) -acetonitrile at a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min. The method for all three alkaloids had good linear relationships (r > 0.999) in the concentration range of 1.0-200.0 μg/mL. The average recoveries were 96.6-103.1%, and the LOQ and LOD were in the range of 25-37 ng/mL and 9-12 ng/mL, respectively. The quantitative results indicated that contents of the three alkaloids varied significantly among crude aconite roots, so quality control of traditional Chinese medicines containing aconite roots should be taken into account.     

Targeted profiling and relative quantification of benzoyl diterpene alkaloids in Aconitum roots by using LC–MS/MS with precursor ion scan

Benzoyl aconite alkaloids have myocardial protective effects at a low dose and produce toxic effects at high dose. Due to lack of enough reference compounds, most of the benzoyl alkaloids had few concerns, except the typical ones, i.e. aconitine, mesaconitine, and hypaconitine. To rapidly screen out and quantify benzoyl alkaloids, a high performance liquid chromatography combined with tandem mass spectrometry was proposed based on precursor ion scanning mode. First, a diagnostic ion at m/z 105 corresponding to benzoyl group was observed by using tandem mass spectrometry, which could be used for the rapid identification of benzoyl alkaloids. The targeted screening of these alkaloids was then conducted by using precursor ion scan of characteristic ion at m/z 105. Shengfuzi (the lateral root of A. carmichaelii) was taken as example, and 24 benzoyl‐containing alkaloids were identified. The six major alkaloids including aconitine, mesaconitine, hypaconitine, benzoylaconine, benzoylmesaconine, and benzoylhypaconine were determined in the precursor ion scan mode by the standard curve method. Reliable linearity, sensitivity, precision, accuracy, and repeatability were obtained and validated. Then the relative response factors between these six analytes were calculated, which were not more than two times using any alkaloid as reference. Thus, the other 18 alkaloids lacking reference compounds were relatively quantified. This approach provides a useful tool for rapid identification and quantitative analysis of toxic benzoyl alkaloids, and also an efficient method for the safety assessment of Aconitum roots.     

An interesting two‐phase solvent system and its use in preparative isolation of aconitines from aconite roots by counter‐current chromatography

Two‐phase solvent system plays crucial role in successful separation of organic compounds using counter‐current chromatography (CCC). An interesting two‐phase solvent system, composed of chloroform/ethyl acetate/methanol/water, is reported here, in which both phases contain sufficient organic solvents to balance their dissolving capacities. Adjusting the solvent system to get satisfactory partition coefficients (K values) for target compounds becomes relatively simple. This solvent system succeeded in sample preparation of aconitine (8.07 mg, 93.69%), hypaconitine (7.74 mg, 93.17%), mesaconitine (1.95 mg, 94.52%) from raw aconite roots (102.24 mg, crude extract), benzoylmesaconine (34.79 mg, 98.67%) from processed aconite roots (400.01 mg, crude extract), and yunaconitine (253.59 mg, 98.65%) from a crude extract of Aconitum forrestii (326.69 mg, crude extract).     

Method for the determination of Aconitum alkaloids in dietary supplements and raw materials by reversed-phase liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection and confirmation by tandem mass spectrometry: single-laboratory validation

A study of single-laboratory validation (SLV) of a reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RP-LC) method was conducted for the determination of diester-diterpene Aconitum alkaloids, viz., aconitine, mesaconitine, and hypaconitine, in a variety of dietary supplements, including single- and multiple-ingredient dry powder extracts, pills, capsules, and raw materials. The Aconitum alkaloids in the samples were extracted by diethyl ether in the presence of ammonia. After cleanup with solid-phase extraction to remove the matrix interferences, the alkaloids were determined by RP-LC with UV detection at 235 nm, and the results were confirmed by tandem mass spectrometry. The linear responses for aconitine, mesaconitine, and hypaconitine based on the present LC system ranged from 0.5 to 200 microg/mL. Relative standard deviations of 2.0 to 6.9% were obtained from duplicate analysis of 6 test materials of different matrixes for the 3 Aconitum alkaloids performed by 2 analysts on 5 different days. The recoveries determined for supplements and raw materials spiked with 3 Aconitum alkaloids at levels of 2.5-10 microg/g were in the range of 86-99%. In view of the attainment of satisfactory results for accuracy, precision, and recovery in the SLV study, it is recommended that the method validation process proceed to a collaborative study.