高效液相色谱法同时测定金银花中5种有机酸

研究了高效液相色谱法同时测定金银花中5种有机酸(咖啡酸,绿原酸,3,5-O-双咖啡酰基奎宁酸,3,4-O-双咖啡酰基奎宁酸,4,5-O-双咖啡酰基奎宁酸)的方法.金银花样品中5种有效成分用体积分数80%甲醇超声振荡提取,选用Waters Symmetry(R) RP18(3.9 mm i.d.×250 mm,5 μm)色谱柱,甲醇和体积分数0.1%的HAc溶液梯度洗脱,流速为0.8 mL/min,用紫外二极管阵列检测器检测.在该色谱条件下,金银花的5种有效成分在30 min内可达到基线分离.方法的加标回收率为97%～101%,相对标准偏差为0.3%～2.4%.本法适合于同时测定各种金银花中5种有机酸.     

串联质谱法鉴定丙基膦酸烷基酯异构体

采用串联质谱(MS/MS)研究了丙基膦酸烷基酯异构体,以鉴定与磷相连的丙基基团。针对电子轰击质谱(EI-MS)谱图中特征离子m/z 125和化学电离质谱(CI-MS)谱图中的准分子离子,进行串联质谱研究,对碰撞气压力和碰撞能量进行优化。实验结果表明:在碰撞能量20 V,碰撞气压力1.0 mTorr时,电子轰击串联质谱(EI-MS/MS)模式下,正丙基膦酸酯的母离子m/z 125碎裂产生较强的子离子m/z 107,而异丙基膦酸酯的母离子m/z 125则碎裂产生较强的子离子m/z 65和83;在化学电离串联质谱(CI-MS/MS)模式下,正丙基膦酸酯的准分子离子产生子离子m/z 125(基峰)和107,异丙基膦酸酯的准分子离子产生子离子m/z 125、107和83;通过串联质谱反应,能清晰地区分正丙基和异丙基膦酸烷基酯(C≥2)。     

金鸡纳生物碱电喷雾质谱裂解规律研究

利用电喷雾离子阱质谱（ES-ITMS）技术进行了金鸡纳中4种喹啉类生物碱（奎宁、奎尼定、辛可宁和辛可尼定）的电喷雾质谱研究。在优化的质谱条件下,正离子全扫描时,4种生物碱都易形成带一个质子的分子离子;进一步碰撞诱导解离四种母离子,二级质谱表明羟基丢失、奎宁环断裂及重排为其主要裂解方式。     

超高效液相色谱-串联四极杆质谱法测定葡萄中单咖啡酰酒石酸酯、单香豆酰酒石酸酯和单阿魏酰酒石酸酯

建立了超高效液相色谱-串联四极杆质谱测定葡萄汁、皮和籽中羟基桂皮酒石酰酯类化合物含量的方法。采用的色谱柱为Waters UPLC HSS T3 (150 mm×2.1 mm, 1.7 μm),流动相为含0.1%甲酸的水-乙腈体系,梯度洗脱,流速0.3 mL/min,柱温35 ℃;质谱采用电喷雾离子源、负离子多反应检测模式。对单香豆酰酒石酸酯和单阿魏酰酒石酸酯,其含量以单咖啡酰酒石酸酯当量表示。结果表明,单咖啡酰酒石酸酯在25～2000 μg/L范围内线性关系良好(r2=0.9989);检出限为0.25 μg/L,定量限为25 μg/L;在250、750、1200 μg/L添加水平下单咖啡酰酒石酸酯的平均回收率为97.7%～99.5%,相对标准偏差小于2.5%。实验结果表明,葡萄汁、皮和籽中羟基桂皮酒石酰酯类化合物的含量差异显著。该方法简单快速、灵敏度高、回收率高、准确性好,可用于葡萄产品中单咖啡酰酒石酸酯、单香豆酰酒石酸酯和单阿魏酰酒石酸酯的分析。     

高效液相色谱-电喷雾串联质谱法测定蔬菜中虫酰肼和甲氧虫酰肼残留

建立了蔬菜中虫酰肼和甲氧虫酰肼的高效液相色谱-电喷雾串联质谱(LC-ESI-MS/MS)检测方法。样品经碱性乙腈提取,固相萃取净化,反相高效液相色谱柱分离后进行质谱分析。在选择反应监测模式(SRM)下进行特征母-子离子对信号采集。分别以碎片离子m/z297和m/z149进行外标法定量。虫酰肼和甲氧虫酰肼残留的检出限(S/N=3)为1.0μg/kg,加标回收测得定量限为4.0μg/kg;在5.0～200μg/L时峰强度与质量浓度的线性关系良好(r2>0.996)。在4.0、10.0和20.0μg/kg3个添加水平,通过基质曲线校正后,虫酰肼和甲氧虫酰肼的平均回收率范围为90%～110%和70%～80%;相对标准偏差小于8%。结果表明,该法简单、灵敏,适用于蔬菜中虫酰肼和甲氧虫酰肼残留的分析确证。     

N-芳基马来海枞酸单甲酯二酰亚胺位阻异构化反应及其动力学特性

在合成松香基手性试剂(4a~4f)的过程中,首次发现N-(1-萘基)-马来海枞酸二酰亚胺(4f)的位阻异构现象,而与其结构类似的N-苯基-马来海枞酸二酰亚胺(4a)、N-(2-羧基苯基)-甲酯化马来海松酸二酰亚胺(4b)、N-(2-硝基苯基)-甲酯化马来海松酸二酰亚胺(4c)、N-(2-氯苯基)-甲酯化马来海松酸二酰亚胺(4d)和N-[1-(2-氨基)-苯基]-甲酯化马来海松酸二酰亚胺(4e)则没有该位阻异构现象.化合物4a~4f的结构通过核磁共振、质谱和红外光谱等方法进行了表征.采用变温条件下的1H NMR谱图研究了化合物4f的位阻异构化动力学特性.     

防治心脑血管疾病药物——灯盏细辛酚的研究与开发

灯盏细辛是著名的传统中药,全草用于治疗脑血管病中风及其后遗症偏瘫有良好疗效的中药材。自20世纪80年代,已开发了两种制剂（片剂和注射剂）在临床上用于治疗脑栓塞、脑血栓形成、脑血栓引起的瘫痪、冠心病、心绞痛、急性肾功能衰退以及肾变病综合症等。在临床上有很好疗效。为此,灯盏细辛已收载于2005年版《中华人民共和国药典》一部。自1992年始,我们再次对灯盏细辛的化学和活性成分进行了深入研究,发现了一系列二咖啡酰基奎宁酸酯类化合物同样为其主要活性成分,这些酚性成分为：1,5-,3,5-和4,5-二咖啡酰基奎宁酸和飞蓬酯乙等。为此,我们研发了包括灯盏乙素和上述系列酚类化合物为有效部位的、名"灯盏细辛酚"的注射液。已于2007年7月完成III期临床研究,正在申请新药证书。经临床研究表明,与同类药物相比是起效快、对重症病人疗效尤为显著、总有效率达98%以上的,有效成分清楚,质量可控,疗效确切的新一代制剂。     

2-苯基-4,5-二(4′-氨基苯基)咪唑的合成

以安息香为原料,经过乙酸酐酯化、乙酸铵噁唑环化、混酸硝化、液溴氧化开环合成了4,4′-二硝基苯偶酰(4);4在乙酸铵/冰乙酸体系中环化生成2-苯基-4,5-二(4′-硝基苯基)咪唑酰(5);5在三氯化铁存在下经水合肼还原制得2-苯基-4,5-二(4′-氨基苯基)咪唑,总收率63.2%,其结构经NMR,IR和元素分析表征。     

高效液相色谱同时测定注射用双黄连(冻干)中六种活性成分含量

建立了高效液相色谱(HPLC)同时测定注射用双黄连(冻干)中绿原酸、咖啡酸、4,5-二咖啡酰奎宁酸、黄芩苷、黄芩素和汉黄芩素的含量的方法。采用Agilent TC-C_(18)色谱柱(250×4.6 mm,5mm),以乙腈―0.25%(wt)冰醋酸为流动相,梯度洗脱,流速1.0 m L/min,检测波长350 nm,柱温35℃。结果表明,六种成分基本分离,线性关系良好,平均回收率在99.72%~101.56%之间。本方法准确、简便、重现性好,可以实现注射用双黄连(冻干)多成分质量控制。     

基于GC/Q-TOF MS技术鉴定S-zorb汽油中噻吩类化合物

结合气相色谱分离技术和MS/MS串联质谱筛查技术,通过选定目标母离子进行碰撞诱导解离,获取精确质量子离子信息,实现汽油馏分中噻吩类化合物的痕量筛查分析。选取5种不同碳数取代噻吩类化合物作为标准物绘制定量标准曲线,建立了基于气相色谱-四极杆串联飞行时间质谱(GC/Q-TOF M S)直接测定汽油中噻吩类化合物的方法。利用该方法研究了S-Zorb汽油中噻吩类化合物(TPs)的脱除规律。结果表明,S-zorb汽油噻吩类化合物的脱除难易程度与其取代基的位置有关,2-甲基噻吩相比3-甲基噻吩更难脱除,2,5-二甲基噻吩、2,3,5-三甲基噻吩分别为C2-TPs和C3-TPs的主要剩余噻吩类化合物。     

A new labdane diterpene from the flowers of Solidago canadensis

A new labdane diterpene, 9alpha,16xi-dihydroxy-6-oxo-7,13-labdadien-15,16-olide (solicanolide, 1) and six known compounds identified as quercetin (2), 3-O-caffeoylquinic acid (3, neochlorogenic acid), 5-O-caffeoylquinic acid (4, chlorogenic acid), 4,5-di-O-caffeoylquinic acid (5), 3,5-di-O-caffeoylquinic acid (6) and 3,4-di-O-caffeoylquinic acid (7) were isolated from the flowers of Solidago canadensis. To our knowledge, compound 7 was isolated for the first time in S. canadensis. This work describes the isolation of compounds 1-7 and the structure elucidation of a new compound identified as compound 1. Solicanolide (1) showed cytotoxic activity against A549 (IC(50): 13+/-2 microM), DLD-1 (IC(50): 26+/-2 microM) and WS1 (IC(50): 17+/-1 microM) cell lines.     

Rapid identification and evaluation of antioxidant compounds from extracts of Petasites japonicus by hyphenated-HPLC techniques

Gradient HPLC coupled to Diode Array Detector (DAD), MS/MS and NMR was applied to the rapid structure determination of major compounds of methanol extracts from leaves and roots of Petasites japonicus. The relative antioxidant capacities of the compounds were evaluated by an HPLC system with post-column on-line antioxidant detection based on 2,2'-azinobis-3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid radical scavenging. Six compounds were successfully separated on a reverse-phase C(18) column and were identified as 5-caffeoylquinic acid (5-CQA), fukinolic acid (FA), 3,5-di-O-caffeoylquinic acid (3,5-DCQA), quercetin-3-O-(6″-acetyl)-β-glucopyranoside (QAG), 4,5-di-O-caffeoylquinic acid (4,5-DCQA) and kaempferol-3-O-(6″-acetyl)-β-glucopyranoside (KAG) by MS/MS and (1)H NMR data. Among these compounds, those containing a caffeoyl moiety (5-CQA, FA, 3,5- and 4,5-DCQA) showed relatively strong radical scavenging capacity, with 3,5-DCQA having the greatest radical scavenging capacity in leaf (23.09% of total antioxidant capacity) and root (26.47%) extracts. The relative radical scavenging portion of QAG was only 3.41% in the leaves and KAG did not show any radical scavenging activity. These results demonstrate that the hyphenated HPLC techniques can be successfully applied to rapidly identify structures and evaluate antioxidant activities without prior purification of compounds from plant tissues of P. japonicus.     

Interaction of bioactive components caffeoylquinic Acid derivatives in Chinese medicines with bovine serum albumin

Five caffeoylquinic acid derivatives (CQAs), including methyl 3,4-di-O-caffeoylquinate (3,4-diCQM), methyl 3,5-di-O-caffeoylquinate (3,5-diCQM), 3,4-di-O-caffeoylquinic acid (3,4-diCQA), 3,5-di-O-caffeoylquinic acid (3,5-diCQA) and chlorogenic acid (CA), were isolated from Lonicera fulvotomentosa HSU et S. C. CHENG to be used as model compounds. The binding of these bioactive components to bovine serum albumin (BSA) was investigated by fluorescence quenching method. The results showed that there were binding affinities for CQAs with BSA, and the binding constants ranked in the following order: 3,4-diCQM>3,5-diCQM<3,4-diCQA>3,5-diCQA>CA, under the physiological conditions, which suggested that the numbers and the substituted positions of caffeoyl group as well as the esterification of carboxyl group in the molecular structures appeared to contribute moderate effects to the interaction processes. Furthermore, the Stern-Volmer curves demonstrated that CQAs caused the fluorescence quenching through a static quenching procedure. Thermodynamic analysis indicated that both hydrophobic and electrostatic interactions played major roles in stabilizing the complex. The binding distance for each binding reaction was also calculated by the F?ster theory.     

Different fingerprinting strategies to differentiate Porana sinensis and plants of Erycibe by high‐performance liquid chromatography with diode array detection,ultra high performance liquid chromatography with tandem quadrupole mass spectrometry,and chemometrics

Plants of Erycibe are widely used in traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of joint pain and rheumatoid arthritis. With the reduction of Erycibe resources in the wild, Porana sinensis has been widely used as a substitute. However, it is important to understand the chemical distinctions between the two kinds of plants and identify their individual chemical markers. In this study, multiwavelength chromatographic fingerprint and precursor ion fingerprint techniques were used in conjunction with chemometric tools to fingerprint and thus differentiate between plant samples. The similar results obtained from different fingerprints prove the reliability of the two fingerprints. Results obtained from principal component analysis and orthogonal projection to latent structures discriminant analysis identified similarities between the chemical components of P. sinensis and plants of Erycibe. However, concentrations of 4‐caffeoylquinic acid, 3,5‐dicaffeoylquinic acid, 3,4‐dicaffeoylquinic acid, and 4,5‐dicaffeoylquinic acid were higher in P. sinensis than in plants of Erycibe, suggesting that P. sinensis may be more effective in medical treatments of some diseases than Erycibe.     

Hierarchical scheme for liquid chromatography/multi‐stage spectrometric identification of 3,4,5‐triacyl chlorogenic acids in green Robusta coffee beans

Liquid chromatography/multi‐stage spectrometry (LC/MSⁿ) (n = 2–4) has been used to detect and characterize in green Robusta coffee beans eight quantitatively minor triacyl chlorogenic acids with seven of them not previously reported in nature. These comprise 3,4,5‐tricaffeoylquinic acid (Mr 678); 3,5‐dicaffeoyl‐4‐feruloylquinic acid, 3‐feruloyl‐4,5‐dicaffeoylquinic acid and 3,4‐dicaffeoyl‐5‐feruloylquinic acid (Mr 692); 3‐caffeoyl‐4,5‐diferuloylquinic acid and 3,4‐diferuloyl‐5‐caffeoylquinic acid (Mr 706); and 3,4‐dicaffeoyl‐5‐sinapoylquinic acid and 3‐sinapoyl‐4,5‐dicaffeoylquinic acid (Mr 722). Structures have been assigned on the basis of LC/MSⁿ patterns of fragmentation. A new hierarchical key for the identification of triacyl quinic acids is presented, based on previously established rules of fragmentation. Fifty‐two chlorogenic acids have now been characterized in green Robusta coffee beans. In this study five samples of green Robusta coffee beans and fifteen samples of Arabica coffee beans were analyzed with triacyl chlorogenic acids only found in Robusta coffee bean extracts. These triacyl chlorogenic acids could be considered as useful phytochemical markers for the identification of Robusta coffee beans. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The metabolite profiling of 3,4-dicaffeoylquinic acid in Sprague–Dawley rats using ultra-high performance liquid chromatography equipped with linear ion trap-Orbitrap MS

3,4-Dicaffeoylquinic acid (3,4-DiCQA) is a dicaffeoylquinic acid that possesses antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antiviral, anticancer, hypoglycemic, hypotensive, and hepatoprotective activities. This study developed a rapid and reliable method using ultra-high performance liquid chromatography equipped with linear ion trap-Orbitrap MS to identify the metabolites of 3,4-DiCQA in rat plasma, urine, feces, and tissues. The metabolic profile of 3,4-DiCQA was determined after an oral administration of 200 mg/kg to rats. A strategy of full scan-parent ions list acquisition coupled to diagnostic product ion analysis for screening and identification of target metabolites was used. A total of 67 metabolites, combined with accurate mass measurement, diagnostic ions, neutral losses, and reference standards, were observed and characterized for the first time. The results indicated that hydrolysis, methylation, hydrogenation, hydration, dehydroxylation, dehydrogenation, sulfate conjugation, and glucuronide conjugation were the major metabolic reactions of 3,4-DiCQA in vivo.     

Liquid chromatography coupled with ultraviolet absorbance detection,electrospray ionization,collision‐induced dissociation and tandem mass spectrometry on a triple quadrupole for the on‐line characterization of polyphenols and methylxanthines in green coffee beans

Liquid chromatography coupled with a photodiode array detector, electrospray ionization, collision‐induced dissociation and tandem mass spectrometry (LC‐DAD/ESI‐CID‐MS/MS) on a triple quadrupole (QqQ) has been used to detect and characterize polyphenols and methylxanthines in green coffee beans: three phenolic acids (caffeic acid, ferulic acid and dimethoxycinnamic acid), three isomeric caffeoylquinic acids (M_r 354), three feruloylquinic acids (M_r 368), one p‐coumaroylquinic acid (M_r 338), three dicaffeoylquinic acids (M_r 516), three feruloyl‐caffeoylquinic acids (M_r 530), four p‐coumaroyl‐caffeoylquinic acids (M_r 500), three diferuloylquinic acids (M_r 544), six dimethoxycinnamoyl‐caffeoylquinic acids (M_r 544), three dimethoxycinnamoyl‐feruloylquinic acids (M_r 558), six cinnamoyl‐amino acid conjugates, three cinnamoyl glycosides, and three methylxanthines (caffeine, theobromine and theophylline). Dimethoxycinnamic acid, three isomers of dimethoxycinnamoyl‐caffeoylquinic acids and another three of dimethoxycinnamoyl‐feruloylquinic acids, as well as the three cinnamoyl glycosides, had not previously been reported in coffee beans. Structures have been assigned on the basis of the complementary information obtained from UV‐visible spectra, relative hydrophobicity, scan mode MS spectra, and fragmentation patterns in MS² spectra (both in the positive and negative ion modes) obtained using a QqQ at different collision energies. A structure diagnosis scheme is provided for the identification of different isomers of polyphenols and methylxanthines. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Preparative separation of isomeric caffeoylquinic acids from Flos Lonicerae by pH-zone-refining counter-current chromatography

This work concentrates on pH-zone-refining counter-current chromatography of two isomeric dicaffeoylquinic acids, 3,5-dicaffeoylquinic acid and 3,4-dicaffeoylquinic acid along with 3-caffeoylquinic acid, from crude extracts of Flos Lonicerae. The elution sequence of the isomeric dicaffeoylquinic acids, the mixing zone and mechanism of separation are discussed. The separation of 2.136g of the crude sample from Flos Lonicerae yielded two isomeric compounds: 0.289g 3,5-dicaffeoylquinic acid and 0.106g 3,4-dicaffeoylquinic acid plus 0.690g 3-caffeoylquinic acid at a high purity of over 92.9%, 94.2% and 97.5%, respectively.     

Comparison of product ion spectra obtained by liquid chromatography/triple-quadrupole mass spectrometry for library search

Reproducibility of product ion spectra acquired using a liquid chromatography/triple-quadrupole mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) instrument over a 4-year period, and with three other LC/MS/MS instruments, one from the same manufacturer and two from a different manufacturer, was examined. The MS/MS spectra of 30 drug substances were generated in positive electrospray ionization mode at low, medium, and high collision energies (20, 35, and 50 eV). Purity and Fit score percentages against a 400-compound LC/MS/MS spectral library were calculated using an algorithm in which fragment intensity ratios and weighting factors were included. The long-term reproducibility study was conducted using a brand A instrument; after 4 years the reproducibility of the product ion spectra was still 94%, expressed as average Purity score. The inter-laboratory study involved two parts. Firstly, two LC/MS/MS spectral libraries, created independently in separate laboratories using brand A instruments, were compared with each other. The average Fit and Purity scores of spectra from one library against the other were better than 93 and 91%, respectively, when the same collision energies were used. Secondly, for the comparison of product ion spectra between brand A and brand B instruments, fragmentation conditions were first standardized for amitriptyline as the standard analyte. The average Fit scores of brand B spectra against the brand A spectral library varied between 79 and 85% at all three collision energies. These results indicate that, after standardizing the instrumental conditions, LC/MS/MS spectral libraries of drug substances are suitable for inter-laboratory use.     

Rapid and simple method for screening of natural antioxidants from Chinese herb Flos Lonicerae Japonicae by DPPH-HPLC-DAD-TOF/MS

A rapid and simple method has been developed for the screening and identification of natural antioxidants of Flos Lonicerae Japonicae (FLJ), derived from the flower buds of Lonicera japonica. The hypothesis is that upon reaction with 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), the peak areas (PAs) of compounds with potential antioxidant effects in the HPLC chromatograms will be significantly reduced or disappeared, and the identity confirmation could be achieved by HPLC-DAD-TOF/MS hyphenated technique. Using the proposed approach, about 14 compounds in the FLJ extract were found to possess a potential antioxidant activity. They were identified as chlorogenic acid (1), 1-O-caffeoylquinic acid (1-O-CQA, 2), caffeic acid (4), 4-O-CQA (5), rutin (7), isoquercitrin (8), luteolin-7-O-glucoside (9), lonicerin (10), 4,5-O-dicaffeoylquinic acid (4,5-O-diCQA, 11), 3,5-O-diCQA (12), 1,3-O-diCQA (13), 3,4-O-diCQA (14), 1,4-O-diCQA (16), and luteolin (17). In addition, the free radical scavenging capacities of the available identified compounds were also investigated by HPLC assay. The results indicated that the compounds with PAs significantly decreasing were natural antioxidants, whereas those with PAs not changing presented no activities, which accordingly indicated that this newly proposed method could be widely applied for rapid screening and identification of natural antioxidants from complex matrices including Chinese herbal medicines.