Isolation and purification of honokiol and magnolol from cortex Magnoliae officinalis by high-speed counter-current chromatography

High-speed counter-current chromatography was used to isolate and purify honokiol and magnolol from cortex Magnoliae Officinalis (Magnolia officinalis Rehd. et Wils.), a plant used in the traditional Chinese medicine. A crude sample, 150 mg, was successfully separated with a two-phase solvent system composed of n-hexane-ethyl acetate-methanol-water (1:0.4:1:0.4, v/v), and the fractions were analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography. The separation produced 80 and 45 mg of honokiol and magnolol with purities of 99.2 and 98.2%, respectively, in 2.5 h.     

Neuroprotective glucosides of magnolol and honokiol from microbial-specific glycosylation

Thirteen new glucosides (1–13) of magnolol and honokiol were obtained from specific O-glycosylation by two filamentous fungi, Cunninghamella echinulata AS 3.3400 and Rhizopus japonicus ZW-4. The glucosides' structures were determined on the basis of extensive spectroscopic (HRESIMS, 1D and 2D NMR, and CD) analyses and a chemical method. C. echinulata appeared to transfer a glucosyl moiety to 2-OH of magnolol and honokiol, whereas R. japonicus preferred to regio-specifically transfer a glucosyl moiety to 4′-OH when honokiol was as the substrate. In addition, hydroxylation by C. echinulata and specific 6″-O-acylation of the introduced glucosyl moiety by R. japonicus were observed as minor reactions. Bioassay results indicated that glucosides 1–12 together with magnolol and honokiol at 10 μM attenuated the glutamate-induced toxicity in SK-N-SH cells to levels comparable to the results for MK-801, a positive control. However, the water-solubility of major glucosylated products (1, 8, and 11) increased greatly.     

厚朴酚近红外光谱的2D-COS解析及其在藿香正气口服液模型中应用

以氘代氯仿为溶剂,以中药化学标准品厚朴酚为载体,采用二维相关光谱(Tow-dimensional correlation spectroscopy, 2D-COS)技术,采集近红外光谱(near infrared spectroscopy, NIR),由氘代氯仿纯溶剂与厚朴酚原始光谱的二维相关同步谱可知,厚朴酚在1 365～1 455, 1 600～1 720, 2 000～2 181和2 275～2 465 nm处有特征吸收,其中1 440 nm为酚基O—H伸缩振动基频的一级倍频谱带,1 679 nm为芳基C—H及与芳基相连的甲基C—H伸缩振动一级倍频谱带,2 117, 2 304, 2 339和2 370 nm为芳基C—H伸缩振动、弯曲振动和变形振动的组合频,2 445 nm为芳基相连的甲基C—H弯曲振动基频二级倍频谱带,这些波段为厚朴酚的特征归属。以藿香正气口服液复杂体系为载体,以厚朴酚光谱解析的特征波段与间隔偏最小二乘(interval partial least squares, iPLS)和组合间隔偏最小二乘(synergy interval partial least squares, SiPLS)筛选的特征波段分别建立偏最小二乘(partial least squares, PLS)定量模型,模型的决定系数R2_cal 和R2_pre均大于0.99,校正均方根误差(root mean of square error of calibration, RMSEC),交叉验证均方根误差(root mean of square error of cross validation, RMSECV)和预测均方根误差(root mean of square error of prediction, RMSEP)均较小。结果表明,2D-COS技术解析厚朴酚所得波段建立的定量模型与iPLS和SiPLS波段筛选的模型均相对稳定,这使定量模型的波段选择更具有解释性。该研究为中药化学成分NIR光谱解析特征波段的归属提供方法参考,同时为NIR建模波段筛选提供借鉴和指导。     

厚朴酚键合硅胶液相色谱固定相的制备、表征与性能评价

通过γ-巯丙基三甲氧基硅烷(KH-590)的作用, 将具有抗菌功能的中草药厚朴的主要药用成分厚朴酚键合在硅胶表面上, 制备了厚朴酚键合硅胶液相色谱固定相. 采用红外光谱、元素分析和热重分析对该固定相进行了表征. 以苯同系物、5种吡啶、6种苯胺和8种芳香羧酸类化合物为溶质探针, 初步考察了该新型固定相的基本色谱性能, 研究了其对这些化合物的保留机理. 结果表明, 该固定相的反相色谱性能类似于十八烷基键合硅胶固定相(ODS), 分离原理与疏水性作用有关; 另外, 该固定相包含有别于疏水性作用的氢键作用、π-π电荷转移作用和偶极-偶极等作用, 多种作用力使其在分离某些可电离的碱性和酸性化合物时表现出更好的选择性和分离效果. 厚朴酚配体的多种作用位点对快速分离极性芳香化合物有重要贡献.     

厚朴酚在乙醇中的荧光自猝灭及猝灭机理

系统研究了厚朴酚的荧光光谱和吸收光谱随浓度的变化, 揭示了厚朴酚具有较强的自猝灭特性. 其猝灭包括静态和动态机制: 随着浓度增加, 厚朴酚发生聚集; 同时, 单体和聚集体对荧光的猝灭表现为动态猝灭, 由单体、二聚体、三聚体造成的荧光猝灭速率常数kqm、k qd、k qt值远大于扩散控制的荧光猝灭速率常数. 说明除扩散控制的短程能量转移引起的猝灭外, 厚朴酚还存在长程能量转移导致的猝灭机制.     

High-performance liquid chromatographic method for simultaneous determination of honokiol and magnolol in rat plasma

A high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method is described for the simultaneous determination of honokiol and magnolol in rat plasma. The plasma was deproteinized with acetonitrile which contained an internal standard (diphenyl) and was separated from the aqueous layer by adding sodium chloride. Honokiol and magnolol are extracted into the acetonitrile layer with high yield, and determined by reversed-phase HPLC and ultraviolet detection. The limits of quantitation for honokiol and magnolol were 13 and 25 ng ml⁻¹ in plasma, respectively, and recovery of both analytes was greater than 93%. The assay was linear from 20 to 200 ng ml⁻¹ for honokiol and from 40 to 400 ng ml⁻¹ for magnolol. Variation over the range of the standard curve was less than 15%. The method was used to determine the concentration-time profiles of honokiol and magnolol in the plasma following rectal administration of Houpo extract at a dose of 245 mg kg⁻¹, equivalent to 13.5, 24.4 mg kg⁻¹ of honokiol and magnolol, respectively.     

Carbon nanotube/poly(methyl methacrylate) composite electrode for capillary electrophoretic measurement of honokiol and magnolol in Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis

This paper describes the development and the application of a novel carbon nanotube/poly(methyl methacrylate) (CNT/PMMA) composite electrode as a sensitive amperometric detector of CE. The composite electrode was fabricated on the basis of the in situ polymerization of a mixture of CNT and prepolymerized methylmethacrylate in the microchannel of a piece of fused-silica capillary under heat. The performance of this unique system has been demonstrated by separating and detecting honokiol and magnolol in traditional Chinese medicine, Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis. Factors influencing their separation and detection processes were examined and optimized. Honokiol and magnolol were well separated within 7 min in a 40 cm long capillary at a separation voltage of 15 kV using a 50 mM borate buffer (pH 9.2). The new CNT-based CE detector offered significantly lower operating potentials, yielded substantially enhanced S/N characteristics, and exhibited resistance to surface fouling and hence enhanced stability. It demonstrated long-term stability and reproducibility with RSDs of less than 5% for the peak current (n = 9) and should also find a wide range of applications in microchip CE, flowing injection analysis, and other microfluidic analysis systems.     

Multiwalled‐carbon‐nanotubes‐based matrix solid‐phase dispersion extraction coupled with high‐performance liquid chromatography for the determination of honokiol and magnolol in Magnoliae Cortex

In this paper, multiwalled‐carbon‐nanotube‐based matrix solid‐phase dispersion coupled to HPLC with diode array detection was used to extract and determine honokiol and magnolol from Magnoliae Cortex. The extraction efficiency of the multiwalled‐carbon‐nanotube‐based matrix solid‐phase dispersion was studied and optimized as a function of the amount of dispersing sorbent, volume of elution solvent, and flow rate of elution solvent, with the aid of response surface methodology. An amount of 0.06 g of carboxyl‐modified multiwalled carbon nanotubes and 1.5 mL of methanol at a flow rate of 1.1 mL/min were selected. The method obtained good linearity (r² > 0.9992) and precision (RSD < 4.7%) for honokiol and magnolol, with limits of detection of 0.045 and 0.087 μg/mL, respectively. The recoveries obtained from analyzing in triplicate spiked samples were determined to be from 90.23 to 101.10% and the RSDs from 3.5 to 4.8%. The proposed method that required less samples and reagents was simpler and faster than Soxhlet and maceration extraction methods. The optimized method was applied for analyzing five real samples collected from different cultivated areas.     

三维荧光光谱结合二阶校正算法测定人体血浆和厚朴药材中的厚朴酚及和厚朴酚

利用三维荧光光谱与化学计量学二阶校正算法相结合, 直接测定人体血浆中和厚朴药材中的厚朴酚及和厚朴酚. 采用平行因子分析(PARAFAC)算法解析所得两种物质的回收率分别为(99.5±2.6)%和(90.2±1.8)%. 采用交替三线性分解(ATLD)算法解析, 当组分数N取3时, 回收率分别为(104.2±3.2)%和(98.7±4.0)%; 当N取4时, 回收率分别为(102.7±2.9)%和(99.0±4.6)%. 同时用该方法对厚朴药材中的厚朴酚及和厚朴酚进行快速定量测定, 结果令人满意. 实验结果表明, 此法可用于复杂试样中未知干扰共存下厚朴酚及和厚朴酚的同时测定.     

厚朴酚-结晶紫-十二烷基硫酸钠体系的共振光散射光谱研究及分析应用

在pH=3.5的柠檬酸钠-盐酸缓冲介质中,阳离子染料结晶紫(CV)对厚朴酚/和厚朴酚与十二烷基硫酸钠( SDS)的共振光散射光谱有协同增强作用.在优化的实验条件下,在共振光散射波长为333 nm处,体系的共振光散射增加值与厚朴酚及和厚朴酚在0.02～5.33 μg/mL范围内呈良好的线性关系,检出限为1.88×10-4...