Characterization of a pectic polysaccharide from the fruit of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Ziziphus jujuba</Emphasis>

A pectic polysaccharide was isolated from the fruits of Ziziphus jujuba Mill. cv. jinsixiaozao Hort. and its structure was characterized by acid hydrolysis, methylation, and NMR spectroscopies. The purified fraction Ju-B-7 had a molecular mass of over 2000 kDa. Chemical and spectroscopic analyses indicated that Ju-B-7 is composed mainly of α-1,4-linked D-galactopyranosyluronic acid and 1,2-linked L-rhamnose with a molar ratio of 8.1:1. It can significantly stimulate spleen cell proliferation in vitro (P<0.01, 10 μmg/mL). Published in Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 311–312, July–August, 2007.     

瓯柑石油醚提取物的GC-MS分析

为了研究瓯柑的挥发性成分和脂溶性成分, 采用GC-MS分析法进行分离鉴定, 并用面积归一法确定各成分的质量分数. 从瓯柑果肉石油醚提取物中分离鉴定出11种成分, 占总提取物的97.43%, 其主要成分为(Z, Z)-9, 12-十八碳二烯酸(37.46%)、γ-谷甾醇(22.91%);从瓯柑皮石油醚提取物中分离鉴定出10种成分, 占总提取物的99.79%, 其主要成分为柠檬烯(86.39%).     

火焰原子吸收光谱法测定川芎中金属元素的含量

采用火焰原子吸收光谱法测定了川芎中金属元素铁、锰、铜、锌、镍和铬的含量。测定结果显示,川芎中含有丰富的金属元素,铁元素含量较高为439.9415±10.8599μg.g-1。实验为探讨川芎中金属元素与药理关系提供了有用的数据,采用原子吸收光谱法测定金属元素,准确度高,操作简便,结果准确。     

Atemoyacin A: A new bis-tetrahydrofuranyl annonaceous acetogenin from Annona atemoya H.

Atemoyacin A, a new annonaceous acetogenin was isolated from the alcoholic extract of the seeds of Annona atemoya Hort (Annonaceae). Its structure and relative configuration were elucidated on the basis of the spectral analysis.     

川芎和抚芎的多糖和重金属含量分析

为提高川芎质量,控制重金属含量,采用苯酚-硫酸法测定了川芎和抚芎中的多糖含量,采用原子吸收光谱法测定了其中重金属含量。结果表明,川芎和抚芎多糖含量分别为(25.35±0.23)和(23.52±0.51)mg/g,重金属铅、汞、镉的含量分别为(1.28±0.12)、(0.21±0.22)、(0.25±0.11)μg/g和(2.24±0.21)、(0.16±0.22)、(0.35±0.20)μg/g。苯酚-硫酸法简单、快速、准确度高,重现性好,用于测定川芎和抚芎多糖结果可靠。川芎汞含量有一定超标,抚芎镉含量超标,应引起注意。     

川芎中重金属元素镉含量测定的研究进展

川芎中有毒重金属元素镉含量超过国家GAP标准,严重影响其出口创汇,也成为制约川芎走向现代化和国际化的瓶颈。介绍了目前对川芎的消化及重金属元素镉的检测方法,并对各方法的利弊进行了分析,从而为准确、高效地检测药材中重金属元素镉的含量提供了有力的参考依据。     

川芎药材中常量和微量元素的测定

采用火焰原子吸收光谱法测定了8种川芎样品中Mg、Fe、Mn、Zn 4种常量、微量元素的含量。元素的回收率在95.8%—100.8%之间,RSD均不大于1.634%,方法稳定可靠。结果表明,川芎样品中常量、微量元素含量丰富,依次为Mg>Fe>Zn>Mn,其中Mg的含量在3500μg·g^-1以上。川芎药材中高含量的Mg是否与其活血行气,祛风止痛功效有关,待进一步研究。本研究可为深入了解和探讨川芎常量和微量元素及药效机理提供参考。     

GC-MS fingerprints for discrimination of Ligusticum chuanxiong from Angelica

A GC-MS fingerprinting technique based on the essential oil components has been developed for the discrimination of chuanxiong against Chinese Angelica (Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels) or other herbs with similar compositions. The analytical performance of four different extraction methods for the separation of essential oil components have been compared and these include: ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE), supercritical fluid extraction (SFE), Soxhlet extraction (SHE) and hydro-distillation extraction (HDE). The results showed that UAE was the most effective extraction method, and the operational parameters of UAE were optimized. 3-Butylphthalide, Z-butylidenephthalide, senkyunolide I, senkyunolide H, E-butylidenephthalide, senkyunolide A, neocnidilide, Z-ligustilide and E-ligustilide were tentatively identified in chromatograms of chuanxiong based on their GC-EI-MS data. Similarity coefficient calculations based on correlation methods have been performed on the GC-MS fingerprints. Using an authentic standard Chuanxiong as the reference, the similarity coefficients between the standard and all other chuanxiong samples ranged from 0.90 to 1.0 (with 1.0 being the perfect match), which as a group can be readily separated from the Angelica samples for which the similarity index against the chuanxiong standard ranged from 0.75 to 0.77. Conversely, when an authentic Angelica standard was used as the reference, the respective similarity coefficients fall in the range of 0.70-0.75 and 0.98-1.00 for the chuanxiong and Angelica sample groups. Our results thus demonstrate that the fingerprinting technique developed in the study can indeed discriminate the two herbs with high reliability.     

舒胸片中川芎和红花提取工艺优化

优化了舒胸片处方中红花与川芎超声提取工艺.以红花中羟基红花黄色素A （Hydroxysafflor yellow A.HsYA）、川芎中阿魏酸（Ferulic acid,FA）的提取率为考察指标,应用正交试验,考察乙醇浓度、物料比、超声时间和超声次数对提取效果的影响.最终得到川芎和红花药材提取工艺如下,加入12倍50％乙醇超声提取2次,每次30min,能最大限度的提取红花与川芎药材中的有效成分.建立的优化工艺能有效克服川芎、红花药材有效成分热不稳定的缺点,提取转移率较高,可为工业生产提供参考.     

川芎多糖脱色方法比较

比较了活性炭、H2O2和大孔吸附树脂对川芎多糖提取液的脱色效果。选用极性大孔树脂S-8在工作液流速为2BV/h,川芎浓度为0.33g/mL时,脱色率为92.7%,多糖保留率为93.0%,表明S-8适合用于川芎多糖提取液脱色。