Effect of quality control on the proliferation of the extract from Taraxacum mongolicum Hand.‐Mazz. in Lactobacillus plantarum

In recent years, the fingerprint of high‐performance liquid chromatography has been extensively applied in the identification and quality control of traditional Chinese medicine. It can be a potential protocol for assessing the authenticity, stability and consistency of traditional Chinese medicine and guaranteeing the expected biological activity. In this paper, a method using high‐performance liquid chromatography to identify and control the quality of the extract of Taraxacum mongolicum Hand.‐Mazz. (TME) was established. With this method, the correlation coefficients of the similarity of 10 batches were ≥0.994. The TME displayed a steady proliferative effect in Lactobacillus plantarum. In brief, this study successfully built a reliable, simple and efficient method to control and confirm the quality and the stability of biological activity of the TME.     

Two new acylated flavonoid glycosides from Morina nepalensis var. alba Hand.‐Mazz.

From the whole plant of Morina nepalensis var. alba Hand.‐Mazz., two new acylated flavonoid glycosides ( 1 and 2 ), together with four known flavonoid glycosides ( 3–6 ), were isolated. Their structures were determined to be quercetin 3‐O‐[2″′‐O‐(E)‐caffeoyl]‐α‐L ‐arabinopyranosyl‐(1→6)‐β‐D ‐galactopyranoside (monepalin A, 1 ), quercetin 3‐O‐[2″′‐O‐(E)‐caffeoyl]‐α‐L ‐arabinopyranosyl‐(1→6)‐β‐D ‐glucopyranoside (monepalin B, 2 ), quercetin 3‐O‐α‐L ‐arabinopyranosyl‐(1→6)‐β‐D ‐galactopyranoside (rumarin, 3 ), quercetin 3‐O‐β‐D ‐galactopyranoside ( 4 ), quercetin 3‐O‐β‐D ‐glucopyranoside ( 5 ) and apigenin 4^′‐O‐β‐D ‐glucopyranoside ( 6 ). Their structures were determined on the basis of chemical and spectroscopic evidence. Complete assignments of the ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectra of all compounds were achieved from the 2D NMR spectra, including H–H COSY, HMQC, HMBC and 2D HMQC‐TOCSY spectra. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

白花刺参中的咖啡酰基奎宁酸成分

著名藏药白花刺参Morina nepalensis var. albaHand. Mazz.的全株的水溶性部分通过硅胶、RP-8、Sephadex LH-20柱层析分离，得到4个咖啡酰基奎宁酸1～4 ,运用光谱和波谱方法, 分别鉴定为3-O-咖啡酰基奎宁酸（1）、3,5-O-双咖啡酰基奎宁酸（2）、3,4-O-双咖啡酰基-奎宁酸（3）和4,5-O-双咖啡酰基-奎宁酸（4）. 应用2D NMR图谱, 对其氢和碳的化学位移进行全归属, 并报道1, 2在氘代甲醇和氘代二-甲亚砜两种溶剂下测定¹H和¹³C化学位移. 4个化合物都是首次分离自刺参属植物.     

Isolation and Crystal Structure of Trans-2,2'''',4,4''''-tetramethyl-6,6''''-dinitro Azobenzene

1 INTRODUCTION The aconitum plants produce various diterpene and norditerpene alkaloids[1, 2]. Up to now more than 450 diterpenoid and norditerpenoid alkaloids have been isolated from the roots of this genus[3]. Sub- sequent studies on the flower of the same subspecies were directed to the other secondary metabolites such as flavonoids[4, 5]. The flavonoidic composi- tions of several oriental species of A. plants have been reported[6～8]. A. sungpanense hand. Mazz., a very highly poi- s…     

Isolation and Crystal Structure of Trans-2,2′,4,4′-tetramethyl-6,6′-dinitro Azobenzene

Trans-2,2′,4,4′-tetramethyl-6,6′-dinitro azobenzene (C16H16N4O4, Mr = 328.32) was isolated from benzene extract of the leaves of Aconitum sungpanense Hand. Mazz. as a new compound, and characterized by spectral methods and X-ray diffraction analysis. It crystallizes in monoclinic system, space group P21/c with a = 8.544(1), b = 13.997(2), c = 7.161(1) A, β = 112.97(1), V = 788.4(2)A3, Z = 4, Dc = 1.383 g/cm3, F(000) = 344 and μ(MoKα) = 0.102 mm-1. The final R = 0.0395 and wR = 0.1140 for 1913 independent reflections with Rint = 0.0109 and 1329 observed reflections with I > 2((I). The molecule is composed of two phenyl rings through trans N=N.     

新的醚链双生物碱尖叶唐松草阿原碱的结构测定

从尖叶唐松草〔Thalictrumacutifolium(Hand.Mazz.)Boivin〕根分离得到一种新生物碱(尖叶唐松草阿原碱).通过IR,MS,¹HNMR,¹³CNMR,2DNMR(包括¹H-¹HCOSY,¹³C-¹HCOSY,NOESY和HMBC)测定了其化学结构,发现由阿朴菲和原小蘖碱通过醚链连接.对多种肿瘤细胞的生长有抑制作用,并有凋亡现象出现,而且对正常细胞的毒性较小     

Four new ursane‐type saponins from Morina nepalensis var. alba

Four new ursane‐type saponins, monepalosides C–F, together with a known saponin, mazusaponin II, were isolated from Morina nepalensis var. alba Hand.‐Mazz. Their structures were determined to be 3‐O‐α‐L ‐arabinopyranosyl‐(1 → 3)‐&[alpha;‐L ‐rhamnopyranosyl‐(1 → 2)]‐α‐L ‐arabinopyranosylpomolic acid 28‐O‐β‐D ‐glucopyranosyl‐(1 → 6)‐β‐D ‐glucopyranoside (monepaloside C, 1 ), 3‐O‐α‐L ‐arabinopyranosyl‐(1 → 3)‐&[alpha;‐L ‐rhamnopyranosyl‐(1 → 2)]‐β‐D ‐xylopyranosylpomolic acid 28‐O‐β‐D ‐glucopyranosyl‐(1 → 6)‐β‐D ‐glucopyranoside (monepaloside D, 2 ), 3‐O‐α‐L ‐arabinopyranosyl‐(1 → 3)‐&[beta;‐D ‐glucopyranosy‐(1 → 2)]‐α‐L ‐arabinopyranosylpomolic acid 28‐O‐β‐D ‐glucopyranosyl‐(1 → 6)‐β‐D ‐glucopyranoside (monepaloside E, 3 ) and 3‐O‐β‐D ‐xylopyranosylpomolic acid 28‐O‐β‐D ‐glucopyranoside (monepaloside F, 4 ) on the basis of chemical and spectroscopic evidence. 2D NMR techniques, including ¹H–¹H COSY, HMQC, 2D HMQC‐TOCSY, HMBC and ROESY, and selective excitation experiments, including SELTOCSY and SELNOESY, were utilized in the structure elucidation and complete assignments of ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectra. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.