中药药对的化学成分研究川芎-赤芍挥发油的GC/MS分析

中药药对是复方的最小组成单位,具有中药配伍的基本特点. 药对化学是复方化学的核心内容. 联用色谱和化学计量学方法为中药复杂体系的分离与分辨提供了强有力的工具. 采用GC-MS法分离测定中药药对川芎-赤芍、 单味药川芎和赤芍的挥发油成分,并对其中的重叠色谱峰采用化学计量学解析方法(CRM)进行分辨,得到药对和各单味药的纯色谱曲线和质谱图,药对川芎-赤芍、 单味药川芎和赤芍分别分辨出82,78和57个色谱峰,通过质谱库对分辨的纯组分进行定性,分别得到61,52和33个定性结果,占总含量的90.18%,95.14%和95.82%.     

药对青蒿-桂枝中挥发油成分的GC-MS分析与化学计量学解析

采用水蒸气蒸馏法从青蒿、桂枝及其药对中提取挥发油成分,利用气相色谱-质谱(GC-MS)联用技术进行分离检测,通过化学计量学解析法(CRM)对重叠色谱峰解析,并结合程序升温保留指数辅助定性.从药对及其单味药青蒿、桂枝中分别鉴定出69、66、68种挥发油;组成药对后,单味药成分减少,新成分增加,药对与单味药挥发油共存17种组分,它们是cis-细辛醚、丁子香烯、丁子香烯环氧化物等成分,占药对挥发油总含量的35.82%;而药对中挥发油的主要成分是(E)-桂皮醛(18.32%)和cis-细辛醚(10.20%)等,其含量并非单味药含量的简单相加,相关作用机理有待进一步研究.     

联用色谱及多组分光谱相关色谱用于当归补血汤与单味药成分的比较研究

摘要利用HPLC-DAD提供的二维化学数据信息, 通过多组分光谱相关色谱方法及化学计量学分辨技术, 对相同试验条件下所得的当归补血汤及其单味药的色谱组分进行了比较和归属分析. 结果表明， 在当归补血汤色谱响应值较高的21个色谱峰中, 8个色谱峰的组分来自当归, 6个色谱峰的组分来自黄芪, 7个色谱峰的组分同时来源于当归和黄芪. 其中一些色谱峰簇中的其它组分发生了消长变化， 既有新物质的产生, 又有原有化学成分的消失， 说明中药复方配伍的药效物质基础不仅是各单味药化学成分的总和, 还有单味药在复方配伍过程中各种成分的相互作用. 本方法为中药复方与单味药化学组分的比较及归属分析, 尤其对重叠色谱峰簇的组分比较分析提供了方便、 快捷及可行的研究方法.     

利用气相色谱/质谱-化学计量学分辨法分析川芎挥发性成分

采用加速溶剂萃取法提取挥发性成分,气相色谱-质谱(GC-MS)联用分析,并借助化学计量学分辨方法,对川芎的挥发性成分进行了定性定量分析。通过采用子窗口因子分析法对重叠色谱峰进行分辨,从而获得每一组分的纯色谱和质谱。依靠每一组分纯质谱在NIST质谱库进行相似性检索而定性分析,用总体积积分法进行定量分析。在川芎挥发油中共分辨出67个色谱峰,通过质谱库检索得到其中56个组分的定性定量结果,占总含量的87.67%。该方法增加了可鉴定化合物的数目,提高了定性的准确度,能用于川芎的质量控制。     

转换移动窗口因子分析法用于中药组合前后成分变化分析

以正十四烷为内标,采用气相色谱-质谱(GC/MS)联用技术对中药甘草(GUF)、甘遂(EKL)单味药材,以及其组成的药对(GUF-EKL)的挥发成分进行测定,基于一种新的化学计量学方法——转换移动窗口因子分析法(AMWFA)和直观推导式演进特征投影法(HELP)对产生的二维色谱/质谱数据同时进行分辨和解析,获取各个组分的纯色谱曲线和质谱,根据分辨得到的纯质谱在质谱库中进行相似检索以实现对组分的定性。利用AMWFA对组合前后的成分进行归属分析,然后采用面积归一法进行定量。分别在甘草、甘遂及其药对中鉴定出52、51和63个成分,占各自挥发油成分的84%、90%和75%。     

木香挥发性化学成分的气相色谱-质谱分析

采用水蒸气蒸馏法从木香中提取挥发油,用气相色谱-质谱联用仪对木香挥发油进行化学成分的分析。利用化学计量学方法对重叠峰进行分辨,对各个色谱峰定性,并用色谱峰总体积积分和归一化法获得各化合物的相对含量。共鉴定了60种化合物,占挥发油总成分的97%以上。其中主要有土木香内酯、巴西菊内酯、(Z)6,(Z)9-十五二烯-1-醇等。     

GC-MS与正交投影法或渐进窗口正交投影法用于羌活挥发油成分的测定

中药化学组成的定性定量测定是药物活性理论的基础,联用色谱及其相关的化学计量学方法为中药复杂体系的分离和分辨提供了强有力的工具.采用GC-MS法对传统中药羌活中的挥发油成分进行了分离测定,并对其中重叠色谱峰根据其重叠程度,采用迭代的正交投影法(OPA)和非迭代的渐进窗口正交投影法(EWOP)进行了分辨,得到每个组分的纯色谱和光谱曲线,共分辨出98个色谱峰,通过质谱库检索得到其中65个组分的定性定量结果,占总含量的92.13%.     

气相色谱-质谱法与化学计量学分辨法分析当归须挥发油中化学成分

本文借助化学计量学分辨方法,建立了用气相色谱-质谱(GC-MS)联用法分析当归须挥发油成分的方法.对重叠色谱峰采用直观推导式演进特征投影算法进行分辨,从而获得每一组分的纯色谱和质谱,依靠每一组分纯质谱在NIST质谱库进行相似性检索而定性分析,用总体积积分法进行定量分析.在当归须挥发油中共分辨出86个色谱峰,通过质谱库检...     

GC-MS结合保留指数对中药挥发油的定性

利用GC-MS联用和化学计量学方法,对6种中药挥发油进行分析,对其中的重叠色谱峰采用直观推导式演进特征投影法(HELP)法进行了分辨,同时计算了各组分的程序升温保留指数,通过质谱库定性.得到共有成分32个.结果表明,保留指数有很好的重复性,可与质谱库结合用作物质的定性.     

GC-MS和HELP法分析药对陈皮-青皮与其单味药挥发油成分

采用水蒸气蒸馏法提取药对陈皮-青皮与其单味药的挥发油成分,利用气相色谱-质谱法(GC-MS)和化学计量学多元分辨方法—直观推导式演进特征投影法(HELP),同时结合程序升温保留指数(PTRI)进行挥发油成分定性定量分析.分别在陈皮、青皮和药对陈皮-青皮的挥发油中鉴定出27、27和23个成分,定性组分含量分别占三者挥发油总含量的93.64％、96.45％和85.28％,共有化合物19种;主要化学成分为D-柠檬烯、γ-萜品烯、芳樟醇和α-法呢烯.     

Analysis of volatile components in herbal pair Semen Persicae‐Flos Carthami by GC‐MS and chemometric resolution

Analysis of volatile components in herbal pair (HP) Semen Persicae‐Flos Carthami (SP‐FC) was performed by GC‐MS coupled with chemometric resolution method (CRM). Furthermore, temperature‐programmed retention indices were used together with mass spectra for identification of the volatile components. With the help of CRM, the two‐dimensional data obtained from GC‐MS instruments were resolved into a pure chromatogram and a mass spectrum of each chemical compound. By use of these methods upon two‐dimensional data, 26, 49, and 59 volatile chemical components in essential oils of single herb Semen Persicae, Flos Carthami, and HP SP‐FC were determined qualitatively and quantitatively, accounting for 78.42, 81.08, and 82.48% total contents of essential oil of single herb Semen Persicae, Flos Carthami, and HP SP‐FC, respectively. It is shown that the accuracy of qualitative and quantitative analysis can be enhanced greatly by means of CRM. It is further demonstrated that the numbers of volatile chemical components of HP SP‐FC are almost the addition of those of two single herbs, but the main volatile chemical components of the former are completely different from those of single herb Semen Persicae or Flos Carthami because of chemical reactions and physical changes occurring in the process of decocting two single herbs. This means that chemical components especially pharmacologically active compounds in the recipe might be different from those of single herbs.     

Comparative analysis of volatile constituents between recipe jingfangsan and its single herbs by GC‐MS combined with alternative moving window factor analysis method

Comparative analysis of volatile constituents between recipe jingfangsan and its single herbs was performed by GC‐MS combined with alternative moving window factor analysis (AMWFA), a new chemometric resolution method. Identification of the compounds was also assisted by comparison of temperature‐programmed retention indices (PTRIs) on the OV‐1 column with authentic samples. In total, 36, 29, and 42 volatile components in essential oil of Herba schizonepetae (HS), Radix saposhnikoviae (RS), and the recipe were respectively determined qualitatively and quantitatively, accounting for 81.80, 82.62 and 85.98% total contents of volatile oil of HS, RS, and the recipe respectively. Analysis by the method of AMWFA indicates that there are 22 common volatile constituents between the recipe and single herbal medicine HS, and 14 common volatile constituents between the recipe and single herb medicine RS. The experimental results also show that the volatile components of the recipe in number are almost addition of that of two single herbal medicines HS and RS, and are mainly from the single herbal medicine HS.     

Chemical Characterization of Herbal Formula Yupingfeng Powder and Its Single Herbs (I) Volatile Components

Abstract

In this study, in order to determine chemical constituents of a traditional Chinese medicinal formula (TCMF) and identify their changes during the production process, both volatile and water-soluble components were detected for Yupingfeng (YPF) powder and its composed herbs of Radix Astragali (RA), Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae (RAM), and Radix Saposhnikoviae (RS). In the first part of the research, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) was employed to analyze volatile components. Some chemometric resolution techniques were then investigated to treat the two-dimensional data produced. The results showed that 116, 12, 80, and 68 constituents were separated; 61, 11, 32, and 44 of them tentatively identified, which accounted for about 77.31%, 97.71%, 79.28%, and 86.01% of the total relative contents of essential oils from YPF, RA, RAM, and RS, respectively. In comparison with volatile components determined, except six ones with low contents from RS, almost all from RA, RAM, and RS could be found in YPF. Most of volatile constituents with high concentrations in YPF were from RAM. Gamma-Eudesmol not found in any single herbs was identified in YPF. However, its relative content was 0.19% only. Chemometric resolution techniques upon two-dimensional data produced by hyphenated instruments could chemically characterize complex systems like TCMF clearly.     

GC–MS combined with chemometric techniques for the quality control and original discrimination of Curcumae longae rhizome: Analysis of essential oils

Curcumae longae rhizome is a widely used traditional herb in many countries. Various geographical origins of this herb might lead to diversity or instability of the herbal quality. The objective of this work was to establish the chemical fingerprints for quality control and find the chemical markers for discriminating these herbs from different origins. First, chemical fingerprints of essential oil of 24 C. longae rhizome from four different geographical origins in China were determined by GC–MS. Then, pattern recognition techniques were introduced to analyze these abundant chemical data in depth; hierarchical cluster analysis was used to sort samples into groups by measuring their similarities, and principal component analysis and partial least‐squares discriminate analysis were applied to find the main chemical markers for discriminating these samples. Curcumae longae rhizome from Guangxi province had the highest essential oil yield (4.32 ± 1.45%). A total of 46 volatile compounds were identified in total. Consistent results were obtained to show that C. longae rhizome samples could be successfully grouped according to their origins, and turmerone, ar‐turmerone, and zingiberene were the characteristic components for discriminating these samples of various geographical origins and for quality control. This finding revealed that fingerprinting analysis based on GC–MS coupled with chemometric techniques could provide a reliable platform to discriminate herbs from different origins, which is a benefit for quality control.     

Hypothesis of active components in volatile oil from a Chinese herb formulation, 'Shao-Fu-Zhu-Yu decoction', using GC-MS and chemometrics

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) with few or no side effects has increasingly attracted attention all over the world. However, the bioactive components and the therapeutic mechanisms are usually not understood because of the complex chemical compositions of these medicines. In this paper, GC-MS coupled with a chemometric method was developed for analysis of active components in volatile oil from a Chinese herb formulation, "Shao-Fu-Zhu-Yu Decoction". The volatile oils, obtained by hydrodistillation from "Shao-Fu-Zhu-Yu Decoction" (SFZYD) and its constituent herbs with abundant volatile oil (Angelica sinensis, Ligusticum chuanxiong, Cinnamomum cassia, Foeniculum vulgare, Zingiber officinale), were chemically analyzed using GC-MS and bioassayed using oxytocin-induced uterine contraction assay in vitro. Then, a mathematic model relating the chemical compositions and their activities in inhibiting mice uterine contraction was established for hypothesis of the bioactive compounds based on chemometrics. As a result, nine compounds which might contribute to the inhibition of oxytocin-induced uterine contraction were selected, and the activities of some of them were further confirmed by our experiments and/or the literature. The data suggest that the developed method is helpful for screening bioactive components from complex mixtures, such as the extracts of TCM.     

GC–MS法分析茵陈挥发油成分

采用水蒸气蒸馏法提取茵陈中挥发性成分挥发油,用气相色谱–质谱联用技术(GC–MS)对茵陈挥发油成分进行分析鉴定,并采用峰面积归一化法测定其相对含量。共检出52种挥发性成分,鉴定了其中31种主要挥发性成分,含量较高的组分为石竹素(15.27%)、(–)-斯巴醇(6.64%)、石竹烯(4.89%)等。GC–MS法适用于茵陈挥发性成分的定性分析,具有灵敏度高、分析速度快的特点。     

Qualitative evaluation of aromatic herbs by direct headspace GC analysis. Applications of the method and comparison with the traditional analysis of essential oils

GC headspace analyses of various aromatizing herbs have been compared with those relating to the essential oils, obtained by steam distillation, of the same plants. In this way it was possible to establish the most significant differences between the composition of a herb flavor and that of its essential oil. In particular, we observed some very volatile compounds in the headspace samples which were absent from the essential oil; these components may make an important contribution to the herb flavor. The identification of these substances is still in progress.     

Application of headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) and comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC x GC) for the chemical profiling of volatile oils in complex herbal mixtures

The coupling of headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) with comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC x GC) was shown to be a powerful technique for the rapid sampling and analysis of volatile oils in complex herbal materials. When compared to one-dimensional (1-D) GC, the improved analytical capabilities of GC x GC in terms of increased detection sensitivity and separation power were demonstrated by using HS-SPME/GC x GC for the chemical profiling (fingerprinting) of essential/volatile oils contained in herbal materials of increasing analytical complexity. More than 20 marker compounds belonging to Panax quinquefolius (American ginseng) can be observed within the 2-D contour plots of ginseng itself, a mixture of ginseng and another important herb (P. quinquefolius/Radix angelicae sinensis), as well as a mixture of ginseng and three other herbs (P. quinquefolius /R. angelicae sinensis/R. astragali/R. rehmanniae preparata). Such analytical capabilities should be important towards the authentication and quality control of herbal products, which are receiving increasing attention as alternative medicines worldwide. In particular, the presence of Panax in the herb formulation could be readily identified through its specific peak pattern in the 2-D GC x GC plot.     

Head-space solid phase microextraction for the GC-MS analysis of terpenoids in herb based formulations

Head-Space Solid Phase Microextraction (HS-SPME) has been employed for sampling of volatile components and their volatile decomposition products occurring in herbal medicines and herb extracts with subsequent injection into a gas chromatographic column. The identification and quantification was performed by coupled gas chromatography – mass spectrometry (GC-MS) with classical splitless injection, electron impact ionization and a quadrupole mass analyzer. As fast and inexpensive technique for the isolation of organic analytes HS-SPME with GC-MS can be successfully employed for the quality control of herbal medicines and other formulations containing herb extracts. Analytical results with satisfying accuracy and precision are given.