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.     

玉屏风配伍剂量变化对黄芪甲苷溶出率和微量元素含量的影响

采用高效液相色谱-二极管阵列检测器(HPLC-DAD)和火焰原子吸收光谱法(AAS),研究了玉屏风配伍黄芪∶白术∶防风1∶1∶1、2∶2∶1、3∶1∶1、4∶4∶1,及防风∶黄芪1∶2、黄芪∶白术1∶1、防风∶白术1∶2中黄芪甲苷在水提液和药渣乙醇提取液中的溶出率以及微量元素Cu、Zn、Fe、Mg、Ca的含量.结果表明:在整方中,黄芪甲苷的溶出率是黄芪∶白术∶防风1∶1∶1>4∶4∶1>3∶1∶1> 2∶2∶1;在拆方中,防风∶黄芪>黄芪∶白术.在药渣乙醇提取液中的溶出率是水提液的0.58～6.77倍.微量元素的含量是Ca>Mg>Fe>Cu>Zn;在整方中,黄芪∶白术∶防风1∶1∶1的Cu、Mg含量高,4∶4∶1的Zn、Fe、Ca含量高;在拆方中,防风∶黄芪的Cu、Zn含量高,黄芪∶白术的Fe含量高,防风∶白术的Ca、Mg含量高.在玉屏风药材配伍总质量不变而剂量变化中,黄芪甲苷的溶出率及微量元素的含量差异较大,其相关性比较复杂.     

气相色谱/质谱-化学计量学法分析测定药对桃仁-红花挥发油

药对是中药配伍中最基本、最常用的形式,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是分析中药复方复杂体系的有效工具。采用GC/MS法分离测定了药对桃仁-红花、单味药桃仁和红花的挥发油成分,并对其重叠色谱峰采用化学计量学解析法进行了分辨,得到药对和各单味药的纯色谱曲线和质谱。药对桃仁-红花、单味药桃仁和红花分辨出的色谱峰,通过质谱库对其进行定性,分别得到84、27和52个定性结果,占总含量的92.06%、89.43%和94%。实验结果表明:桃仁-红花挥发油成分与单味药桃仁和红花的存在较大差别,也不是两者挥发油成分之加和。     

野生与栽培羌活药材挥发油含量及组分的比较分析

分析野生和栽培羌活药材挥发油含量及其组分的变化,为羌活药材的引种栽培及进一步的开发利用提供了依据。采用水蒸气蒸馏法提取羌活药材中的挥发油,通过GC-MS对挥发油成分进行分析鉴定;利用聚类分析对测定结果进行分类;通过相关分析研究海拔对羌活药材挥发油含量的影响。6份药材样品挥发油含量范围为1.60～7.98 mL/100g,6份羌活药材挥发油成分经GC-MS分析,共鉴定出57个化合物,共有成分12个;基于挥发油成分种类及相对含量的聚类分析显示了羌活药材挥发性成分种类及含量的种间差异;相关分析结果表明,海拔高度与挥发油含量存在显著正相关。野生和栽培羌活药材挥发油含量存在差异,总体上野生羌活药材的挥发油含量高于栽培种;羌活药材挥发油含量随海拔升高而增加。     

Method for rapidly discovering active components in Yupingfeng granules by UPLC‐ESI‐Q‐TOF‐MS

Yupingfeng granules (YPFG) were isolated from a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) formulation composed of three herbs (Astragali Radix, Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, and Saposhnikoviae Radix). This formulation is used in TCM to tonify qi, and it can help strengthen exterior and reduce sweating. Nevertheless, the active components of YPFG remain unclear. In this study, the chemical constituents of YPFG were systematically characterized by ultra‐performance liquid chromatography coupled with electrospray ionization/ quadrupole time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry (UPLC‐ESI‐Q‐TOF‐MS). Fifty‐eight compounds, namely, 20 flavonoids, 19 saponins, nine organic acids, four volatile coumarins, three lactones, one alkaloid, and two other components, were identified. In addition, the constituents of YPFG with the potential for in vivo bioactivities following oral administration were investigated in Sprague–Dawley rats. Thirteen compounds, namely, 11 flavonoid‐related and 2 saponin‐related components, were detected in rat plasma. After enriching flavonoids and saponins in YPFG by extraction, the extracts and YPFG were administrated to immunosuppressed rats, respectively. Plasma samples were analyzed by UPLC‐ESI‐Q‐TOF‐MS, and principal component analysis (PCA) confirmed that the extracts had similar effects to YPFG. This method could discover active ingredients in YPFG quickly and provide a scientific basis for quality control and mechanism research.     

唇形科植物挥发油化学成分的GC/MS研究

在运用GC/MS技术的基础上采用HELP(直观推导式演进特征投影法)方法研究了九种唇形科植物的化学成分, 并以唇形科植物半枝莲为例详细介绍了HELP的解析过程. 应用总体积积分法测定各成分的相对百分含量. 鉴定出相对共有成分达70余种, 大多数为萜类化合物及其衍生物. 不同的唇形科植物的挥发油化学成分与特征成分有明显差异. 九种药材挥发性成分中均含有桉油精(Eucalyptol, 含量0.10%～1.01%)和芳樟醇(Linalool, 0.11%～3.05%). 利用GC/MS分析法结合化学计量学分辨方法鉴定挥发油化学成分, 比单独使用GC-MS法结果更准确、可靠.     

减压提取与常压提取柴胡挥发油品质比较

对比减压和常压条件下提取的柴胡挥发油在成分、含量及药效方面的差异,考察挥发油的品质,优选提取方法.采用气相色谱-质谱联用(GC-MS)法分析柴胡挥发油成分及其相对含量,再采用气相色谱法建立挥发油中己醛、庚醛、正辛醛和反式-2,4-癸二烯醛的含量检测方法,测定不同压力下提取的柴胡挥发油有效成分含量,通过背部皮下注射酵母混...     

黄芩-栀子配伍治疗糖尿病肾病大鼠的尿液代谢组学研究

采用基于超高效液相色谱与串联四极杆飞行时间质谱仪(Ultra-high performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry,UHPLC-Q-TOF MS)联用的代谢组学方法,通过分析大鼠尿液内源性代谢物的变化,研究黄芩-栀子药对治疗糖尿病肾病的作用机制。利用高脂高糖饲料喂养并腹腔注射链脲佐菌素(STZ)建立糖尿病大鼠模型。给药12周后,采用UHPLC-Q-TOF MS对正常对照组、模型组、黄芩-栀子药对治疗组的尿液样品进行代谢轮廓分析。利用正交偏最小二乘判别分析(Orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis,OPLS-DA)对实验数据进行分析,挑选出对各组分分离贡献较大(VIP>1,p<0.05)的化合物在Human Metabolome Database(HMDB)等数据库进行质谱信息匹配,共鉴定出糖尿病肾病潜在生物标记物31个,给药后回调生物标记物16个。研究结果表明,黄芩-栀子药对通过影响胆汁酸的合成与代谢、尿毒素代谢、能量代谢、色氨酸代谢、苯丙氨酸代谢、酪氨酸代谢等通路对糖尿病肾病起到治疗作用,其中胆汁酸的合成与代谢、尿毒素代谢和能量代谢可能是黄芩-栀子药对发挥治疗作用的主要途径。与单味药相比,配伍后的药对具有了新的药理作用。     

Studies of the Synergistic Actions of Three Herbs in Tong-Mai Formula

Tong-Mai oral liquid, containing three herbs (Pueraria radix, radix Salviae miltiorrhizae and rhizoma Chuanxiong), is a formula created under the theory of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) to invigorate the ‘blood’ and dispel ‘blood stasis’, which arises from poor blood circulation. In Tong-Mai formula, Pueraria radix is used for improved blood circulation and to treat cardiovascular diseases and arrhythmia. Radix Salviae miltiorrhizae was widely used in TCMs for treatment of coronary heart disease, blood circulation diseases, and other cardiovascular diseases; rhizoma Chuanxiong is used to treat thrombosis and platelet aggregation. Clinically, combining the use of these herbs was therapeutically valuable, which suggests that they might synergistically prevent thrombosis. In this study, the pharmacokinetic behaviors of puerarin and daidzein in rat plasma were studied after orally administrated to four kinds of extracts. Puerarin and daidzein were set as index components. In the Tong-Mai oral liquid group, puerarin and daidzein showed the maximum plasma concentration and the lowest clearance rate of plasma. The results indicated that the herbal constituents in Tong-Mai formula showed synergism, and it may be helpful to certificate the rationality of the matching in Tong-Mai formula.

     

Simultaneous determination of bioactive constituents in Danggui Buxue Tang for quality control by HPLC coupled with a diode array detector,an evaporative light scattering detector and mass spectrometry

Danggui Buxue Tang (DBT), a classical traditional Chinese formula comprising Radix Angelicae Sinensis (RAS) and Radix Astragali (RA), has been widely used to treat menopausal irregularity in Chinese women for nearly 800 years. In this study, a comprehensive analytical method of simultaneously determining the main types of bioactive constituents, eighteen in all from the formula, involving flavonoids, saponins, organic acid and some volatile compounds, was developed. This method was based on HPLC coupled to a diode array and evaporative light scattering detectors (HPLC-DAD-ELSD) on a common reverse-phase C(18) column. Liquid chromatography coupled with on-line electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS) was also used to further validate and analyze the constituents. It was found that 0.3% aqueous formic acid and acetonitrile was the optimum mobile phase for gradient elution. This method, which showed good precision and accuracy, was successfully used to quantify the bioactive constituents in six products. As a result, the validated HPLC method, together with the LC-ESI-MS analysis, provided a new basis for assessing the quality of traditional Chinese medicinal compound preparations (TCMCPs) consisting of many bioactive components.     

Lipophilic constituents from two processed products and three different parts of Changium smyrnioides Wolff.

This article reports the lipophilic chemical composition of different processed products (Changii Radix, Changii Radix Alba) and parts (root bark, leaf and fruit) of Changium smyrnioides Wolff.. The lipophilic constituents were extracted with petroleum ether in Soxhlet apparatus, subsequently identified and determined by gas chromatography–mass spectroscopy (GC–MS). Yield of lipophilic constituents from Changii Radix (3.65%) was about three times more than Changii Radix Alba's (1.07%), which indicated processing by boiling in water had an impact on the content of lipophilic constituents. Moreover, the major compounds in different processed products and parts were found to be fatty acids and sesquiterpenes. The results are a contribution for the lipophilic chemical composition and can serve as a reference for product development of Changium smyrnioides Wolff..     

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.     

High‐throughput ultra high performance liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry method for the rapid analysis and characterization of multiple constituents of Radix Polygalae

Radix Polygalae, the dried roots of Polygala tenuifolia and P. sibirica , is one of the most well‐known traditional Chinese medicinal plants. It is an important medicinal plant that has been used as a sedative and to improve memory for a number of years in most of Asia. However, the in vivo constituents of the multiple constituents from Radix Polygalae remain unknown. In the current study, ultra high performance liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry and the MarkerLynx^TM software combined with multiple data processing approach were used to study the constituents in vitro and in vivo. A rapid and efficient method for the characterization of multiple constituents in the herbal medicine Radix Polygalae by ultra high performance liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry is described. In total, 35 compounds in the Radix Polygalae and 13 compounds absorbed into blood were characterized. Of the 35 compounds in vitro, ten were reported for first time. In the 13 compounds in vivo, six were prototype components and seven were metabolites were also elucidated for first time. This work narrowed the range of screening the potentially bioactive components and provided a basis for the quality control and mechanism of action.     

Determination of volatile components in peptic powder by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and chemometric resolution

Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) coupled with chemometric resolution upon two-dimensional data was proposed as a method for the analysis of volatile components in a traditional Chinese medicinal preparation peptic powder which contains Rhizoma Atractylodis, Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis and Radix Glycyrrhizae. Ninety-three components were separated and 65 of them were qualitatively and quantitatively analyzed which represented about 90.28% of the total content. With the help of chemometric resolution, the data were resolved into a pure chromatogram and a mass spectrum of each chemical component. The accuracy of qualitative and quantitative results was greatly improved by using the two-dimensional comprehensive information of chromatograms and mass spectra. The example showed that chemometric resolution could greatly enhance separation ability. This makes it possible to analyze complicated practical systems like traditional Chinese medicinal preparations with the help of coupled instruments and chemometric resolution methods.     

A purge and trap technique to capture volatile compounds combined with comprehensive two‐dimensional gas chromatography/time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry to investigate the effect of sulfur‐fumigation on Radix Angelicae Dahuricae

Sulfur‐fumigation is known to reduce volatile compounds that are the main active components in herbs used in herbal medicine. We investigated changes in chemical composition between sun‐dried and sulfur‐fumigated Radix Angelicae Dahuricae using a purge and trap technique to capture volatile compounds, and two‐dimensional gas chromatography/time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry for identification. Using sun‐dried Radix Angelicae Dahuricae samples as a reference, the results showed that 73 volatile compounds, including 12 sulfide compounds, were found to be present only in sulfur‐fumigated samples. Furthermore, 32 volatile compounds that were found in sun‐dried Radix Angelicae Dahuricae samples disappeared after sulfur‐fumigation. The proposed method can be applied to accurately discriminate sulfur‐fumigated Radix Angelicae Dahuricae from different commercial sources. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Headspace Solid-phase Microextraction–Gas Chromatographic–Mass Spectrometric Analysis of the Essential Oils of Two Traditional Chinese Medicines, Angelica pubescens and Angelica sinensis

Angelica pubescens and Angelica sinensis belong to the Umbelliferae family and both are used as traditional Chinese medicines. In the present study, headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) was used for the analysis of the volatile constituents present in their roots. Eighty-seven compounds in Angelica pubescens and thirty-six compounds in Angelica sinensis were identified by GC-MS. Their relative contents were calculated by the peak area ratio. HS-SPME was compared to steam distillation (SD) by analyzing the volatile constituents of Angelica sinensis root. A good agreement between results obtained with both techniques was found. As a conclusion, HS-SPME is a powerful tool for determining the volatile constituents present in the TCMs.     

An easy and rapid method to determine aristolochic acids I and II with high sensitivity

Aristolochic acid (AA), a natural component in some Chinese medicinal plants, is nephrotoxic and carcinogenic, and is involved in a specific type of renal fibrosis, called Chinese herbs nephropathy (CHN). In this paper, we report the electrochemistry of AA and a novel method to detect the species based on the electrochemical studies. The detection limit is estimated to be 1.0×10^-8 M with a linear range from 5.0×10^-8 M to 1.3×10^-6 M. Meanwhile, this method is applicable in detection in real samples, such as Caulis Aristolochiae Manshuriensis (CAM), Radix Aristolochiae (RA), Fructus Aristolochiae (FA) and Radix Stephaniae Tetrandrae (RST). The concentration of AA in the CAM sample was 3.50±0.12×10^-4 M. Consistent results have been obtained from both the electrochemical approach described here and the previously reported HPLC method.     

Extraction,separation and quantitative structure–retention relationship modeling of essential oils in three herbs

The essential oils extracted from three kinds of herbs were separated by a 5% phenylmethyl silicone (DB‐5MS) bonded phase fused‐silica capillary column and identified by MS. Seventy‐four of the compounds identified were selected as origin data, and their chemical structure and gas chromatographic retention times (RT) were performed to build a quantitative structure–retention relationship model by genetic algorithm and multiple linear regressions analysis. The predictive ability of the model was verified by internal validation (leave‐one‐out, fivefold, cross‐validation and Y‐scrambling). As for external validation, the model was also applied to predict the gas chromatographic RT of the 14 volatile compounds not used for model development from essential oil of Radix angelicae sinensis. The applicability domain was checked by the leverage approach to verify prediction reliability. The results obtained using several validations indicated that the best quantitative structure–retention relationship model was robust and satisfactory, could provide a feasible and effective tool for predicting the gas chromatographic RT of volatile compounds and could be also applied to help in identifying the compound with the same gas chromatographic RT.     

Characterization of the leaf essential oils of an endemic species Cinnamomum perrottetii from Western Ghats,India

Essential oils from the leaf of Cinnamomum perrottetii Meissn. collected from three distinct populations in the southern Western Ghats, India were analysed by GC–FID and GC–MS. A total of 56 volatile constituents representing 92.2–96.3% of the oils were identified. Variations in the chemical constituents of the oils were found. Only three major components namely, α-pinene (5.1–6.6%), tau-cadinol (8.7–20.5%) and α-cadinol (7.3–13%) out of 10 were found in all three samples. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on the chemical compositions of leaf essential oil of C. perrottetii.