中药色谱指纹图谱的小波变换及分形表达方法

提出一种基于小波变换的色谱指纹图谱分形表达方法。该法运用小波变换将色谱谱线分解至不同分辨尺度，然后计算各尺度分量的分形维数，用色谱的小波基分形参量替代色谱指纹图谱的采样值。仿真实验结果表明，色谱小波基分形参量对谱峰保留时间漂移具有较好的抗干扰能力。以当归和川芎两种中药材的品种及道地性鉴别分类问题为实例，比较研究色谱采样值与小波基分形参量，k-近邻法的交叉验证计算结果表明，小波基分形参量的分类效果优于色谱采样值。     

中药色谱指纹图谱组分保留时间漂移的校准

基于光谱相关色谱方法判断复杂中药色谱指纹图谱的组分相关性,实现同一中药样本在不同实验条件下所得的色谱指纹图谱的相同组分的色谱保留时间漂移的局部最小二乘校正,为合理评价指纹图谱的品质提供较为实用的工具。     

Information theory applied to chromatographic fingerprint of herbal medicine for quality control

At present, the construction of chromatographic fingerprints plays an important role in the quality control of complex herbal medicines. In this work, information theory was applied to obtain chromatographic fingerprints with good performance. Moreover, according to the characteristics of the chromatographic fingerprints obtained, some modifications of the calculation of the information content were conducted. In comparison with the information content from several chromatographic fingerprints obtained, reliable chromatographic fingerprints with a high separation degree and uniform concentration distribution of chemical components could be determined. The successful application of information theory with modification to simulated chromatographic fingerprints together with real herbal medicines such as Rhizoma chuanxiong and Ginkgo biloba from different sources demonstrated clearly that the proposed method to determine chromatographic fingerprints was reasonable and reliable and it was user-friendly. Chromatographic fingerprints determined with high separation degrees and uniform concentration distribution of chemical ingredients might also chemically represent characteristic components of herbal medicines for quality control.     

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.     

灰色系统理论在中药色谱指纹图谱模式识别中的应用研究

建立了基于灰色系统理论的中药色谱指纹图谱模式识别模型。运用基于范数与信息熵赋权法的灰色关联分析,求出各待比较图谱特征变量数据序列与理想图谱特征变量数据序列之间的灰色关联度,并依据模糊匹配中的“最大匹配度”原则进行判断,从而达到品种识别和质量评价的目的。该模型在56批次不同品种化橘红药材样品的高效液相色谱分析中取得较满意的结果: 熵权与范数的灰色关联分析均能准确识别出毛橘红与光橘红两个品种,克服了传统相似度或灰色关联在化橘红色谱指纹图谱分析中的误判问题;对药材中化学成分的种类与含量十分接近的毛橘红不同栽培品种的识别率超过92.85%。此外,该模型计算量较少,整个模式识别过程通过计算机编程实现,操作简单。实验结果显示,灰色系统理论在中药色谱指纹图谱模式识别中有良好的适应性。     

基于挥发性组分的气相色谱指纹图谱评价沉香化气片质量

建立了沉香化气片的气相色谱指纹图谱,并结合化学模式识别评价20批沉香化气片的质量。乙醇超声提取20批沉香化气片的挥发性成分,以正十八烷为内标,分析了3个主要组分的含量,且以内标计算其他各组分的相对峰面积,建立了沉香化气片的气相色谱指纹图谱,确定了11个共有峰,得到了各批次样品的相似度,并通过气相色谱-质谱法和对照品比对对10个共有峰进行了指认。将获得的峰面积指纹图谱采用系统聚类分析和主成分分析进行化学模式识别研究,实现了不同批次沉香化气片的区分,发现了造成不同批次样品差异的主要标记物。该方法有效且综合性强,为科学评价与有效控制沉香化气片的质量提供了可靠的参考。     

Comprehensive evaluation of chemical stability of Xuebijing injection based on multiwavelength chromatographic fingerprints and multivariate chemometric techniques

A strategy for monitoring and analyzing the chemical stability of Xuebijing injection (XBJ) by multiwavelength chromatographic fingerprints and multivariate classification techniques is presented in this paper. Multiwavelength chromatographic fingerprints were constructed using chromatographic data obtained at four wavelengths (260, 280, 320, and 400?nm). The raw chromatography data were preprocessed by noise reduction, baseline correction, data normalization, and interval correlation optimized shifting (icoshift). Using this method, fingerprints of 166 samples of XBJ subjected to different forced degradation conditions (irradiation, high temperature, and a range of pH values) were properly represented. Forty-one chemical components were identified using the iPeak program. In addition, the identified peak area profiling of chemical components were used for multivariate classification analysis. Principal component analysis (PCA) and Ward’s method were used to classify different XBJ degradation samples. The PCA score plot showed that XBJ degradation samples were clustered into four groups, and the results are confirmed by Ward’s method. Ten key chemical markers under different degradation conditions were found and identified by counterpropagation artificial neural networks (CP-ANN), statistical t-tests, and UPLC-Q-TOF-MS. The results suggest that the proposed strategy could be successfully applied to the comprehensive analysis of complex chemical systems.     

穿山甲色谱指纹谱的建立及其在基源鉴别和质量等级区分方面的应用

中药穿山甲为鳞鲤科动物穿山甲的鳞甲,常用于治疗乳汁不通、痈肿疮毒、风湿痹痛等症,饮片来源上经常存在基源不清、等级不明的问题。针对以上问题,目前已发展出了多种分析方法,包括薄层色谱、质谱和DNA检测,但由于特异性低、设备成本高、步骤繁琐等不足,以上方法均不适合作为穿山甲质量监测的常规手段,而色谱指纹谱技术恰好可以弥补以上不足。该文旨在建立穿山甲的色谱指纹谱,并探讨其在等级及基源鉴别方面的可行性。穿山甲粉末经1 mol/L HCl加热水解得供试液,色谱柱采用Waters Symmetry 300 C18,以0.1%(v/v)三氟乙酸/水、0.1%(v/v)三氟乙酸/乙腈为流动相,280 nm为检测波长,采用梯度洗脱获得穿山甲指纹谱。经考察,该方法的精密度、日内日间重复性及样品稳定性均表现良好(RSD<5%)。以12批中华穿山甲一等品的平均指纹谱为对照指纹谱,同时确认17个共有峰,继而以共有峰绝对峰面积为原始数据,计算样品指纹谱与对照指纹谱的相似度。结果表明,中华穿山甲与其他动物来源穿山甲的相似度不高于0.776,体现了相似度评价在基源鉴别上的有效性;但不同等级穿山甲之间交叉严重,表明相似度评价在等级鉴别上的局限性。以24批不同等级中华穿山甲为分析对象建立判别分析模型,经十折交叉验证,模型无偏差正确率为95.83%,说明该模型在等级区分上可行性很高。该文通过建立穿山甲的色谱指纹谱,并结合不同数据处理方法验证了其在基源鉴别和等级区分方面的可行性,为保证穿山甲临床用药的科学性、准确性提供新的思路。     

Chromatographic fingerprinting analysis of Danshen root (Salvia miltiorrhiza Radix et Rhizoma) and its preparations using high performance liquid chromatography with diode array detection and electrospray mass spectrometry (HPLC-DAD-ESI/MS)

Danshen root (Salvia miltiorrhiza Radix et Rhizoma) is a representative Chinese herb containing multiple components contributing to its polyvalent bioactivities. Advanced analysis approaches are needed to obtain a comprehensive picture of the targeting constituents in complete matrix. In this study, a chromatographic fingerprinting method to monitor simultaneously the hydrophilic and lipophilic constituents was developed for the quality evaluation of Danshen root and its preparations. Ten hydrophilic and nine lipophilic components were identified using HPLC-diode array detection-electrospray-MS (HPLC-DAD-ESI/MS) by comparing with the available references and reported data. Using the established method, 13 Danshen root samples collected from different sources, and 21 batches of Danshen preparations including tablets, injections, capsules, and dropping pills produced by different manufacturers were analyzed and their chromatographic fingerprints (CFP) were constructed. The results showed that the products of Danshen roots such as the tablets and capsules contained both the hydrophilic and lipophilic components, while the injections and dropping pills contained mainly the hydrophilic components. Principal components analysis (PCA) was applied for the statistical analysis of the fingerprinting data of crude herb and its preparations. The established CFPs demonstrate the representative chemical profiling of the existing components and can be applied to the authentication and quality assessment of Danshen roots and other Danshen containing formulated preparations.     

Authentication of Shenqi Fuzheng Injection via UPLC-Coupled Ion Mobility—Mass Spectrometry and Chemometrics with Kendrick Mass Defect Filter Data Mining

Nearly 5% of the Shenqi Fuzheng Injection’s dry weight comes from the secondary metabolites of Radix codonopsis and Radix astragali. However, the chemical composition of these metabolites is still vague, which hinders the authentication of Shenqi Fuzheng Injection (SFI). Ultra-high performance liquid chromatography with a charged aerosol detector was used to achieve the profiling of these secondary metabolites in SFI in a single chromatogram. The chemical information in the chromatographic profile was characterized by ion mobility and high-resolution mass spectrometry. Polygonal mass defect filtering (PMDF) combined with Kendrick mass defect filtering (KMDF) was performed to screen potential secondary metabolites. A total of 223 secondary metabolites were characterized from the SFI fingerprints, including 58 flavonoids, 71 saponins, 50 alkaloids, 30 polyene and polycynes, and 14 other compounds. Among them, 106 components, mainly flavonoids and saponins, are contributed by Radix astragali, while 54 components, mainly alkaloids and polyene and polycynes, are contributed by Radix codonopsis, with 33 components coming from both herbs. There were 64 components characterized using the KMDF method, which increased the number of characterized components in SFI by 28.70%. This study provides a solid foundation for the authentification of SFIs and the analysis of its chemical composition.     

Recent developments in chromatographic fingerprints from herbal products: set-up and data analysis

The use of chromatographic fingerprints from herbal products where the whole chromatographic profile is applied to evaluate the quality of the investigated product. In this paper, recent developments in the set-up and data analysis of chromatographic fingerprints for herbal products are discussed. First different set-ups for fingerprint development are reviewed. Prior to fingerprint development, a suitable sample preparation, e.g. extraction, should be considered. In a second instance, this review focuses on the data analysis with regards to the different applications of fingerprints. Usually, chemometric data pretreatment is necessary. This is discussed first, followed by a short overview of the data handling techniques used in the two main application areas of herbal fingerprints, i.e. quality assurance and classification or calibration. The quality assurance, which involves the identification and quality control of the herbal products, is reviewed, followed by the use of fingerprints in classification or modelling. The different application areas are illustrated and discussed with several case studies.     

平行五波长高效液相色谱指纹图谱全息整合法定量鉴定杞菊地黄丸的整体质量

建立了杞菊地黄丸(Qijudihuang Pill, QJDHP)平行五波长(PFW)高效液相色谱(HPLC)指纹图谱,并依据系统指纹定量法结合全息整合法定量鉴定了杞菊地黄丸的整体质量。采用反相HPLC法,以丹皮酚(POL)为参照物峰,分别于203、228、265、280和326 nm下检测,分别确定了51、49、52、49和47个共有指纹峰,建立了QJDHP的PFW-HPLC指纹图谱。分别以权重法、均值法和投影参数法整合5个波长下各样品的定性定量全信息,结果基于5个波长综合信息用系统指纹定量法鉴定11批QJDHP样品,其中有8批质量为好,1批为较好,质量一般为2批。评价时以均值法最为简捷和准确。本实验结果表明,平行多波长指纹图谱整合法是基于从全信息角度整体定性和定量鉴定中药质量的有效可信方法,是对HPLC-二极管阵列检测（DAD）三维指纹图谱的简化定量处理,其整体综合定量鉴定结果具有可靠性。     

光谱相关色谱及其在中药色谱指纹图谱分析中的应用

基于相同的化学物质具有相同的光谱，在大多数情况下，同一样本的化学成分在同种类型的色谱柱上虽然保留时间不可能完全相同，但是洗脱的顺序应基本一致，提出光谱相关色谱的新概念。利用联用色谱的光谱信息与色谱信息，判断复杂中药色谱指纹图谱中的组分相关性和表征不同实验条件下所得的中药色谱指纹图谱，从而实现仪器的系统误差的化学计量学校准。     

Correction of retention time shifts for chromatographic fingerprints of herbal medicines

In this study, the combination of chemometric resolution and cubic spline data interpolation was investigated as a method to correct the retention time shifts for chromatographic fingerprints of herbal medicines obtained by high-performance liquid chromatography-diode array detection (HPLC-DAD). With the help of the resolution approaches in chemometrics, it was easy to identify the purity of chromatographic peak clusters and then resolve the two-dimensional response matrix into chromatograms and spectra of pure chemical components so as to select multiple mark compounds involved in chromatographic fingerprints. With these mark components determined, the retention time shifts of chromatographic fingerprints might be then corrected effectively. After this correction, the cubic spline interpolation technique was then used to reconstruct new chromatographic fingerprints. The results in this work showed that, the purity identification of the chromatographic peak clusters together with the resolution of overlapping peaks into pure chromatograms and spectra by means of chemometric approaches could provide the sufficient chromatographic and spectral information for selecting multiple mark compounds to correct the retention time shifts. The cubic spline data interpolation technique was user-friendly to the reconstruction of new chromatographic fingerprints with correction. The successful application to the simulated and real chromatographic fingerprints of two Cortex cinnamomi, fifty Rhizoma chuanxiong, ten Radix angelicae and seventeen Herba menthae samples from different sources demonstrated the reliability and applicability of the approach investigated in this work. Pattern recognition based on principal component analysis for identifying inhomogenity in chromatographic fingerprints from real herbal medicines could further interpret it.     

High‐performance liquid chromatography based chemical fingerprint analysis and chemometric approaches for the identification and distinction of three endangered Panax plants in Southeast Asia

Among Panax genus, only three endangered species Panax notoginseng, P. vietnamensis, and P. stipuleanatus that have a similar morphology are mainly distributed in Southeast Asia. These three plants are usually misidentified or adulterated. To identify them well, their chemical chromatographic fingerprints were established by an effective high‐performance liquid chromatography method. By comparing the chromatograms, the three Panax species could be distinguished easily using the 22 characteristic peaks. Besides, the data of the chromatographic fingerprints aided by chemometric approaches were applied for the identification and investigation the relationship of different samples and species. Using similarity analysis, the chemical components revealed higher similarity between P. vietnamensis and P. stipuleanatus. The results of hierarchical clustering analysis indicated that samples belonging to the same species could be clustered together. The result of principal component analysis was similar with hierarchical clustering analysis and the three principal components accounted for >80.5% of total variability.     

Quality evaluation of cortex moutan by high performance liquid chromatography coupled with diode array detector and electrospary ionization tandem mass spectrometry

An high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupled with diode array detector (DAD) and electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (ESI/MS(n)) method was developed for quality evaluation of Cortex Moutan through identification of common constituents based on chromatographic fingerprints and determination of key pharmacological compounds. The representative chromatographic fingerprints of Cortex Moutan were obtained by analyzing 10 batches of samples under the optimized HPLC conditions and the results showed that the chromatographic profiles of the analyzed samples were very similar. Total of nineteen common peaks were detected and seventeen of them were identified rapidly by their characteristic UV profile and the information of molecular structure provided by ESI/MS(n) experiments. Simultaneously, five key pharmacological compounds, namely gallic acid, oxypaeoniflorin, paeoniflorin, benzoylpaeoniflorin and paeonol, were determined by the validated HPLC-DAD method. The linear calibration curves were acquired with correlation coefficients higher than 0.999. The precisions of intra-day and inter-day were not exceeding 3.1%, and the recoveries of five analytes were from 92.86 to 99.35%. This developed method that combined the chromatographic fingerprints and quantification assay ensured the phytoequivalence and pharmacological effects of Cortex Moutan and was successfully applied to the quality control of Cortex Moutan.     

Chemometrics and modernization of traditional Chinese medicine

Development of chromatographic fingerprinting and its related chemometric methods in the research of quality control of traditional Chinese medicines(TCMs) are discussed. The quality control methods for guarantying the authentication and stability of products and semi-products of TCMs are firstly assessed. The technique based on chromatographic fingerprinting is essentially a kind of high-through put and integral tools to explore the complexity of herbal medicines. In order to further control the comprehensive quality of TCMs,confirmation and identification of their important chemical components are necessary. Some new strategies are proposed to trace the chemical changes of chromatographic fingerprints both in product processing and/or after their administration by modern chromatographic techniques and chemometrics. Combined with systems biology and bioinformatics,it seems possible for one to reveal the working mechanism of TCMs and to further control their intrinsic quality comprehensively.     

Fingerprint quality control of Tianjihuang by high-performance liquid chromatography-photodiode array detection

A novel, simple and accurate fingerprint method was developed using high-performance liquid chromatography-photodiode array detection (HPLC-DAD) for the quality control of Hypericum japonicum thunb (Tianjihuang), a Chinese herbal medicine used for the treatment of several bacterial diseases, infectious hepatitis, gastrointestinal disorder, internal hemorrhage and tumors. For the first time, the feasibility and advantages of employing chromatographic fingerprint were investigated and demonstrated for the evaluation of Tianjihuang by systematically comparing chromatograms with a professional analytical software recommended by State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA). Our results revealed that the chromatographic fingerprint combining similarity evaluation could efficiently identify and distinguish raw herbs of Tianjihuang from different sources. The effects resulted from collecting locations, harvesting time and storage time on herbal chromatographic fingerprints were also examined.     

用高效液相色谱组方指纹图谱智能预测中药质量的新模式

建立大黄、黄芩、黄连的高效液相色谱(HPLC)组方指纹图谱,确定其融合模型,观察组方融合指纹图谱(CSF)与一清片复方样品指纹图谱的一致性,从而以CSF代替复方整体来智能预测复方制剂质量。用二极管阵列检测器(DAD)同时测定黄芩、大黄、黄连和一清片在268 nm波长下的HPLC指纹图谱,并使用系统指纹定量法进行定性、定量评价。结果 CSF涵盖各单味药主要色谱峰信息,即CSF共有峰(55个)涵盖一清片样品共有峰(50个)的主要指纹图谱信息。15批样品的质量除YQT-S01为5级外,其他质量均为3级及以上。各组合模式CSF质量除CSF-2为6级外,其余均为2级或1级。该文探讨了标准指纹图谱和中药组方融合指纹图谱的相关性,可以与相应的计算机评价软件相结合,通过组方融合指纹图谱所代表复方制剂的整体指纹图谱来实现智能预测中药成方制剂质量的新模式。     

Comparing chemical fingerprints of herbal medicines using modified window target-testing factor analysis

A chromatographic fingerprint of a herbal medicine is essentially its chromatographic spectrum: a characteristic representation of its chemical components, some of which are pharmacologically active. Since a wide variety of factors, such as the geographical location, the harvest season, and the part used can influence the chemical constituents (and therefore the pharmacological activity) of any particular herbal medicine and its products, these fingerprints provide a way to compare and contrast the compositions of different variants of the same herbal medicine. In particular, it is possible to ascertain whether particular components present in one herbal fingerprint are also present in another fingerprint. In this work we use a novel method—modified window target-testing factor analysis (MWTTFA), based on the use of target factor analysis (TFA), fixed-size moving window evolving factor analysis (FSMWEFA) and a Gaussian shape correction to the chromatographic profiles—to achieve this end. To demostrate the strategy, the fingerprints of samples from garlics produced in different geographical locations were compared, as well as the fingerprints of samples taken from above-ground and below-ground parts of Houttuynia cordata Thunb. The results from these comparisons clearly show that four chemical components present in Hunan common edible garlic are absent in Xingping base garlic, while seven components are present in Xingping base garlic but absent in Hunan common edible garlic. Also, eleven components are present in the sample from the above-ground part of Houttuynia cordata Thunb but not in the sample from the below-ground part, while seven components are present in the sample from the below-ground part of Houttuynia cordata Thunb that are not present in the sample from the above-ground part. These interesting conclusions should be very useful for future pharmacological and clinical research into these herbal medicines, and the novel MWTTFA technique can also be used for quality control purposes.