Extraction and Anti-diabetic Activity on Alloxan-induced Diabetic Mice of Polysaccharides from Huidouba

The polysaccharide extracted from Huidouba(PEH) exihibited a significant anti-diabetic activity. The polysaccharide contained glucose, mannose and galactose in a content ratio of 1.00:0.34:0.32. After administration with 50―200 mg/kg body weight of PEH to type Ⅱ diabetic mice induced by alloxan for four weeks, the blood glucose level of mice was decreased significantly. Moreover, the SOD activity increased at the same time(p<0.01). PEH showed a significant anti-diabetic and anti-oxidation activity. In addit...     

北五味子果实、茎和叶中微量元素的测定

采用硝酸和过氧化氢混合酸体系作消化液,利用电感耦合等离子质谱(ICP-MS),对延边地区不同产地五味子中微量元素的含量,进行了测定和研究。测定了不同产地五味子叶、茎、果实中Mg、Ca、Fe、Zn、Cu、Mn、Cr?Ni?Pb?Cd等19种元素的含量水平。测定结果显示五味子中K、Ca、Mg、Fe含量丰富,而Pb、Cd的含量很低。不同地区的五味子茎、叶、果实中微量元素含量存在很大差异。     

Microwave-assisted extraction and fingerprint studies of Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) by high performance liquid chromatography and gas chromatography

In order to choose an appropriate extraction method, samples of Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill were extracted by different methods and it was found that microwave-assisted extraction gave the best results. The contents of schisandrin, schisantherin, deoxyschizandrin, and r-schizandrin of 10 samples collected from different regions in China were determined by HPLC. The chromatograms of ten samples were used to establish the fingerprints of Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill and two methods based on HPLC and GC were applied to them simultaneously. The fingerprints consisted of 18 common peaks obtained by HPLC and 17 common peaks obtained by GC, which showed good stability and repeatability with RSD less than 3% for retention time. The fingerprints are suitable for identifying and differentiating samples by geographical origin and can be used for quality control.     

自动真空液相色谱装置的研制及其在五味子成分分离中的应用

为满足天然产物高效分离的需求,本文研制了自动真空液相色谱(AUTO-VLC)装置并用于五味子石油醚萃取物的分离。该装置由自主设计的流动相储备系统、10通分流切换阀、3通切换阀、3个不同规格的动态轴向压缩色谱柱、10通馏分收集阀和馏分收集器组成,采用可编程逻辑控制器(PLC)S7-200实现了分离过程的不同比例流动相切换、不同规格色谱柱选择、分离时间设定及馏分收集的自动控制及监测。应用于五味子成分分离的结果表明:采用150 mm直径动态轴向压缩色谱柱的VLC,从100 g五味子石油醚萃取物中一次分离得到6个组成明显不同的样品(S1~S6)。建立了通过多次薄层色谱(TLC)展开筛选VLC分离条件的方法,并进行了分离验证。VLC分离条件选择方法:自动真空液相色谱的初始洗脱剂的比例以首次TLC展开时全部目标化合物的比移值(R_f)介于0~0.45时展开剂的组成为宜;梯度洗脱比例变化以k值(展开次数(n)与R_f的线性函数斜率)和TLC分离度为依据选择;不同R_f范围内洗脱次数由n≈ ΔR_f/k计算。采用选择的条件从样品S5中分离得到了13个组分和4个纯度在85%以上的化合物,仅耗时17 h。AUTO-VLC的研制对于中药成分的自动和系统性分离具有重要价值。     

Variation of the Lignan Content of Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill. and Schisandra sphenanthera Rehd. et Wils.

A rapid and convenient extraction technique followed by HPLC analysis has been developed for determination of lignans in Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill. and Schisandra sphenanthera Rehd. et Wils. Under the optimized conditions the lignans schisandrin, schisantherin, deoxyschisandrin, and γ-schisandrin were extracted from ten samples collected from different regions in China and then quantified by HPLC. The lignan content of the ten samples is different. S. sphenanthera Rehd. et Wils. is richer in deoxyschisandrin but there is less schisandrin and γ-schisandrin is not found. S. chinensis (Turcz.) Baill. is usually richer in γ-schisandrin, the maximum amount being 4.263 mg g⁻¹, although one sample contained none. This method is simple, rapid, sensitive, and repeatable, and is suitable for identification and differentiation of samples from different regions of China.     

Chemical constituents isolated from stems of Schisandra chinensis and their antifeedant activity against Tribolium castaneum

Abstract

One new sesquiterpene (α-iso-cubebenol acetate, 8), together with 9 known compounds (1-7, 9, 10) were isolated from the stems of Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill. by repeated silica gel column chromatography. Based on the results of MS, NMR spectra and comparing with literature data, the six dibenzocyclooctadiene lignans were identified as schizandrin A to C (1-3), schizandrin (4), schisantherin A (5) and gomisin J (6), the two sesquiterpenes were identified as α-iso-cubebenol (7) and α-iso-cubebenol acetate (8), while the two triterpenic acids were identified as ganwuweizic acid (9) and kadsuric acid (10). The antifeedant activity of the 10 compounds against Tribolium castaneum adults was tested. Gomisin J (6) exhibited activity at 1500?ppm concentration with 40.3% antifeeding index percentages. As for the dibenzocyclooctene lignans (compounds 1–3, 6), the number of methylenedioxies and the position of hydroxyl groups were the main factors to affect their antifeedant activities.     

超分子有序聚集凝固液相微萃取及其对五味子中木脂素类化合物的测定及质量评价

通过分析比较漂浮有机液滴凝固液相微萃取(SFODLPME)对木脂素类化合物萃取前后紫外光谱的变化, 提出了超分子有序聚集凝固液相微萃取(SSMOALPME)机理; 建立了简单、 快速、 灵敏的SSMOALPME高效液相色谱法(HPLC)同时测定中药五味子中5种低丰度木脂素类化合物含量的方法, 并对不同产地五味子的质量进行比较和评价. 在最佳的SSMOALPME条件下, 测得五味子醇甲, 五味子酯甲, 五味子甲素, 五味子乙素和五味子丙素的线性范围分别为2.48×10^-3~6.21, 2.27×10^-3~28.5, 2.31×10^-3~28.8, 2.27×10^-3~5.69和1.05×10^-3~5.25 μg/mL; 检出限分别为0.4, 0.4, 0.4, 0.08和0.08 ng/mL; 日内及日间精密度RSD<9.7%; 药材中分析物的回收率为91.9% ~104.7%; SSMOALPME对5种分析物的富集倍数分别在39 ~529倍之间. 本法测定结果与药典法测定结果相比无显著差异(P=95%). SSMOALPME方法的提出为液相微萃取的理论研究奠定了基础, 为反映中药多成分、 多靶点及协同作用的特性, 建立科学的质量控制方法提供了理论依据和实验基础.     

Analysis of Essential Oil from Stems of Schisandra Chinensis（Turc z. ） Baill

The essential oil of Schisandra Chinensis(Turc z. ) Baill was extracted and analyzed. The essential oilwas obtained in a 1.8% (mL/100 g material) yield. Forty eight compounds were isolated and characterizedfrom the oil. The results show that the content(20. 42%) of β-pinene of naturally essential oil is the highestamong the components of the oil, which has laid a foundation for the luther development and application ofthe stems of Schisandra Chinensis(Turc z. ) Baill.     

五味子超临界CO2提取物的气相色谱-质谱分析

将五味子样品于25 MPa、45 ℃下用超临界CO2提取2 h,提取物经气相色谱-质谱分析,共测得16个成分,经与对照品、NIST谱库对照和结构解析,鉴定出其中的7种木脂素成分,占色谱峰总面积的80.5%,其中五味子甲素9.39%、五味子乙素30.58%、五味子醇甲16.00%、五味子丙素5.95%和五味子醇乙15.17%。     

湿法消解-原子荧光光谱法测定北五味子中重金属含量

采用原子荧光光谱法测定了产于吉林长白山北五味子中的重金属元素的含量.建立了测定各元素的最佳实验条件,并讨论了酸度、还原剂等条件对实验的影响.结果表明,As、Hg、Se和Cd的检出限分别为0.17 ng·mL-1、0.10 ng·mL-1、0.011 ng·mL-1和0.61 ng· mL-1.各元素的回收率分别为90....     

UFLC–MS/MS method for simultaneous determination of six lignans of Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill. in normal and insomniac rats brain microdialysates and homogenate samples: towards an in‐depth study for its sedative‐hypnotic activity

Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill., a traditional Chinese medicine, has been clinically used for the treatment of insomnia for centuries. The insomnia mechanism and the possible active ingredients of S. chinensis remain largely unknown. The objective of this study was to develop a method to detect its components which could pass through the blood brain barrier (BBB) by determining the brain microdialysate and brain tissue homogenate samples and then obtain the pharmacokinetic profile in brain for comprehensive understanding of its hypnotic clinical efficacy. Therefore, an efficient, sensitive and selective ultra fast liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry method for the simultaneous determination of six sedative and hypnotic lignans (schisandrin, schisandrol B, schisantherin A, deoxyshisandrin, γ‐schisandrin and gomisin N) of Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill. in rat brain tissue homogenate and brain microdialysates has been developed and validated. The analysis was performed on a Shim‐pack XR‐ODS column (75 mm × 3.0 mm, 2.2 µm) using gradient elution with the mobile phase consisting of acetonitrile and 0.1% formic acid water. The method was validated in brain homogenate and microdialysate samples, which all showed good linearity over a wide concentration range (r² > 0.99), and the obtained lower limit of quantification was 0.1 ng · ml^?1 for the analytes in brain microdialysate samples. The intra‐ and inter‐day assay variability was less than 15% for all analytes. The study proved the six lignans, as sedative and hypnotic ingredients, could pass through the BBB with brain targeting, distributed mainly in the hypothalamus and possessed complete pharmacokinetics process in brain. The results also indicated that significant difference in pharmacokinetic parameters of the analytes was observed between two groups, while absorptions of these analytes in insomniac group were significantly better than those in normal group. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

北五味子中一种新的莽草酸衍生物的分离纯化及其含量测定

从北五味子中提取分离得到一种新的莽草酸衍生物, 经一维、二维核磁共振波谱(1D NMR, HMQC, HMBC)等数据解析, 鉴定为莽草酸正丁酯. 并采用ZORBAX Extend C18柱, 以乙腈-0.05%磷酸为流动相进行梯度洗脱, 检测波长为215 nm, 流速1.0 mL/min, 建立了北五味子中莽草酸正丁酯含量的高效液相色谱分析方法. 结果表明, 莽草酸正丁酯在2~65 μg/mL浓度范围内线性关系良好, 相关系数r=0.9999, 平均回收率为98.25%, 相对标准偏差(RSD)为1.55%, 表明本法简单准确, 重复性好.     

Studies on lignan constituents from Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill. fruits using high-performance liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization multiple-stage tandem mass spectrometry

A reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography-diode array detector-electrospray ionization multiple-stage tandem mass spectrometry (RP-HPLC-DAD-ESI-MS(n)) method has been developed for the detection and analysis of lignan constituents in the methanol extract from the fruits of Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill. RP-HPLC-DAD-ESI-MS(n) and electrospray ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance multiple-stage tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-FT-ICR-MS(n)) have been applied to investigate the characteristic product ions of four lignan reference compounds. Then, the logical fragmentation pathways of the lignans have been proposed. By comparing the retention time (t(R)) of HPLC, the ESI-MS(n) data and the structures of analyzed compounds with the data of reference compounds and in the literature, 11 peaks in HPLC have been unambiguously identified and another 5 peaks have been tentatively identified or deduced. Also, in the present paper, the extracted ion chromatograms (EIC) have been used to analyze the lignan isomers. The experimental results demonstrate that RP-HPLC-DAD-ESI-MS(n) is a specific and useful method for the identification of the lignan constituents and their isomers.     

防风多糖化学成分的研究

从中药防风Saposhnikovia divaricata（Turcz．）Schichk中分离得到两种酸性杂多糖SPSa和SPSb,经凝胶渗透色谱证实为均一组分．UV-Vis光谱证实两种多糖中不含蛋白质．采用薄层色谱和毛细管电泳色谱确定了SPSa和SPSb中单糖的组成及摩尔比,SPSa：半乳糖：阿拉伯糖：鼠李糖：半乳糖醛酸=1：2．3：0．15：4．8;SPSb：半乳糖：阿拉伯糖：鼠李糖：木糖：半乳糖醛酸=1：1．5：0．8：0．2：10．2．采用IR光谱对多糖进行了初步结构研究．与现有的防风多糖的组成相比较,确定出SPSa和SPSb为新的防风多糖．     

非靶向尿液代谢组学方法研究五味子治疗精尿病并发症作用机制

采用超高效液相色谱-串联四级杆飞行时间质谱联用技术(Ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry,UPLC/Q-TOF-MS),结合主成分分析技术(Principal component analysis,PCA),进行了五味子治疗糖尿病并发症大鼠尿液代谢组学研究,对五味子治疗糖尿病并发症大鼠后尿液生物标志物变化进行了考察.采用UPLC/Q-TOF-MS方法分析了健康组、糖尿病并发症模型组和五味子给药组的大鼠尿液,采用偏最小二乘法-判别分析(Partial least squares discriminant analysis,PLS-DA)和正交偏最小二乘法-判别分析(Orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis,OPLS-DA)载荷图筛选,通过分析对各组分离贡献较大(VIP>1,P°0.05)化合物的串联质谱数据,再经Human Metabolome Data-base(HMDB)等数据库检索,进行质谱信息匹配,尿液中共鉴定出28种潜在生物标记物,其中正谱13种,负谱15种.这些生物标记物主要影响戊糖和葡糖醛酸相互转化通路、核黄素代谢、泛酸和CoA合成、精氨酸和脯氨酸代谢、肠内菌代谢、嘌吟代谢、Vc代谢胆酸合成、色氨酸代谢等通路,五味子从能量代谢、氨基酸代谢、肠内菌代谢、脂类代谢等各个角度发挥治疗糖尿病并发症的作用.从各个通路的相关生物功能分析,五味子治疗糖尿病肾病的作用较强,此外还具有降脂、抗氧化的功效.     

Chemical composition and antioxidant activity of essential oil from berries of Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill

Essential oils of Schisandra chinensis seeds and berries without seeds were separately extracted. A total of 55 compounds were identified in the essential oil of berries without seeds (EOB), representing 85.75% of the total content. A total of 52 compounds were identified in the essential oil of seeds (EOS), representing 89.74% of the total content. For EOB, the top three content compounds were α-cis-bergamotene (10.79%), 4,11-selinadiene (5.28%) and α-cadinol (5.19%), while the top three content compounds of EOS were ylangene (10.16%), β-himachalene (9.46%) and di-epi-α-cedrene (8.92%). The antioxidant activity of the essential oil was tested using the DPPH radical-scavenging method. The antioxidant activity of EOB was higher than EOS. The IC(50) values of EOB and EOS were 8.4 and 15.8?mg/mL, respectively. This study concluded that EOB and EOS were not only different in extraction yield but also in chemical composition and antioxidant activity.     

Study on ionic liquid-based ultrasonic-assisted extraction of biphenyl cyclooctene lignans from the fruit of Schisandra chinensis Baill

The ionic liquid-based ultrasonic-assisted extraction (ILUAE) has been successfully applied in extracting four biphenyl cyclooctene lignans from the fruit of Schisandra chinensis Baill. Seventeen different types of ionic liquids with different cations and anions have been investigated. 0.8 M 1-lauryl-3-methylimidazolium bromide ([C12mim]Br) solution was selected as solvent. In addition, the ultrasonic parameters including ultrasonic power, time for ultrasonic treatment and solid–liquid ratio have been optimized by Response Surface Method (RSM). Compared with the conventional solvent extraction, the efficiency of the approach proposed in this work is about 3.5 times as much as that of the conventional solvent extraction method. With the proposed extraction method, the extraction time has been reduced to 30 min, whereas the conventional extraction method requires about 6.0 h. The experimental results presented in this work indicate that the ILUAE is a simple and efficient technique for sample preparation. The proposed method is reproducible.     

Ionic liquid-based microwave-assisted extraction of essential oil and biphenyl cyclooctene lignans from Schisandra chinensis Baill fruits

Ionic liquid-based microwave-assisted extraction (ILMAE) has been successfully applied in extracting essential oil and four kinds of biphenyl cyclooctene lignans from Schisandra chinensis Baill. 0.25 M 1-lauryl-3-methylimidazolium bromide ionic liquid is selected as solvent. The optimum parameters of dealing with 25.0 g sample are 385 W irradiation power, 40 min microwave extraction time and 1:12 solid-liquid ratio. The yields of essential oil and lignans are 12.12±0.37 ml/kg and 250.2±38.2 mg/kg under the optimum conditions. The composition of the essential oil extracted by hydro-distillation, steam-distillation and ILMAE is analyzed by GC-MS. With ILMAE method, the energy consumption time has not only been shortened to 40 min (hydro-distillation 3.0 h for extracting essential oil and reflux extraction 4.0 h for extracting lignans, respectively), but also the extraction efficiency has been improved (extraction of lignans and distillation of essential oil at the same time) and reduces the environmental pollution. S. chinensis materials treated by different methods are observed by scanning electronic microscopy. Micrographs provide more evidence to prove that ILMAE is a better and faster method. The experimental results also indicate that ILMAE is a simple and efficient technique for sample preparation.     

Separation and determination of active components in Schisandra chinensis Baill. and its medicinal preparations by non-aqueous capillary electrophoresis

A simple, economical and effective non-aqueous capillary electrophoresis separation and detection method was developed for the quantification of deoxyschizandrin and gamma-schizandrin in Schisandra chinensis Baill. and its medicinal preparations for the first time. After optimization of separation conditions, a buffer of 140 mmol/L sodium cholate in methanol was selected for separating the two analytes, but baseline separation of SA and SB in real samples was not obtained. Therefore second-order derivative electropherograms were applied for resolving overlapping peaks. Regression equations revealed good linear relationships (correlation coefficients 0.9975--0.9988) between peak heights in second-order derivative electropherograms and concentrations of the two analytes. The relative standard deviations (RSD) of the migration times and the peak height of the two constituents were in the ranges 0.62--0.79% and 0.25--2.17% (intra-day) and 1.43--2.06 and 4.08--5.72% (inter-day), respectively. The recoveries of the two constituents ranged from 93.2 to 103.0%. The results indicated that baseline separation of the analytes was sometimes hard to obtain in real samples and second-order derivative electropherograms were applicable for the resolution and analysis of overlapping peaks.     

Study on the Chromatographic Fingerprinting of Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill. by LC Coupled with Principal Component Analysis

Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill. is a rich source of lignans with diverse biological activities. Quantitative analysis and chromatographic fingerprinting of the fruitlets of the plant by liquid chromatography (LC) were performed in order to characterize and evaluate the region-related variation. Using the optimized LC method, satisfactory linearity and repeatability were obtained for all the test standards. This method was subsequently applied for the identification and quantitation of six lignans in fruitlets of Schisandra chinensis by comparing the retention time with that of authentic standards available. Principal component analysis (PCA) was also employed to assess the similarity and dissimilarity of the fingerprint profiles from different origins encompassing eleven areas from China and two samples from Japan. The work suggested that the fruitlets of Schisandra chinensis from Japan exhibited great difference with those from China as evidenced by the clear separation in the PCA scores plot as well as quantitative analysis e.g., schisandrin and deoxyschisandrin are 5.50 μg mg^?1 $ (\overline{X} ) $ and 0.90 μg mg^?1 $ (\overline{X} ) $ in the materials from China and 3.40 μg mg^?1 $ (\overline{X} ) $ and 1.90 μg mg^?1 $ (\overline{X} ) $ in the materials from Japan, respectively. Such a reliable method potentially provides an effective and convenient method for quality control of herbal medicine from different regions.