Preparative separation of liquiritigenin and glycyrrhetic acid from Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch using hydrolytic extraction combined with high-speed countercurrent chromatography

The objective of this paper was to develop a preparative method for the isolation and purification of liquiritigenin and glycyrrhetic acid from Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch using hydrolytic extraction combined with high-speed countercurrent chromatography (HSCCC). Liquiritigenin and glycyrrhetic acid were well hydrolyzed from liquiritin and glycyrrhizic acid by hydrochloric acid, respectively. The optimal extraction conditions were obtained by single-factor and orthogonal experiments, which were 100% ethanol, 1.5 mol/L hydrochloric acid, 1:25 ratio of solid to liquid, and extracted 2 h for one time. Using the two-phase solvent system of n-hexane-ethyl acetate-methanol–water (4:5:4:5, v/v), 2.1 mg liquiritigenin (the purity was 96.5% with a recovery of 87.6%) and 12.3 mg glycyrrhetic acid (the purity was 97.1% with a recovery of 74.4%) were obtained from 315-mg crude extraction by HSCCC. The retention ratio of stationary phase was 47.2%. Their structures were identified by HPLC, melting points, UV, Fourier-transform infrared, Electrospray ionization-MS, ¹H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and ¹³C NMR spectra. According to the antioxidant activity assays, liquiritigenin and glycyrrhetic acid had some scavenging abilities on 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl free radicals; liquiritigenin had stronger scavenging ability on hydroxyl radicals.     

Studies on Triterpenoids and Flavones in Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. By HPLC-ESI-MSn and FT-ICR-MSn

应用高效液相色谱质谱联用方法(HPLC-ESI-MSn)研究了甘草提取物中的七种化合物,四种三萜类化合物和三种黄酮类化合物。通过多极串联质谱(ESI-MSn)和多极串联傅里叶变换回旋共振质谱(FT-ICR-MSn)法研究了它们的碎裂规律。通过比较保留时间和质谱数据对上述七种化合物进行了归属,并阐述了其可能的质谱裂解途径。以上结果显示ESI-MSn和FT-ICR-MSn是非常有效的分析三萜类化合物和黄酮类化合物结构的工具。     

Molecular Cloning and Expression Analysis of an Actin Gene from Chinese Licorice（Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch）

A PCR-based homologous cloning strategy was used to identify an actin gene from the roots of Chinese licorice(Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch). Results of sequence analysis indicate that a 1137 bp cDNA with an open reading frame encoding 377 amino acids,actin ortholog,GuActin,was successfully cloned and characterized(GenBank accession No. EU190972). Thus far,GuActin is the first actin of Chinese licorice that has been identified at a molecular level. Analysis by Northern blot shows that GuActin was expressed st...     

手性逆流色谱的研究进展

总结了手性逆流色谱的5个特点,系统地介绍了逆流色谱的手性分离以及高速逆流色谱手性分离中氨基酸衍生物、环糊精衍生物、手性有机酸、多糖衍生物、牛血清白蛋白等手性选择剂的应用。     

Simultaneous separation of triterpenoid saponins and flavonoid glycosides from the roots of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch by pH‐zone‐refining counter‐current chromatography

Glycosides including triterpenoid saponins and flavonoid glycosides are the main constituents of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch (licorice) and exhibit prominent pharmacological activities. However, conventional methods for the separation of glycosides always cause irreversible adsorption and unavoidable loss of sample due to their high hydrophilicities. The present paper describes a convenient method for the simultaneous separation of triterpenoid saponins and flavonoid glycosides from licorice by pH‐zone‐refining counter‐current chromatography. Ethyl acetate/n‐butanol/water (2:3:5, v/v) with 10 mM TFA in the upper organic stationary phase and 10 mM ammonia in the lower aqueous mobile phase was used as the biphasic solvent system. Three triterpenoid saponins and two flavonoid glycosides including licorice‐saponin A3 (63.3 mg), glycyrrhizic acid (342.2 mg), 3‐O‐[β‐d ‐glucuronopyranosyl‐(1 → 2)‐β‐d ‐galactopyranosyl]glycyrrhetic acid (56.0 mg), liquiritin apioside (232.6 mg), and liquiritin (386.5 mg) were successfully obtained from licorice ethanol extract (2 g) in one step. This method subtly takes advantage of the common acidic properties of triterpenoid saponins and flavonoid glycosides, and obviously is much more efficient and convenient than the previous methods. It is also the first time that the separation of acidic triterpenoid saponins by using pH‐zone‐refining counter‐current chromatography has been reported.     

Evaluation of gardenia yellow using crocetin from alkaline hydrolysis based on ultra high performance liquid chromatography and high‐speed countercurrent chromatography

Gardenia yellow is globally the most valuable spice and food color. It is generally a mixture of water‐soluble carotenoid glycosyl esters which consist of crocetin bis(gentiobiosyl) ester as the main component. Crocetin is a natural carotenoid dicarboxylic acid that may be a candidate drug for pharmaceutical development, however, it is either present in trace amounts or is absent in natural gardenia yellow products. We here propose that crocetin produced by alkaline hydrolysis can be used to qualitatively evaluate gardenia yellow products using an ultra high performance liquid chromatographic assay. A useful and efficient isolation technique for isolating high‐purity crocetin from gardenia yellow using high‐speed countercurrent chromatography is described. High‐speed countercurrent chromatographic fractionation followed by an ultra high performance liquid chromatographic assay showed that trans‐crocetin is easily converted to about 15% cis‐crocetin (85% trans‐crocetin). Crocetin in gardenia yellow was quantitatively evaluated. Our approach is based on the hydrolysis process for converting crocetin glycosyl esters to crocetin before evaluation and isolation using the ultra high performance liquid chromatographic and high‐speed countercurrent chromatographic methods. The combination of hydrolysis and chromatographic methods allows evaluation of the purity and quantity of crocetin in gardenia yellow.     

Isolation of fucoxanthin from edible brown algae by microwave-assisted extraction coupled with high-speed countercurrent chromatography

A rapid and efficient method for the separation and purification of fucoxanthin from edible brown algae by microwave-assisted extraction coupled with high-speed countercurrent chromatography was developed. The algae were first extracted using microwave-assisted extraction, then the dried extract was dissolved and directly introduced into the high-speed countercurrent chromatography system with a two-phase solvent system consisting of hexane-ethyl acetate-ethanol-water (5:5:6:4, v/v/v/v). The isolation was done in less than 75 min, and a total of 0.83 mg, 1.09 mg, and 0.20 mg fucoxanthin were obtained from 25.0 g fresh Laminaria japonica Aresch, 1.5 g dry Undaria pinnatifida (Harv) Sur, and 15.0 g dry Sargassum fusiforme (Harv) Setch, respectively. The purity of fucoxanthin determined by HPLC was over 90% and its structure was further identified by LC-ESI-MS and (1) H-NMR.     

乌拉尔甘草种子油挥发性成分的超临界二氧化碳/气相色谱-质谱分析

采用超临界二氧化碳萃取法(SFE—CO2)提取的乌拉尔甘草种子油,用气相色谱-质谱(GC—MS)联用技术对其挥发性成分进行了分析,首次分离得到52个峰,确定了其中的16种化合物;采用峰面积归一化法计算各成分相对百分含量,所鉴定成分占总馏出峰面积的80．85％。主要成分邻苯二甲酸二丁酯和β-谷甾醇乙酸酯具有较多的生理活性,为进一步开发甘草种子油新药研究提供了依据。     

高速逆流色谱法制备罗汉果根中葫芦素类化合物

葫芦素作为四环三萜类化合物广泛存在于葫芦科植物中,但其含量较低、结构相似,采用常规的柱层析分离法较难得到大量、高纯度的单体化合物,导致其活性的研究与应用受到限制.研究采用高速逆流色谱法(HSCCC),建立了一种从罗汉果根提取物中制备葫芦素类化合物的方法.罗汉果根乙醇提取物经HPD-100大孔树脂、MCI、RP-C18柱...     

Rapid preparative isolation of a new phenylpropanoid glycoside and four minor compounds from Sparganium stoloniferum using high-speed counter-current chromatography as a fractionation tool

A rapid high-speed counter-current chromatography (HSCCC) method was used to isolate five minor compounds from rhizome of Sparganium stoloniferum namely San Leng in Chinese, including two phenylpropanoid glycosides, sparganiaside A (1) and 1-O-feruloyl-3-p-coumaroylglycerol (2), and three aromatic acids, vanillic acid (3), p-hydroxylcinnamic acid (4), and p-hydroxybenzoic acid (5), of which, compound 1 was a new one. Five compounds were preparatively enriched at top efficiency by one-step HSCCC operation in the isolation procedure. A suitable solvent system composed of chloroform-methanol-water (4:3.5:1.8, v/v/v) was used. And the operation time was less than 4 h. The purities of compounds (1-5) in the enriched fractions were determined to be 75.8%, 66.3%, 90.6%, 79.9%, and 98.2%, respectively. The mean recoveries of the five compounds were 84.8%, 87.3%, 81.8%, 90.3%, and 92.7%, respectively. Compounds 1-4 were further purified by semi-preparative high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). This is the first report on the use of HSCCC as a fractionation tool for preparative isolation of minor compounds from S. stoloniferum. The method was proved to be rapid, convenient, high yield, and low cost. HSCCC was shown to be a quick and effective tool in isolation of natural products even though the compounds were not abundant.     

Preparative separation of minor saponins from Platycodi Radix by high-speed counter-current chromatography

Platycosides (PSs), the saponins found in the root of Platycodon grandiflorum (Jacq.) A. DC. (Platycodi Radix), are typically composed of oleanene backbones with two side chains; one is a 3-O-glucose linked by a glycosidic bond, and the other is a 28-O-arabinose-rhamnose-xylose-apiose linked by an ester bond. Minor saponins, acetylated isomers of the major saponin on either the 2' or 3' position of rhamnose, were isolated from Platycodi Radix using a multi-step process including high-speed counter-current chromatography (HSCCC) and preparative reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC). After the separation of the major components, the enriched minor saponin fraction was used for this study. A two-phase solvent system consisting of chloroform-methanol-isopropanol-water (3:2:2:3, v/v) was used for HSCCC. HSCCC separation of the enriched minor saponin fraction yielded 2'-O-acetylplatycodin D, 3'-O-acetylpolygalacin D, 2'-O-acetylpolygalacin and a mixture of 3'-O-acetylplatycodin D and polygalacin D. The mixture fraction from HSCCC separation was further purified by preparative RP-HPLC, giving 3'-O-acetylplatycodin D and polygalacin D at a purity of over 98.9%. The developed method provides the preparative and rapid separation of minor saponins in the crude extract of Platycodi Radix. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first on the separation of acetylated PSs by HSCCC.     

大孔树脂-高速逆流色谱分离纯化薇甘菊中的黄酮类化合物

该文建立了大孔树脂-高速逆流色谱分离薇甘菊中黄酮类物质的方法。分离条件为:采用大孔树脂AB-8,洗脱液为50%（v/v）乙醇水溶液,高速逆流色谱溶剂体系为正丁醇-乙酸-水（4：1：5,v/v）。从薇甘菊中分离到4种黄酮类物质:槲皮素-3-O-芸香糖苷（纯度90.2%）、山奈酚-3-O-芸香糖苷（纯度98.55%）、木犀草苷（纯度98.33%）和紫云英苷（纯度99.23%）。建立的大孔树脂-高速逆流色谱方法简单、高效,可扩展应用于从其他植物中分离黄酮类物质。     

Separation of phenylsuccinic acid enantiomers using biphasic chiral recognition high‐speed countercurrent chromatography

High‐speed countercurrent chromatography (HSCCC) combined with biphasic chiral recognition was successfully applied to the resolution of phenylsuccinic acid enantiomers. d ‐Isobutyl tartrate and hydroxypropyl‐β‐cyclodextrin were employed as lipophilic and hydrophilic selectors dissolved in the organic stationary phase and aqueous mobile phase, respectively. The two‐phase solvent system was made up of n‐hexane/methyl tert‐butyl ether/water (0.5:1.5:2, v/v/v). Impacts of the type and concentration of chiral selectors, the pH value of the aqueous phase solution as well as the temperature on the separation efficiency were investigated. By means of preparative HSCCC, pure enantiomer was obtained by separating 810 mg of racemate with a purity >99.5% and a recovery rate between 82 and 85%. The experimental results indicate that biphasic recognition HSCCC provide a promising means for efficient separation of racemates.     

高速逆流色谱法快速分离制备枸杞中莨菪亭

建立了用高速逆流色谱(HSCCC)从枸杞中快速分离莨菪亭的方法。将枸杞的乙醇提取物经D-101大孔树脂初步纯化后直接进行高速逆流色谱分离,用薄层色谱-荧光法考察了莨菪亭在不同溶剂体系中的分配情况。结果表明,最佳的溶剂体系为氯仿-甲醇-水(10:7:3, v/v/v),取上相为固定相,下相为流动相,在主机转速为850 r/min、流速为1.5 mL/min、检测波长为365 nm的条件下,从200 mg样品中一次性分离制备可得到10.2 mg纯度达到98.3%的莨菪亭。制备所得的莨菪亭与对照品的高效液相色谱(HPLC)保留时间一致,且经核磁共振氢谱、碳谱鉴定结构;纯度经HPLC法测定。研究发现,氯仿-甲醇-水(10:7:3, v/v/v)体系可连续二次进样而样品的峰形未受明显的影响。实验结果表明用薄层色谱-荧光法可快速选定HSCCC溶剂体系,进而可快速、简便地制备高纯度的莨菪亭。     

An effective high-speed countercurrent chromatographic method for preparative isolation and purification of mollugin directly from the ethanol extract of the Chinese medicinal plant Rubia cordifolia

The medicinal plant Rubia cordifolia has been used widely in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for its antibacterial, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities. In this study, a preparative high-speed countercurrent chromatography (HSCCC) method for isolation and purification of the bioactive component mollugin directly from the ethanol extract of R. cordifolia was successfully established by using light petroleum (bp 60-90 degrees C)/ethanol/diethyl ether/water as the two-phase solvent system. The upper phase of light petroleum/ethanol/diethyl ether/water (5:4:3:1 v/v) was used as the stationary phase of HSCCC. Under the optimum conditions, 46 mg of mollugin at 98.5% purity, as determined by HPLC, could be yielded from 500 mg of the crude extract in a single HSCCC separation. The peak fraction of HSCCC was identified by 1H NMR and 13C NMR.     

Preparative separation of five flavones from flowers of Polygonum cuspidatum by high‐speed countercurrent chromatography

A preparative high‐speed countercurrent chromatography method was successfully used for the isolation of five minor flavones from Polygonum cuspidatum flowers. Among them, three compounds were obtained from P. cuspidatum for the first time. A twin two‐phase solvent system composed of n‐hexane/ethyl acetate/ethanol/water (1:6:3:6, v/v/v/v) and petroleum ether/ethyl acetate/methanol/water (2:4:3:3, v/v/v/v) was developed. Compounds were obtained from the fraction B and fraction C prepurified by silica gel column chromatography. Five minor compositions, 6.8 mg of hesperidin, 11.2 mg of phloridzin, 4.9 mg of luteolin, 5.3 mg of hyperin, and 3.7 mg of luteoloside were obtained from 140 mg of the fraction B and 110 mg of fraction C with a purity of 95.3, 96.4, 98.0, 96.8, and 95.3%, respectively, as determined by high‐performance liquid chromatography. The structures of these compounds were identified by ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectroscopy.     

High‐speed countercurrent chromatography isolation of flavans from Ixeris chinensis and their identification by NMR spectroscopy

High‐speed countercurrent chromatography, combined with macroporous resin chromatography were applied to the separation and purification of flavans from Ixeris chinensis. Four flavans, namely, 5‐methoxy‐7,4′‐dihydroxyflavan‐3‐ol ( 1 ), 5,7‐dimethoxy‐4′‐hydroxyflavan‐3‐ol ( 2 ), 5,7‐dimethoxy‐4′‐hydroxyflavan ( 3 ), and 5,7‐dimethoxy‐8‐methyl‐4′‐hydroxyflavan ( 4 ), were obtained from I. chinensis for the first time. Their chemical structural identification was carried out by spectroscopic methods, including 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy. Amounts of 13.2 mg of compound 1 , 6.4 mg of compound 2 , 5.8 mg of compound 3 , and 14.5 mg of compound 4 were separated from 120 mg 75% ethanol fraction. The purities of 1 – 4 were 99.1, 99.2, 97.3, and 98.6 %, respectively.     

Efficient methods for isolating five phytochemicals from Gentiana macrophylla using high‐performance countercurrent chromatography

Efficient high‐performance countercurrent chromatography methods were developed to isolate five typical compounds from the extracts of Gentiana macrophylla. n‐Butanol‐soluble extract of G. macrophylla contained three hydrophilic iridoids, loganic acid ( 1 ), swertiamarin ( 2 ) and gentiopicroside ( 3 ), and a chromene derivative, macrophylloside D ( 4 ) which were successfully isolated by flow rate gradient (1.5 mL/min in 0–60 min, 5.0 mL/min in 60–120 min), and consecutive flow rate gradient HPCCC using n‐butanol/0.1% aqueous trifluoroacetic acid (1:1, v/v, normal phase mode) system. The yields of 1 – 4 were 22, 16, 122, and 6 mg, respectively, with purities over 97% in a flow rate gradient high‐performance countercurrent chromatography, and consecutive flow rate gradient high‐performance countercurrent chromatography gave 1 , 2 , 3 (54, 41, 348 mg, respectively, purities over 97%) and 4 (13 mg, purity at 95%) from 750 mg of sample. The main compound in methylene chloride soluble extract, 2‐methoxyanofinic acid, was successfully separated by n‐hexane/ethyl acetate/methanol/water (4:6:4:6, v/v/v/v, flow‐rate: 4 mL/min, reversed phase mode) condition. The structures of five isolates were elucidated by ¹H, ¹³C NMR and ESI‐Q‐TOF‐MS spectroscopic data which were compared with previously reported values.     

Preparative isolation of alkaloids from Corydalis bungeana Turcz. by high-speed counter-current chromatography using stepwise elution

High‐speed counter‐current chromatography (HSCCC) was successfully applied for the preparative separation and purification of alkaloids from Corydalis bungeana Turcz. (Kudiding in Chinese) for the first time. After the measurement of partition coefficient of seven target alkaloids in the nine two‐phase solvent systems composed of CHCl₃–MeOH–(0.1 M; 0.2 M; 0.3 M) HCl (4:1.5:2; 4:2:2; 4:3:2, v/v), CHCl₃–MeOH–0.2 M HCl (4:2:2, v/v) and CHCl₃–MeOH–0.3 M HCl (4:3:2, v/v) were finally selected for the HSCCC separation using the first upper phase as the stationary phase and the stepwise elution of the two lower mobile phases. Consequently, sanguinarine (10 mg), corynoline (25 mg), protopine (20 mg), corynoloxine (18 mg), and 12‐hydroxycorynoline (8 mg) were obtained from 200 mg of crude alkaloid extracts with purities of 94–99% as determined by HPLC. Their chemical structures were characterized on the basis of ¹H‐NMR, ¹³C‐NMR, and LC‐ESI‐Q‐TOF‐MS/MS analyses.     

高速逆流色谱在分离纯化木蝴蝶活性成分中的线性放大

利用高速逆流色谱分离纯化中草药木蝴蝶乙酸乙酯粗提物中的黄酮类活性成分,并将分离规模从分析型线性放大到制备型,以获得大量的活性成分,为进一步的药物筛选提供物质基础。实验在分析型高速逆流色谱上对分离参数进行了系统优化,并将优化条件放大到制备型高速逆流色谱上对911.6 mg木蝴蝶乙酸乙酯粗提物进行分离,得到5种化合物,经高效液相色谱、电喷雾电离质谱和核磁共振氢谱、碳谱分析鉴定,分别为白杨素(160.9 mg,纯度为97.3%)、黄芩素(130.4 mg,纯度为97.6%)、黄芩素-7-O-葡萄糖苷(314.0 mg,纯度为98.3%)、黄芩素-7-O-双葡萄糖苷(179.1 mg,纯度为99.2%)和一种新的白杨素双葡萄糖苷(21.7 mg,纯度为98.8%)。该放大过程不仅将处理量提高了53倍,还保持了在分析型设备上的分离度和分离时间。该工作为天然产物的研究提供了一个高效的分离纯化方法。