Molecular and crystal structure of sophoridine N-oxide

The spatial structure of natural sophoridine N-oxide has been studied by x-ray structural analysis. It has been shown that when sophoridine is oxidized, rings B and C, which have the boat form, are deformed in the direction of the twist form.Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent, Institute of Crystallography of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, and V. I. Lenin Tashkent State University. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 588–596, September–October, 1981.     

Isomerization of the alkaloids of the matrine series over Pt/H2

Conclusions The isomerization of the alkaloids of the matrine series over Pt/H₂ has been studied.It has been shown that sophoridine, isosophoridane, and isosophoridine, which contain cis-quinolizidine systems, do not isomerize under the conditions in which sophoridine isomerizes.Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 93–96, 1969     

Simultaneous determination of matrine, sophoridine and oxymatrine in Sophora flavescens Ait. by high performance liquid chromatography

Following a detailed study, a reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatographic method (HPLC) has been developed and validated for analysis of three bioactive alkaloids, matrine, sophoridine and oxymatrine, in Sophora flavescens Ait. HPLC separation of the alkaloids was performed on a Kromasil C(18) column and detected by ultraviolet absorbance at 208 nm. The column temperature was maintained at 40 degrees C. A mobile phase composed of 0.01 mol/L KH(2)PO(4) buffer-methanol-triethylamine in the ratios 94:6:0.01 (v/v) was found to be the most suitable for this separation at a fl ow-rate of 1.0 mL/min and enabled the baseline separation of the three analytes free from interferences with isocratic elution. The analysis time was 24 min per injection. The calibration was linear in the range of 0.2-120.0 micro g/mL for matrine, 0.2-115.2 micro g/mL for sophoridine and 0.2-110.4 micro g/mL for oxymatrine, respectively. For assaying Sophora Flavescens Ait. samples, the relative standard deviations were 2.0% for matrine, 2.8% for sophoridine and 1.8% for oxymatrine analysis. The average recoveries of matrine, sophoridine and oxymatrine were 93.9, 95.3 and 93.5% for the Sophora flavescens Ait. samples, respectively. The method has been successfully applied to the simultaneous determination of matrine, sophoridine and oxymatrine in Sophora Flavescens Ait. samples collected in different habitats.     

Electrochemical Studies of Anticancer Herbal Drug Sophoridine and Its Interaction with DNA

Sophoridine is a new anticancer herbal drug with remarkable antitumor effect and lower toxicity. In this paper, the electrochemical investigation of sophoridine and its interaction with DNA is reported. In 0.1 mol L^?1 phosphate buffer solution (pH 7.0), sophoridine exhibited excellent electrochemical activity. In the presence of DNA, the peak current of sophoridine decreased in a quantitative fashion and the peak potential shifted to a more positive potential value. It suggests the dominance of intercalative interaction. Importantly, as to the interaction between sophoridine and DNA in solution, characteristic parameters such as the binding stoichiometry and association equilibrium constant according to the Hill model for cooperative binding have been determined.     

毛细管气相色谱法测定人体血清中槐定碱浓度

采用毛细管色谱柱,槐胺碱作内标,以气相色谱法建立了一种测定人体血清中槐定碱浓度的方法。最低检出浓度为０．０５ｍｇ／Ｌ,绝对回收率大于９１．７％,日内和日间变异系数小于８．９％。建立的方法已应用在肿瘤病人滴注槐定碱药物的药代动力学研究中。     

Spatial structure of sophoridine and sophoridinic acid

Conclusion It has been established that sophoridine and sophoridinic acid have the syn-cis configuration.Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 4, No. 6, pp. 371–372, 1968     

Isomerization of the hydrochlorides of some alkaloids of the matrine series

Conclusions The conversions of sophoridane into allomatridine and matridine, of isosophoridane into allomatridine, and of isosophoridine into sophoridine have been effected. A mechanism has been proposed for the thermal isomerization of the hydrochlorides of the quinolizidine alkaloids.Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 96–99, 1969     

High-performance liquid chromatographic method for simultaneous determination of sophoridine and matrine in rat plasma

A high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method is described for the simultaneous determination of sophoridine and matrine in rat plasma. Sophoridine and matrine in the resulting supernatant of the plasma deproteinized with acetonitrile containing an internal standard (acetanilide) were directly determined by reversed-phase HPLC and ultraviolet detection. The result of limits of quantitation for matrine and sophoridine were 200 and 350 ng/mL in plasma, respectively, and recovery of both analytes was greater than 98%. The assay was linear from 250 to 4000 ng/mL for matrine and from 500 to 8000 ng/mL for sophoridine. Variation over the range of the standard curve was less than 15%. The method was used to determine the concentration-time profiles of matrine and sophoridine in the plasma following oral administration of Kexieling tablets, which is one of the preparations of Kudouzi at a dose equivalent to 30 and 60 mg/kg of matrine and sophoridine, respectively.     

Silica sol/Nano-Au/PVP修饰金电极电致化学发光测定槐定碱

基于槐定碱对联吡啶钌(Ru(bpy)2+3)在电致化学发光中的增敏机理,通过传感器修饰技术,将Silica sol/Nano-Au/PVP修饰到金电极表面,建立了简单、快捷测定槐定碱的新方法。实验表明,最佳实验条件下,在1.6×10-7~1.6×10-4mol/L范围内,槐定碱的浓度与其对应的电化学发光强度值呈良好的线性关系,I=4.000×107c+262.2,r2=0.994 5,检出限(S/N=3)为3.5×10-9mol/L。连续平行测定浓度为1.6×10-5mol/L的槐定碱溶液6次,其相对标准偏差(RSD)为2.9%。该方法具有较高的选择性和灵敏度,样品处理简单快速,用于槐定碱的测定,结果满意。     

Synthesis and Antitumor Effect of Sophoridine Derivatives Bearing an Acyclic Aryloxy Phosphoramidate Mustard Functionality

To elevate the potency of sophoridine, phosphoramidate mustard motif was incorporated to D‐ring opened sophoridine scaffold. A series of acyclic aryloxy phosphoramidate mustard functionalized sophoridine derivatives were synthesized and screened for cytostatic activity in a range of different tumor cell lines (S180, H22, K562, MCF‐7, SMMC‐7721, and LoVo). All these compounds were shown to be more sensitive to S180 and H22 cells with IC₅₀ values ranging from 2.10 to 7.21 μM. In addition, all targeted derivatives distinctly are more cytotoxic to cancer cells than normal cell L929. Compounds 8b , 8c , 8d , and 8e displayed moderate tumor suppression without apparent organ toxicity in vivo against mice bearing H22 liver tumors. Their potential binding modes with DNA topoisomerase I complex have also been investigated.     

Voltammetric Determination of Sophoridine Based on Gold Nanoparticles/L‐cysteine/ Graphene Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode

A new strategy to make the electrochemical sensor was presented, through combining gold nanoparticles (GNPs) with reduced graphene oxide (rGO) via L‐cysteine (L‐cys) as crosslinker. The resulting electrodes were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and electrochemical methods. And it was applied to develop a high‐sensitive electrochemical sensor for determination of sophoridine. Compared with the bare GCE and reduced graphene oxide modified electrode, the resulting electrodes exhibited excellent response toward the oxidation of sophoridine by significantly enhancing the oxidation peak currents and decreasing the overpotential of sophoridine. Under the selected conditions, there exist the linear relation between the oxidation peak currents and sophoridine concentration in the range of 1.0 x 10^‐6～1.0 x 10^‐4 mol L^‐1, with detection limit of 4.0 x 10^‐7 mol L^‐1. At the same time, the method can be successfully applied to the quantitative determination of sophoridine in injection samples and its result is satisfactory.     

A study of the alkaloids ofLeontice albertii

Conclusions 1. Thaspine, N-methylcytisine, anabasine, matrine, leontine, leontalbinine, and the new alkaloids d-sophoridine and albertidine have been isolated from the epigeal part ofL. Albertii Rgl.2. A new spatial structure has been proposed for sophoridine.Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 5, No. 5, pp. 409–412, 1969     

An Extra‐Large‐Pore Zeolite with 24×8×8‐Ring Channels Using a Structure‐Directing Agent Derived from Traditional Chinese Medicine

Extra‐large‐pore zeolites have attracted much interest because of their important applications for processing larger molecules. Although great progress has been made in academic science and industry, it is challenging to synthesize these materials. A new extra‐large‐pore zeolite SYSU‐3 (Sun Yat‐sen University no. 3) has been synthesized by using a novel sophoridine derivative as an organic structure‐directing agent (OSDA). The framework structure was solved and refined using continuous rotation electron diffraction (cRED) data from nanosized crystals. SYSU‐3 exhibits a new zeolite framework topology, which has the first 24×8×8‐ring extra‐large‐pore system and a framework density (FD) as low as 11.4 T/1000 ų. The unique skeleton of the OSDA plays an essential role in the formation of the distinctive zeolite structure. This work provides a new perspective for developing new zeolitic materials by using alkaloids as cost‐effective OSDAs.     

Regio‐selective Reduction of Oxysophoridine by Microorganism Isolated from Soil

Oxysophoridine (OSR), an alkaloid extracted from a traditional Chinese medicine, attracted more and more attention because of remarkable biological activities. Biocatalysis of OSR by 86 stains including soil microbes and endophytic fungi were investigated. Incubation of OSR with soil bacteria T003 identified as Escherichia coli could lead to only one reductive product with highly regio‐selectivity. The structural elucidations of transformation product were achieved mainly by the NMR spectroscopic methods and references. Effect of pH, substrate concentration, conversion time and strain concentration was studied, the optimization of reaction was analyzed by LC‐MS. The production of sophoridine (SR) from OSR was highest at pH 7.0, 36 h of incubation and in presence of 625 μg/mL substrate concentration, 50 μL/mL strain concentration respectively. Biocatalysis was considered the alternatives to preparation of sophoridine with green and sustainable synthetic processes except for less time‐consuming and more environmentally friendly.     

十二烷基苯磺酸钠-异辛烷-正辛醇反胶束萃取苦参生物碱的研究

利用阴离子表面活性剂十二烷基苯磺酸钠(SDBS)与溶剂异辛烷和助溶剂正辛醇形成反胶束体系,用于苦参生物碱的萃取分离。研究了pH值、表面活性剂浓度、增溶水量W0、盐种类及浓度等因素对萃取的影响。结果表明:SDBS-异辛烷-正辛醇反胶束体系对苦参生物碱具有良好的选择性和较高萃取率,在pH 5.0,增溶水量W0 25,0.05 mol/L SDBS,0.05 mol/L KCl,室温,萃取时间5 min,反萃取时间20 min的最佳萃取条件下,氧化苦参碱、氧化槐果碱、槐定碱、苦参碱、槐果碱5种生物碱及总生物碱的萃取率和RSD分别在74.1%～87.2%和0.63%～3.0%之间。本方法选择性高,操作简便。     

Biosynthesis of alkaloids in Sophora alopecuroides

Summary The interconversions of the alkaloids of Sophora alopecuroides L. have been studied by feeding the plants with tritium-labelled alkaloids ([³H]sophoridine, [³H]pachycarpine, [³H]cytisine, [³H]isosophoridine, [³H]allomatrine, and [³H]N-methylcytisine). It has been established that the conformationally stable isomers of the alkaloids — isosophoridine and allomatrine — do not take part actively in the metabolism of the alkaloids. It has also been shown that the alkaloids of the sparteine group are converted into martrine alkaloids in the development of the plant. The methylation of cytisine to N-methylcytisine and the reverse transition have been shown experimentally in the plant organism.V. I. Lenin Tashkent State University. Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the GDR, Halle. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 244–247, March–April, 1977.     

Determination of quinolizidine alkaloids in traditional Chinese herbal drugs by nonaqueous capillary electrophoresis.

A rapid method for the determination of quinolizidine alkaloids by nonaqueous capillary electrophoresis was developed. A total of 10 alkaloids (matrine, sophocarpine, oxymatrine, oxysophocarpine, sophoridine, cytisine, sophoramine, aloperine, lehmannine and dauricine) could be easily separated within 18 min. A running buffer composed of 50 mM ammonium acetate, 10% tetrahydrofuran and 0.5% acetic acid in methanol was found to be the most suitable for this separation. Five of these alkaloids were selected for further studies. The linear calibration ranges were 2.51-50.1 microg/ml for sophoridine and sophocarpine, 2.71-54.2 microg/ml for matrine, 3.30-65.9 microg/ml for oxymatrine, and 3.10-62.0 microg/ml for oxysophocarpine. The recovery of the five alkaloids was 98.0-101.3% with relative standard deviations from 1.03 to 2.68% (n=5). The limits of detection for all 10 alkaloids were over the range 0.93-2.31 microg/ml. The method was successfully applied to the phytochemical analysis of alkaloid extracts from three commonly used traditional Chinese herbal drugs: Sophora flavescens Ait. (Kushen), S. alopecuroides L. (Kudouzi or Kugancao) and S. tonkinensis Gapnep (Shandougen).     

电堆积在线扫集胶束电动色谱法测定苦参中的生物碱

建立了电堆积在线扫集胶束电动色谱法测定苦参碱和槐定碱的新方法.考察了pH值、磷酸二氢钠浓度、CTAB浓度、电压、有机溶剂和进样时间对分离效果的影响.采用未涂层熔融石英毛细管,以20mmol/L磷酸二氢钠-0.8 mmol/L CTAB-100mmol/L Tris(含10%异丙醇,pH 8.9)为缓冲液,在进样电压-1...     

LC-MS characterization of efficacy substances in serum of experimental animals treated with Sophora flavescens extracts

Anti-DHBV (duck hepatitis B virus) activity was found in the aqueous extracts of Sophora flavescens Ait. in vivo. Liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization ion trap mass spectrometry was applied to characterize the components in duck serum after oral administration of S. flavescens extract. Oxymatrine (1), sophoranol (2), sophoridine (3) and matrine (4) were identified in the serum. Further research on the four compounds was evaluated for their antiviral activity against HBV (hepatitis B virus) in cell culture. The results suggested that oxymatrine, sophoranol and matrine were the efficacy substances for anti-HBV activity in aqueous extracts of S. flavescens Ait.