Analysis of Chlorogenic Acid in Herbal Medicines by Capillary Electrophoresis

Atpresent,thecommonlyusedmethodforanalyzingherbalmedicinesishighperformanceliquidchromatography(HPLC).However,theuseofHPLCisrestrictedformanyreasons.Themostseriousproblemisthatthechromatographiccolumniseasilycontaminated.ComparedwithHPLC,capillaryelectrophoresis(CE)ischaracterizedwithhighefficiency,rapidity,lowcostandmultiplemodestobechosen.Inaddition,thecapillarycanbeeasilyregenerated.SoCEisidealforanalyzing"dirty"samples,suchasChineseherbalmedicines.Infact,studiesintheareaarebecoming…     

Feasibility study for the use of near infrared spectroscopy in the qualitative and quantitative analysis of green tea, Camellia sinensis (L.)

This paper indicates the possibility to use near infrared spectroscopy (NIR) combined with PLS as a rapid method to estimate the quality of green tea. NIR is used to build calibration models to predict the content of caffeine, epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) and epicatechin (EC) and for the prediction of the total antioxidant capacity of green tea. For the determination of the total antioxidant capacity, the trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC) method is used. Until now, the prediction of the antioxidant capacity as such by use of NIR has not been reported. For caffeine and TEAC, models are build for the whole green tea leaves and also for the ground leaves. For the polyphenols (EGCG and EC), only models for the whole leaves are investigated. A partial least squares (PLS) algorithm is used to perform the calibration. To decide upon the number of PLS factors included in the PLS model, the model with the lowest root mean square error of cross-validation (RMSECV) for the training set is chosen. The correlation coefficient (r) between the predicted and the reference results for the test set is used as an evaluation parameter for the models: for the TEAC results r=0.90 for the model with the whole leaves, r=0.86 for the model with the powdered leaves are obtained. The caffeine prediction model has a correlation coefficient r=0.96 for the whole leaves and r=0.93 for the ground leaves. The correlation coefficient for the EGCG and the EC content models are, respectively 0.83 and 0.44.     

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.     

粮油作物及茶叶中农药多残留检测的前处理技术进展

综述了粮油作物和茶叶中农药多残留检测的前处理技术,包括超临界流体萃取、加速溶剂萃取、搅拌棒吸附萃取、分散固相萃取、固相微萃取和在线凝胶渗透色谱等样品前处理方式,并详细介绍了各种方法的原理、优点及适用范围,可为粮油作物和茶叶中农药多残留检测技术的发展提供参考。     

茶叶中乙酰甲胺磷及甲胺磷对映体的气相色谱法分离与测定

建立了乙酰甲胺磷、甲胺磷对映体在茶叶基质中的手性拆分与定量方法。比较了2种手性柱对乙酰甲胺磷及甲胺磷对映体的分离效果,并对分离效果较优的BGB-176手性柱进行色谱条件优化。茶叶样品经改良QuEChERS法处理后,气相色谱测定,外标法定量。在0.04,0.08,0.4 mg/kg 3个加标水平下,甲胺磷、乙酰甲胺磷的回收率分别为58.3%~66.4%和50.8%~57.6%,相对标准偏差(n=5)均小于7%。方法检出限为0.003~0.01 mg/kg。该方法简便、可靠,满足分析要求。通过实际样品的检测,发现乙酰甲胺磷、甲胺磷对映体在茶树上存在一定的降解差异。     

Multiresidue method for the fast determination of pesticides in nutraceutical products (Camellia sinensis) by GC coupled to triple quadrupole MS

A method based on QuEChERS (quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe) has been developed and validated for the determination and quantification of more than 140 pesticides in nutraceutical products obtained from green tea (Camellia sinensis). Extraction was performed with acidified acetonitrile (acetic acid 1%, v/v) and a clean‐up step using primary secondary amine (50 mg), graphitized black carbon (100 mg) and magnesium sulfate (200 mg) was needed. Pesticide determination was achieved utilizing GC coupled to triple quadrupole MS/MS using the selective‐reaction monitoring mode. The total run time was 23 min. Pesticides were quantified using matrix‐matched calibration. Recoveries ranged from 70 to 120% and relative SD was lower than 25% at 10, 50, and 100 μg/kg. LOQs were lower than 10 μg/kg. 148 pesticides were validated. The validated method was applied to commercial nutraceutical products, detecting 4,4‐dichlorobenzophenone (28 μg/kg), o,p′‐dicofol (38 μg/kg) and p,p‐dicofol (44 μg/kg) in a few samples.     

Sensitive and selective determination of gallic acid in green tea samples based on an electrochemical platform of poly(melamine) film

In this work, an electrochemical sensor coupled with an effective flow-injection amperometry (FIA) system is developed, targeting the determination of gallic acid (GA) in a mild neutral condition, in contrast to the existing electrochemical methods. The sensor is based on a thin electroactive poly(melamine) film immobilized on a pre-anodized screen-printed carbon electrode (SPCE*/PME). The characteristics of the sensing surface are well-characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and surface water contact angle experiments. The proposed assay exhibits a wide linear response to GA in both pH 3 and pH 7.0 phosphate buffer solutions (PBS) under the optimized flow-injection amperometry. The detection limit (S/N = 3) is 0.076 μM and 0.21 μM in the pH 3 and pH 7 solutions, respectively. A relative standard deviation (RSD) of 3.9% is obtained for 57 successive measurements of 50 μM GA in pH 7 solutions. Interference studies indicate that some inorganic salts, catechol, caffeine and ascorbic acid do not interfere with the GA assay. The interference effects from some orthodiphenolic compounds are also investigated. The proposed method and a conventional Folin–Ciocalteu method are applied to detect GA in green tea samples using the standard addition method, and satisfactory spiked recoveries are obtained.     

Simultaneous chemical fingerprint and quantitative analysis of Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae by accelerated solvent extraction and high‐performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry

Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae (RSG) is a well‐known herbal medicine with the homology of medicine and food. In this study, simultaneous chemical fingerprint and quantitative analysis of the bioactive flavonoid components of RSG were developed using accelerated solvent extraction and high‐performance liquid chromatography coupled with ion trap tandem mass spectrometry. The operational parameters of accelerated solvent extraction including extraction solvent, extraction temperature, static extraction time, solid‐to‐liquid ratio, and extraction cycles were optimized. Hierarchical cluster analysis, similarity analysis, and principal component analysis were performed to evaluate the similarity and variation of the samples collected from several provinces in China. Subsequently, high‐performance liquid chromatography fingerprints were established for the discrimination of 16 batches of RSG samples, and the major six flavonoids, namely, toxifolin, neoastilbin, astilbin, neoisoastilbin, isoastilbin, and engeletin were then quantitatively determined. The calibration curves for all the six analytes showed good linearity (r² > 0.999), and the limits of detection and quantification were less than 0.10 and 0.27 μg·mL^?1, respectively. Therefore, the proposed extraction and determination methods were proved to be robust and reliable for the quality control of RSG.     

高效液相色谱-串联质谱法同时测定茶汤中7种苯甲酰脲类农药残留

建立了高效液相色谱-串联质谱(HPLC-MS/MS)法,结合溶剂提取和固相富集技术同时测定茶汤中氟啶脲、除虫脲、啶蜱脲、氟虫脲、氟铃脲、伏虫隆和杀铃脲7种苯甲酰农药残留的方法。研究了提取溶剂的种类、用量和提取时间,以及固相富集小柱的固定相和流动相对7种苯甲酰脲类农药的提取率、分离度、灵敏度和重现性等的影响。结果表明,在最佳条件下,7种苯甲酰脲类农药在6.5min内被完全分离。7种苯甲酰脲类农药残留的检测限(DL)和定量限(QL)分别为0.08~1.00ng/mL和0.09~3.02ng/mL,加标回收率为90%~105%,相对标准偏差(RSD)小于7%(n=6)。利用所建立的方法成功测定了不同茶汤中上述7种苯甲酰脲类农药残留。该方法具有耗时短、灵敏度高、稳定性好等优点,有助于茶叶安全饮用的准确评价。     

原子荧光法测定茶叶中的硒含量

采用原子荧光法测定茶叶中的硒含量,对样品消解温度及仪器条件进行了优化。还原剂为1.0%硼氢化钾–0.5%氢氧化钾溶液,载流液为3%盐酸溶液。在优化条件下,硒的质量浓度在0~20 ng/mL范围内与荧光强度呈良好的线性关系,相关系数r=0.999,检出限为0.8 ng/mL。该法的加标回收率为88.08%~101.39%,测定结果的相对标准偏差为2.03%~4.84%(n=6)。该方法实际操作性强,准确度高,适用于日常检验工作中对批量茶叶中硒含量的测定。