Chemical fingerprint analysis and quantitative determination of steroidal compounds from Dioscorea villosa,Dioscorea species and dietary supplements using UHPLC‐ELSD

Ultra high‐performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) with evaporative light scattering detection was used for the quantification of steroidal saponins and diosgenin from the rhizomes or tubers of various Dioscorea species and dietary supplements that were purported to contain Dioscorea. The analysis was performed on an Acquity UPLC? system with an UPLC? BEH Shield RP₁₈ column using a gradient elution with water and acetonitrile. Owing to their low UV absorption, the steroidal saponins were observed by evaporative light scattering detection. The 12 compounds could be separated within 15 min using the developed UHPLC method with detection limits of 5–12 µg/mL with 2 μL injection volume. The analytical method was validated for linearity, repeatability, accuracy, limits of detection and limits of quantification. The relative standard deviations for intra‐ and inter‐day experiments were <3.1%, and the recovery efficiency was 97–101%. The total content of standard compounds was found to be in the ranges 0.01–14.5% and 0.9–28.6 mg daily intake for dry plant materials and solid commercial preparations, respectively. UHPLC–mass spectrometry with a quadrupole mass analyzer and ESI source was used only for confirmation of the identity of the various saponins. The developed method is simple, rapid and especially suitable for quality control analysis of commercial products. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Development and validation of a UPLC–MS/MS method for determination of Sarsasapogenin‐AA22 in rat plasma and its application to a pharmacokinetic study

A sarsasapogenin derivative, sarsasapogenin‐AA22 (AA22), with cyclobutylamine at the 3‐hydroxyl position of sarsasapogenin, has great neuroprotective activity in PC12 cells and NO production inhibitory activity in RAW264.7 cell lines. A method was developed to determine AA22 in rat plasma which was further applied to evaluate the pharmacokinetics of AA22 after taking a single dose of AA22. Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry was used in the method, while diosgenin was used as internal standard. A simple protein precipitation based on acetonitrile was utilized. A simple sample cleanup promoted the throughput of the method considerably. The method was validated over the range of 1–1000 ng/mL with a correlation coefficient > 0.99. The lower limit of quantification was 1 ng/mL for AA22 in plasma. Intra‐ and inter‐day accuracies for AA22 were 92–111 and 100–103%, respectively, and the inter‐day precision was <15%. After a single oral dose of 25 mg/kg of AA22, the mean peak plasma concentration of AA22 was 2114 ± 362 ng/mL at 6 h. The area under the plasma concentration–time curve was 196,098 ± 69,375 h ng/mL, and the elimination half‐life was 8.7 ± 2.2 h.     

萃提技术在皂素生产中的应用

天然产物的提取是一个复杂的过程。当溶剂加入到植物原料中时，在溶剂的扩散和渗透作用下，渗透至原料的内部，将原料中可溶性物质进行溶解，从而造成内部及其吸附溶剂和外部溶剂的浓度不一致，存在一定的化学势差，它付之间不断地进行交换，直至它们的化学势趋于一致，内外溶液的浓度达到一种动态平衡，此时原料、吸附溶液和外部溶液的浓度基本保持衡定，溶济提取达到最大效能［１，５］．将该溶液滤出，破坏它们之间的平衡，重新加入新的溶剂促使它们之间进行新的交换，建立一种新的平衡体系，并不断地破坏它们，从而不断地将原料中的成分…     

A new strategy for synthesizing the steroids with side chains from steroidal sapogenins: synthesis of the aglycone of OSW-1 by using the intact skeleton of diosgenin

The protected aglycone of saponin OSW-1, a new antitumor natural product, was synthesized in 13 linear steps in 9.5% overall yield by utilizing the intact skeleton of diosgenin. This strategy demonstrated a higher efficiency than the routine synthesis of steroids with side chains.     

1H and 13C NMR and X‐ray diffraction data for a diosgenyl N,O‐protected glucopyranoside

The assignments of ¹H and ¹³C NMR chemical shifts together with x‐ray diffraction data for synthesized diosgenyl 3,4,6‐tri‐O‐acetyl‐2‐deoxy‐2‐tetrachlorophthalimido‐β‐D ‐glucopyranoside are described. The structure of this glycoside was established by using homo‐ and heteronuclear two‐dimensional NMR techniques. X‐ray diffraction data for this compound are also reported. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Growth kinetics and diosgenin estimation from callus cultures of Costus speciosus (Koen. ex. Retz.)

The present investigation reports the growth kinetics and diosgenin accumulation in callus cultures of Costus speciosus. Effect of explants, media and plant growth regulators was evaluated with respect to callus induction and growth. Out of the two explants viz pseudostem and seed, pseudostem showed maximum callus induction frequency of 90% on MS medium. The fresh weight of callus was maximum (9-folds) on 28th day on 1.0 mg/L picloram containing medium. The callus obtained was white compact hard (WCH). For growth kinetics study pseudostem derived callus was transferred on different media supplemented with 1.0 mg/L picloram. All phases of growth were seen in callus inoculated on all the three media except the absence of stationary phase on MS and SH media. MS medium proved to be the best for maximum biomass accumulation (9-fold) on 28th day of culture and callus in post-exponential phase showed maximum diosgenin accumulation (33 ppm).     

间接原子吸收法测定黄姜中的薯蓣皂甙元

提出了间接测定黄姜中薯蓣皂甙元的原子吸收光谱法。该法基于薯蓣皂甙元能与碱式醋酸铅发生络合反应,生成难溶于水的白色沉淀,经离心分离后,用原子吸收法测定上清液中过量的铅离子,可间接测定薯蓣皂甙元的含量。该法线性范围为0.0~40.0 mg/L;相对标准偏差(relative standard deviation,RSD)为0.9%~1.1%;回收率为98.9%~102.9%。     

黄姜中薯蓣皂甙元的提取、纯化及其鉴定

以湖南浏阳的盾叶薯蓣为实验材料,从发酵时间、水解时间、抽提物的pH值、回流时间对盾叶薯蓣皂甙元提取率的影响进行了研究。结果表明,发酵时间24h,水解4h,回流时间为5h,抽提物pH值近中性时可获得最佳提取率。用硅胶层析加重结晶的方法对薯蓣皂甙元粗品进行了提纯,并对纯品的结构进行了初步鉴定。     

ASE-HPLC法测定黄姜中薯蓣皂甙元的含量

采用ASE200快速溶剂萃取机提取技术和高效液相色谱法,测定黄姜中薯蓣皂甙元的含量。确定了ASE200提取条件以及HPLC测定条件,以甲醇作为流动相,流速1mL/min,UV检测器,测定波长210nm,采用YWGC18柱(150mm×4.6mmi.d.,10μm)。测定皂甙元的线性范围为0.01～2.93g/L,r=0.9996,样品检出限为0.2mg/L,加标回收率为97.1%～99.8%,RSD=1.1%(n=7)。     

薯蓣皂苷元提取方法研究进展

薯蓣皂苷元是薯蓣皂苷的水解产物,它是许多重要甾体激素的前体物质。总结了薯蓣皂苷元提取方法的研究现状,对不同的提取工艺进行了比较。