Pressurized hot water extraction of berberine, baicalein and glycyrrhizin in medicinal plants

Pressurized hot water extraction (PHWE) using a laboratory made system was applied for the extraction of thermally labile and reasonably polar components such as berberine in coptidis rhizoma, glycyrrhizin in radix glycyrrhizae/liquorice and baicalein in scutellariae radix. PHWE was carried out dynamically at a flow of 1 ml/min, temperature between 95 and 140 °C, an applied pressure of 10-20 bar and extraction time of 40 min. Extraction by PHWE was found to give efficiencies comparable to Soxhlet extraction for baicalein in scutellariae radix and sonication for berberine in coptidis rhizoma, and glycyrrhizin in radix glycyrrhizae. Effects of ethanol added into the water used in PHWE were explored. Pressurized liquid extraction (PLE) with methanol as solvent was used for extraction of baicalein in scutellariae radix. The marker compounds present in the various medicinal plant extracts were determined by gradient elution HPLC.     

黄芩素稳定性研究

用紫外光谱研究了光、温度、pH、Na2SO3、FeSO4及抗坏血酸对黄芩素稳定性的影响.在室温条件下,黄芩素溶液的吸光度值在6h内强度有明显的下降;当温度升高或在避光条件下,偏酸性黄芩素溶液的吸光度值在6h内强度不变,而碱性条件下依然有下降趋势;但黄芩素溶液加入抗坏血酸或Na2SO3后,吸光度值可稳定不变.本文研究提示:黄芩素对光和pH稳定性差;抗坏血酸和Na2SO3具有提高黄芩素溶液稳定性的作用.     

FT‐Raman and FT‐IR spectral and quantum chemical studies on some flavonoid derivatives: Baicalein and Naringenin

In this study, the experimental and theoretical results on the molecular structures of some flavonoid derivatives (Baicalein and Naringenin) are presented. The FT‐IR and FT‐Raman spectra of the compounds have been recorded together for the first time between 4000–400 cm⁻¹ and 3500–5 cm⁻¹ regions, respectively. The molecular geometry and vibrational wavenumbers of the compounds have been also calculated in their ground states by using ab initio HF and DFT/B3LYP functional with 6‐31G(d,p) basis set used in calculations. The calculations were utilized to the C₁ symmetries of the molecules. All calculations were performed with Gaussian 98 software. The obtained vibrational wavenumbers and optimized geometric parameters were seen to be in good agreement with the experimental data. Scale factors have been used in order to compare how the calculated and experimental data are in agreement. Theoretical infrared intensities were also reported. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

黄芩素激发态分子内质子转移耦合电荷转移反应的实验和理论研究

通过稳态光谱实验和量子化学计算相结合,研究了黄芩素激发态质子转移耦合电荷转移的反应. 实验和计算中S₁态吸收峰的缺失表明S₁态是暗态. S₁暗态导致在实验中观察不到黄芩素在乙醇溶液中的荧光峰,且固体的荧光峰很弱. 黄芩素分子的前线分子轨道和电荷差异密度表明S₁态是电荷转移态,然而S₂态是局域激发态. 计算的黄芩素分子的势能曲线在激发态只有一个稳定点,这表明了黄芩素激发态分子内质子转移的过程是一个无     

AFM and fluorescence spectrascopy investigation for disaggregation of existing Aβ fibrils by baicalein

The wavelength for the peak of fluorescence emission of thioflavin T（ThT） was changed from 445 nm to 481 nm when ThT was added in Aβ solution which indicating theβ-sheet structure of Aβ fibril.The significant decrease in the intensity of fluorescence at 481 nm was observed when the baicalein was added in mixed solution of Aβ and ThT,suggesting that the depolymerization of Aβ fibrils happened and there were Aβfibrils left to react with ThT to keep the initial fluorescence intensity.And the existing Aβfibrils are disaggregated by baicalein in a time- and dose-dependent manner.AFM images of the morphologies of the Aβ_1-42 fibrils obviously changed smaller and more dispersive when baicalein added indicating also the depolymerization of Aβ.The results demonstrate a basis for development of a potential herb drug candidate for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease（AD）.     

黄芩及其制剂中黄芩素和黄芩甙的

用毛细管区带电泳 -电化学检测法测定了黄芩及其制剂中黄芩素和黄芩甙的含量。研究了电极电位、电解液酸度和浓度、电泳电压及进样时间等对电泳的影响 ,得到了较为优化的测定条件。以直径为300μm的碳圆盘电极为检测电极 ,电极电位为0.90V(vsSCE) ,在100mmol/L硼酸盐缓冲液(pH9.0)中 ,上述两组分在8min内完全分离。黄芩素和黄芩甙浓度与电泳峰电流分别在5.0×10 -7～1.0×10 -3mol/L和1.0×10 -6～1.0×10 -3mol/L范围内呈良好线性 ,检出限分别为2.24×10 -7mol/L和5.48×10 -7mol/L。7次测定分别含5.0×10 -4mol/L黄芩素和黄芩甙试样溶液 ,峰高的相对标准偏差分别为3.53%和4.03%。     

黄芩素激发态分子内质予转移耦合电荷转移反应的实验和理论研究

通过稳态光谱实验和量子化学计算相结合,研究了黄芩素激发态质子转移耦合电荷转移的反应. 实验和计算中S1态吸收峰的缺失表明S1态是暗态. S1暗态导致在实验中观察不到黄芩素在乙醇溶液中的荧光峰,且固体的荧光峰很弱. 黄芩素分子的前线分子轨道和电荷差异密度表明S1态是电荷转移态,然而S2态是局域激发态. 计算的黄芩素分子的势能曲线在激发态只有一个稳定点,这表明了黄芩素激发态分子内质子转移的过程是一个无能垒的过程.     

毛细管电泳测定三精双黄连口服液中的黄芩甙元、黄芩甙、绿原酸和咖啡酸

建立了毛细管电泳法测定中药复方制剂双黄连口恨液中黄芩甙元、黄芩甙、绿原酸和咖啡酸的方法,通过研究缓冲溶液pH和浓度、分离电压、进样时间和有饥添加剂的影响优化了分析条件在优化的条件下,20min内实现了4种物质的良好分离黄芩甙元、黄芩甙、绿原酸和咖啡酸峰高和质量浓度分别在0．05～1．50、0.06～1．20、0．02～0．50和0．02～0．50g／L范围内呈良好线性;俭出限分别为0．015、0．020、0．004、0．004g／L基于迁移时间和峰高的重复性分别为：黄芩甙元,1．70％和3．94％;黄芩甙,1．60％和3．63％;绿原酸,1．60％和2．05％;咖啡酸,1．51％和2．83％通过分析实际样品并做加标回收实验验证了该方法的可行性。     

Sensitive Voltammetric Determination of Baicalein at Thermally Reduced Graphene Oxide Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode

This work presents a sensitive voltammetric method for determination of the flavonoid baicalein by using a thermally reduced graphene oxide (TRGO) modified glassy carbon electrode (GCE) in 100 mM KCl‐10 mM sodium phosphate buffer solution (pH 7.40). The surface morphology and structure of TRGO investigated by atomic force microscopy, FT‐IR spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy reveal that the TRGO prepared maintained as single or bilayer sheets and with significant edge‐plane‐like defect sites. The TRGO/GCE modified electrode shows more favorable electron transfer kinetics for potassium ferricyanide and potassium ferrocyanide probe molecules, which are important electroactive compounds, compared with bare GCE and GO/GCE electrodes. The electrochemical behaviors of baicalein at the TRGO/GCE were investigated by cyclic voltammetry, suggesting that the TRGO/GCE exhibits excellent electrocatalytic activity to baicalein. Under physiological conditions, the modified electrode showed linear voltammetric response from 10 nM to 10 µM for baicalein, with a detection limit of 6.0 nM. This work demonstrates that the graphene‐modified electrode is a promising tool for electrochemical determination of flavonoid drugs.     

Synthesis of Ring A‐Modified Baicalein Derivatives

Baicalein, an important active constituent of the traditional Chinese herb Scutellaria baicalensis, exhibited antitumor activity and inhibitory activity against P‐gp 170. The syntheses of 25 baicalein derivatives, 2 – 26 (Table), are described here (Scheme 1). These compounds were systematically modified with O‐alkylation and O‐acylation at HO? C(5), HO? C(6), and HO? C(7), singly or in combination, on the ring A of baicalein in order to evaluate the effects of such modifications on their inhibitory activities against multidrug‐resistant tumor cell lines and P‐gp 170. Highly selective and efficient alkylations at HO? C(7) of peracetylated baicalein were the key to the distinction between HO? C(6) and HO? C(7) of baicalein.