LC–ESI–MS Determination of 20 Free Amino Acids in Tibetan Medicine Gentiana dahurica with Pre-Column Fluorescence Derivatization |
| |
Authors: | Sun Jing Li Faqiang Xu Wenhua Zhou Guoying You Jinmao Chen Guichen |
| |
Affiliation: | 1.Research Center of National Tibetan Medicine, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 810001, Xining, People’s Republic of China ;2.Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 810008, Xining, People’s Republic of China ;3.College of Chemistry Science, Qufu Normal University, 273165, Qufu, People’s Republic of China ; |
| |
Abstract: | Concentrations of 20 free amino aicds (FAAs) in a famous Tibetan medicine Gentiana dahurica was first investigated using 1,2-benzo-3,4-dihydrocarbazole-9-ethyl chloroformate (BCEOC) as the pre-column fluorescence derivatization reagent by reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-LC). 20 amino acid derivatives (AAD) were separated on a Hypersil BDS C18 column with a good baseline resolution within 65 min. Identification of 20 AAD was by online post-column mass spectrometry with an electrospray ionization (ESI) source. The validation of the method was examined by linearity, repeatability, and detection limits. Most linear correlation coefficients for AAD were >0.9990, and detection limits (at signal-to-noise of 3:1) were 6.5–178.2 fmol. There were 18 FAAs found in G. dahurica, of which seven FAAs were necessary to the people’s health and related to the treatment of liver and gall disease. Variation of concentrations of the 20 FAAs showed geographical distribution difference among populations. Meanwhile a stable genetic diversity of FAAs composition of G. dahurica was also revealed at the species level. Results of the present study proved that the established method was rapid and reproducible for further separation and determination of FAAs in more medicinal plants. |
| |
Keywords: | |
本文献已被 SpringerLink 等数据库收录! |
|