Improved high-performance liquid chromatographic method for simultaneous determination of 12 cytotoxic caged xanthones in gamboges, a potential anticancer resin from Garcinia hanburyi |
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Authors: | Li Song-Lin Song Jing-Zheng Han Quan-Bin Qiao Chun-Feng Xu Hong-Xi |
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Affiliation: | Chinese Medicine Laboratory, Hong Kong Jockey Club Institute of Chinese Medicine, Shatin, N. T., Hong Kong, People's Republic of China. |
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Abstract: | The potential anti-tumor activity of gamboges, a herbal medicine derived from Garcinia hanburyi, has increasingly gained the interest of scientist worldwide. The major components of gamboges are cytotoxic caged xanthones. In the present study, an improved HPLC method was developed to simultaneously quantify 12 caged xanthones, including three pairs of epimers and four pairs of trans-cis isomers, i.e. forbesione, isomorellic acid, morellic acid, R-30-hydroxygambogic acid, S-30-hydroxygambogic acid, isogambogenic acid, gambogenic acid, gambogellic acid, R-isogambogic acid, S-isogambogic acid, R-gambogic acid and S-gambogic acid. This method was validated to be sensitive, precise and accurate with limits of detection of 0.03-0.08 microg/mL, overall intra-day and inter-day variations less than 7.9% and overall recovery over 93.2%. The correlation coefficients (r(2)) of the calibration curves were higher than 0.995 for all analytes. The newly established method was successfully applied to reveal the difference in the chemical profiles and contents of these analytes in gamboges from different origins. It can be concluded that this method was not only an effective quality control method to ensure the safety and efficacy consistency of gamboges, but also a useful tool for screening and determining more potent cytotoxic xanthones with potential anticancer activity. |
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Keywords: | gamboges Garcinia hanburyi caged xanthones gambogic acid HPLC |
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