Extraction and determination of tiliroside from Loropetalum chinense / 中草药

Objective: To research the separation, extraction, and quality control of tiliroside from Loropetalum chinense. Methods: The herbs were extracted using ethanol reflux extraction, and then through macroporous resin, depressure silica gel column chromatography, and elution, tiliroside monomer was obtained. Content was determined by the C18 column, mixture of methanol-0.1% phosphoric acid (55:45) as mobile phase at 1.0 mL/min, and UV detection wavelength at 320 nm were used for the determination. Results: Tiliroside can be a good separation of the monomer, with the content of 98%; Tiliroside was better in linear relationship in the range of 0.041-0.513 μg (r = 0.9997). The recovery rate was 100.05%, RSD = 1.50%. Conclusion: Using this method, tiliroside can be better extracted and separated, Meanwhile the determination method is very stable and accurate, and has good repeatability, which can be used for the quality control of tiliroside from L. chinense.

Simultaneous determination of 9 major components of dachengqi tang in rat plasma by UPLC-MS/MS / 中国中药杂志

The study established a UPLC-MS/MS method that is used for simultaneous determination nine major bioactive compounds of Dachengqi Tang in rat plasma. Using Aglient C18 column (2.1 mm x 50 mm,1.7 microm) was chromatographed, using methanol-5 mmol x L(-1) ammonium formate mobile phase gradient, elution 0.3 mL x min(-1). In the plasma pre-treatment process, not only the method of methanol and acetonitrile protein precipitation was investigated, and different factors extraction solvent, the type of the scroll time, the number and the type of extraction solvent, the extraction volume of the extraction solution of liquid-liquid extraction is investigated. Finally, with ibuprofen as an internal standard, using ethyl acetate liquid-liquid extraction method pretreatment blood, N2 dry reconstituted supernatant after centrifugation UPLC-MS/MS analysis, in electrospray ionization (ESI) negative mode, using multiple reaction monitoring mode for testing. The linear range of emodin, rhein, aloe-emodin, chrysophanol, magnolol, honokiol, hesperidin and hesperitin is 0.33-660, 0.40-792, 0.41-827, 0.34-680, 0.45-907, 0.46-927, 0.43-867, 0.34-683, 0.39-787 microg x L(-1) respectively, good linear relationship; and extraction recovery were greater than 69.39%, days after the day of the RSD is less than 15%. This method can be used to study the rat gastric large bearing gas after Dachengqi Tang, the simultaneous determination of nine components in plasma for its pharmacokinetics and efficacy material base to provide a theoretical basis.

Study on determination of anthraquinones in dachengqi tang residues of Magnolia officinalis and Citrus aurantium removed in decoction process / 中国中药杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>The traditional decoction method of Dachengqi Tang is that "First boiling Magnolia officinalis and Citrus aurantium with a pipeful of water, taking out five litres from the decoction, removing residues, adding rheum officinale, boiling again, taking out two litres from it, removing residues, adding mirabilite, boiling it with low fire". According to it, residues of M. officinalis and C. aurantium should be removed after decocting. This essay aims to study the content of anthraquinones, in order to proof whether the removal of residues of M. officinalis and C. aurantium is scientific.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>The traditional method was adopted to prepare Dachengqi Tang. Decoction A (original method) was obtained by removing residues of M. officinalis and C. aurantium, whereas decoction B was obtained without removing residues of M. officinalis and C. aurantium. The content of anthraquinones of both methods was determined with HPLC.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>The content of both combined and free anthraquinones in decoction A was higher than that of decoction B. The content of total anthraquinones in residues of decoction A was lower than that of residue B.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The traditional decoction method of removing residues of M. officinalis and C. aurantium from Dachengqi Tang is scientific, because it improves the dissolution rate of effective ingredients, which provides a theoretical basis for effective substances of the drug.</p>

Rapid quality control in purifying process of Paeoniae Alba Radix extract using near infrared spectroscopy / 中草药

Objective: To establish a fast detection method during the purifying process of the extracts from Paeoniae Alba Radix based on near infrared optical fiber transmission spectroscopy. Methods: The near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) of the eluates by water and 70% ethanol which flowed through the macroporous resin D-101 was measured by NIR transmission optical fiber probe, and the method of pattern recognition was used to study the two processes. Aiming at the process of 70% ethanol elution, the contents of constituents were determined by HPLC as the reference values, and partial least square regression (PLSR) was applied to build the calibration models of paeoniflorm and albiflorin. Results: The processes of water elution and 70% ethanol elution could be accurately monitored with pattern recognition, and the changes of the solvent system could be accurately indicated. The quantitative models were applied to successfully predict the elution curves of Paeoniae Alba Radix extracts from the same batch and different batches on macroporous resin. The root mean square errors of prediction (RMSEP) calculated by PLSR models for paeoniflorm and albiflorin were 0.124, 0.172, and 0.120, 0.133, respectively, and the correlation coefficient between the values calculated by NIRS and HPLC was all greater than 0.992. Conclusion: The method is real time, efficient, and fast, and could be applied to the fast analysis for the purifying process of Chinese materia medica.

Advances in studies compatibility applied toattenuation and synergy of Tripterygium wilfordii / 中国中药杂志

Review the research and development status that Chinese medicine are compatible with Tripterygium wilfordii for attenuation and synergy for recent year. From modern medicine view and Chinese medicine dialectical perspective explain the mechanisms and methods of compatibility applied to attenuation and synergy of T. wilfordii. Provide a reference for reasonable application of other toxic Chinese medicine. Prefer the suggestion that Chinese medicinal formulae can be developed into Chinese medicine compound preparation.