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In this study, untargeted metabolomics technology based on ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole/time of flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-Q-TOF-MS/MS) was used to analyze and identify the overall chemical components of Juniperri Caulis et Folium. Chemical markers for the identification of different Juniperri Caulis et Folium species were screened by integrated principal component analysis and partial least squares discriminant analysis. A total of 58 chemical components were detected and 46 of them were identified, including 26 flavonoids, 8 organic acids and their derivatives, 4 phenylpropanoids, 3 terpenoids, and 5 other components. Among them, methylsyringin and ekersenin were identified for the first time. In the positive ion mode, 12 markers were screened, and in the negative ion mode, 13 markers were screened for species identification. In summary, UPLC-Q-TOF-MS/MS metabonomics technology combined with chemometrics method can effectively reveal the chemical composition differences of different Juniperri Caulis et Folium species, and provide reference for its species identification and quality control.
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Objective To prepare pH sensitive gel for eye cornea of salvianolic acid B and accomplish in vitro release study. Me thods We used corneal permeability, eye irritation in rabbits, hydration of the cornea, viscosity, gel capacity, transparency, liquidity as index, to select pH sensitive gel matrix composition. Re s ults The gel composition was: 0.5％ of salvianolic acid B, 0.14％ Carbomer, 0.3％ HPMC, 0.05％ Azone, 0.1％ ethylparaben and 0.2％ Vc. The corneal hydration level was 77.32±1.88.The gel released 27.21％ drug in 15 min, and released 97.44％ drug in 6 h. By research of corneal permeability, the cumulative release of gel was bigger than the one of saline (P＜0.05). Conclus ions The selection of the gel matrix prescription is reasonable in design, simple in process, not harsh to eyes, and can prolong the retention time of drug in corneas and improve the corneal penetration.
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AIM To establish an HPLC method for the simultaneous content determination of echinacoside,verbascoside,aucubin,pinoresinol diglucoside,epimedin A,epimedin B,epimedin C,icariin and baohuoside Ⅰ in Jingang Tablets (Cistanches Herba,Eucommiae Cortex,Epimedii Folium,etc.).METHODS The analysis of 50％ methanol extract of this drug was performed on a 30 ℃ thermostatic Agilent TC-C18 column (250 mm × 4.6 mm,5 μm),with the mobile phase comprising of (methanol-acetonitrile)-0.2％ phosphoric acid flowing at 1.0 mL/min in a gradient elution manner,and the detection wavelengths were set at 330,208 and 270 nm.RESULTS Nine constituents showed good linear relationships within their own ranges (r ＞ 0.999 0),whose average recoveries were 96.64％-100.08％ with the RSDs of 0.71％-1.76％.CONCLUSION This sensitive and accurate method can be used for the quality control of Jingang Tablets.