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OBJECTIVE To extract and isolate the four chemical components of Yao medicine Ventilago leiocarpa， and to conduct identification and content determination for them. METHODS The chemical components of V. leiocarpa were separated and purified by solvent extraction， extraction， silica gel column chromatography and preparative liquid chromatography； then the chemical structures of four isolated compounds were identified based on their spectral data. The contents of four components were determined by high performance liquid chromatography（HPLC）-quantitative analysis of multi-components by single-marker （QAMS） method， with the following chromatographic conditions： chromatographic column was Echway GowonTM C18 （250 mm× 4.6 mm， 5 μm）. The mobile phase was acetonitrile-0.1% phosphoric acid for gradient elution； the detection wavelength was 269 nm， and the column temperature was 25 ℃ . Using emodin as internal reference， the relative correction factors （fi/s） between emodin and the other 3 components were established and used to calculate the content. At the same time， the content of each component was calculated with the external standard method （ESM）， and the differences between these two methods were compared. RESULTS Four compounds were isolated from V. leiocarpa， and they were identified as emodin， frangulin A， pleuropyrone A， emodin-8-O-β-D-glucoside. The result of HPLC-QAMS showed that the fi/s of pleuropyrone A， emodin-8-O-β-D- glucoside and frangulin A were 1.147 2， 0.874 7 and 0.644 4， respectively. The content of these four components was measured as a good linearity （r≥0.999 6）； relative standard deviation （RSD） of precision， stability and reproducibility tests were all lower than 2.00%， and average recoveries were E-mail：dearhuangjianyou@126.com 99.41%-100.46%（RSD≤2.05%）. There was no significant difference between QAMS method and ESM （RSD＜3.00%）. CONCLUSIONS Emodin， frangulin A， pleuropyrone A and emodin- 8-O-β-D-glucoside are isolated from V. leiocarpa； among them， the last three components are all isolated from for the first time. The established HPLC-QAMS method is accurate and reliable for the determination of 4 components in V. leiocarpa， and can used for quality control of V. leiocarpa.
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OBJECTIVE@#To explore the antitumor effects of ethanol extract from Ventilago leiocarpa Benth (EEVLB) on sarcoma 180 (S180) tumor-bearing mice and the potential mechanism.@*METHODS@#Sixty mice were randomly assigned to 6 groups according to a random number table: normal group, model group, 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) group (0.02 g·kg@*RESULTS@#EEVLB with different concentrations achieved inhibition of tumor growth in vivo, wherein the high-dose group showed the most significant reduction in tumor weight and increased apoptosis of tumor cells (P<0.05). In addition, both net weight gain and spleen index of mice showed uptrend in EEVLB treatment groups (P<0.05). Besides, serum levels of IL-2 and IL-6, percentages of CD3@*CONCLUSIONS@#EEVLB exhibits promising antitumor activity in vivo. This effect might be due to activation of apoptotic signaling pathway, increase of cytokine levels and enhancement of immune function in tumor-bearing mice.