Content determination of five constituents in Shenfukang Ⅱ capsule by HPLC / 中国药房

OBJECTIVE To develop an HPLC method for the simultaneous dete rmination of morroniside ，loganin，paeoniflorin， salvianolic acid B and icariin in Shenfukang Ⅱ capsule. METHODS The determination was performed on Agilent 5 TC-C18 column with mobile phase consisted of acetonitrile- 0.1％ phosphate acid （gradient elution ）at the flow rate of 1 mL/min. The column temperature was 30 ℃，and detection wavelength was set at 240 nm. The sample size was 10 μL. RESULTS The linear range of morroniside，loganin，paeoniflorin，salvianolic acid B and icariin were 4.80-240.00，4.84-242.00，7.00-350.00，4.72-236.00 and 5.18-259.00 μg/mL（r≥0.999 8），respectively. RSDs of precision ，stability and reproducibility tests were all lower than 3％（n＝6）. Average recoveries were 97.22％-101.36％ with the RSDs of 1.19％-2.43％（n＝6）. The contents of above 5 components in 5 batches of samples were 2.019 3-2.360 0，1.624 2-1.847 1，5.637 7-6.828 0，5.015 9-5.717 0 and 1.208 8-1.754 6 mg/g，respectively. CONCLUSIONS The method is simple ，accurate and reproducible. It can improve the quality control level of Shenfukang Ⅱ capsule.

Discussion for Quality Control of Chinese Patent Drugs from Quality Difference Among Different Dosage Forms of Liuwei Dihuang Preparations / 中国实验方剂学杂志

Objective:Through comprehensive evaluation and analysis of the quality of Liuwei Dihuang （LWDH） preparations from different manufacturers and combining factors such as production technology， the key factors in the quality control of LWDH preparations are explored to provide a reference for improving the quality control level of LWDH preparations. Method:Morroniside， loganin and paeonol as quality control markers of LWDH products were determined by high performance liquid chromatography （HPLC）， the mobile phase was acetonitrile （A） -0.3% phosphoric acid aqueous solution （B） for gradient elution （0-5 min， 5%-8%A； 5-20 min， 8%A； 20-35 min， 8%-20%A； 35-45 min， 20%-60%A； 45-55 min， 60%A）， the detection wavelength of paeonol was at 274 nm， and the detection wavelengths of morroniside and loganin were at 240 nm. The quality characteristics of LWDH preparations with different dosage forms （big candied pills， water-honeyed pills， concentrated pills， hard capsules and soft capsules） from different manufacturers were analyzed. Combined these results with their actual production processes， the key-points of quality control in the whole production process were discussed. Result:The contents of three index ingredients in 128 batches of LWDH preparations were all in conformity with the standards of the 2015 edition of <italic>Chinese Pharmacopoeia</italic>， however， the content limit of some dosage forms in the current standard was unreasonable. For example， although the daily dose of crude drugs for big candied pills were almost twice the dose of water- honeyed pills （15.00， 8.57 g， respectively）， they got exactly the same daily limits of the contents for both the quality markers. What′s more， these two formulations had the same process， so the differences between the process obviously could not be the reason of these differences. Conclusion:It is recommended that for the products with different dosage forms should have a similar content limits， if there are no obvious distinctions between their production processes. Which may benefit the quality control of the products with multi-dosage forms. The research on the quality standards of proprietary Chinese medicines should deeply study the existing characteristics of the quality standards， and fully respect the laws of the quality attributes of traditional Chinese medicines and the rules of the production process of Chinese patent medicines.

Simultaneous Determination of 4 Components in Huanshao Capsules by HPLC / 中国药房

OBJECTIVE：To estab lish a me thod for simultaneous determination of morroniside ，loganin，echinacoside and acteoside in Huanshao capsules. METHODS ：HPLC method was adopted. The determination was performed on Zhongpuhong RD-C18 column with mobile phase consisted of acetonitrile- 0.1％ formic acid solution （gradient elution ）at the flow rate of 1.0 mL/min. The detection wavelength was set at 240 nm （morroniside，loganin） and 330 nm （echinacoside，acteoside）. The column temperature was set at 35 ℃，and sample size was 10 μL. RESULTS：The linear range were 5.29-105.80 μg/mL for morroniside， 4.49-89.88 mg/L for loganin ，16.26-325.25 mg/L for echinacoside and 16.31-326.25 mg/L for acteoside ，r values were 0.999 9. RSDs of precision ，stability （24 h），reproducibility and durability tests were all lower than 2.0％ . The recoveries were 94.34％ -96.23％（RSD＝0.81％ ，n＝6），97.04％ -98.89％（RSD＝0.73％ ，n＝6），96.23％ -98.08％（RSD＝0.82％ ，n＝6）， 95.40％-98.47％（RSD＝1.23％，n＝6），respectively. The contents of above 4 components in 11 batches of Huanshao Capsules were 0.190-0.704，0.439-0.857，2.723-4.475 and 0.589-1.035 mg/g，respectively. CONCLUSIONS ：Established method is specific ， precise and can be used for content determination of 4 components in Huanshao capsules.

Pharmacokinetic study on six active ingredients of Qikui Sustained-release Tablets in rabbit plasma / 中草药

Objective: To compare the differences in pharmacokinetic behavior of six ingredients in Qikui Sustained-release Tablets in rabbit plasma. Qikui Granules was taken as reference. Methods: Diazepam was used as internal standard. LC-MS/MS detection methods of astragaloside, hyperin, isoquercitrin, rutin, morroniside, and loganin in rabbit plasma were established, and pharmacokinetic parameters of six components were calculated. Results: Six active ingredients’ equation of linear regressions were: astragaloside Y = 1.0 × 10-4 X - 0.009 9 (r = 0.999 7), morroniside Y = 1.0 × 10-4 X + 0.038 7 (r = 0.999 4), loganin Y = 3.0 × 10-5 X + 0.008 7 (r = 0.999 3), hyperin Y = 1.0 × 10-3 X - 0.016 1 (r = 0.999 0), rutin Y = 5.0 × 10-4 X - 0.011 5 (r = 0.999 4), isoquercitrin Y = 1.7 × 10-3X - 0.307 5(r = 0.999 2). Intra-day and inter-day precision and accuracy and recovery rate were up to the mustard. After Qikui Sustained-release Tablets and Qikui Granules being given by gavege, the maximal concentration (Cmax) of morroniside, loganin, astragaloside, rutin, hyperin, and isoquerctirin in Qikui Granules were (1.333 ± 0.051), (1.238 ± 0.164), (0.83 ± 0.079), (0.127 ± 0.017),(0.444 ± 0.048), and (0.223 ± 0.048) mg/L, t1/2 were (3.848 ± 0.311), (3.822 ± 0.757), (4.982 ± 1.14), (3.73 ± 0.298), (4.732 ± 0.642), and (5.132 ± 0.901) h, respectively, AUC(0-t) were (3.069 ± 0.307), (2.891 ± 0.943), (2.079 ± 0.306), (0.313 ± 0.068), (1.087 ± 0.177), (0.496 ± 0.129) mg∙h/L, respectively, Cmax of morroniside, loganin, astragaloside, rutin, hyperin, and isoquerctirin in Qikui Sustained-release Tablets were (0.985 ± 0.13), (0.961 ± 0.175), (0.693 ± 0.101), (0.094 ± 0.012), (0.354 ± 0.045), (0.201 ± 0.037) mg/L, t1/2 were (4.691 ± 0.337), (5.62 ± 1.64), (6.408 ± 0.707), (4.103 ± 0.341), (6.048 ± 0.882), (5.803 ± 0.59) h, AUC(0-t) were (5.191 ± 1.046), (6.168 ± 1.25), (4.293 ± 0.823), (0.485 ± 0.103), (1.84 ± 0.432), (0.924 ± 0.19) mg∙h/L. Contrast with Qikui Granules, relative bioavailability of morroniside, loganin, astragaloside, rutin, hyperin, and isoquerctirin in Qikui Sustained-release Tablets were 169.1%, 213.3%, 206.5%, 156.0%, 169.3%, and 186.3%, respectively. Conclusion: Qikui Sustained-release Tablets can significantly improve the bioavailability of each active ingredient in rabbit.

Methodology Study on Rapid Quality Control of Liuwei Dihuang Capsule by AOTF-near Infrared Spectroscopy / 中国药房

OBJECTIVE： To establish the method for the rapidly non-destructive quality control of Liuwei dihuang capsule. METHODS： AOTF-NIR spectrometry was adopted. Taking 80 batches of Liuwei dihuang capsule produced by a manufacturer in recent three years as samples， HPLC chromatogram was adopted to determine the contents of loganin， morroniside， paeonol， paeoniflorin and ursolic acid； the content of water was determined according to general principles stated in 2015 edition of Chinese Pharmacopeia （part Ⅰ）. Taking 70 batches of samples as correction set， the partial least square method and the cross-validation algorithm were used to establish the NIR quantitative model of 6 indexes in Liuwei dihuang capsules with the Unscrambler quantitative analysis software. Taking residual 10 batches of samples as validation set， external validation was conducted for the model. RESULTS： The correlation coefficients （R2） of internal and external validation of loganin， morroniside， paeonol， paeoniflorin， the content of water quantitative model were all greater than 0.9； the correction of standand deviation （RMSEC） were 0.372 8， 0.025 4， 0.263 3， 0.288 5， 0.186 7 and 0.037 7； the prediction of standard deviation （RMSEP） were 0.462 2， 0.077 5， 0.472 1， 0.634 9， 0.293 4 and 0.206 9； the external verification showed that mean deviations of preclicted value to actual value were 6.04％， 6.05％， 5.87％， 6.97％， 5.62％ and 4.83％， with the mean deviation less than 10％.CONCLUSIONS：The established method can achieve rapidly non-destructive analysis Liuwei dihuang capsule.

Protective effect and mechanism of morroniside on TNF-α-induced MC3T3-E1 cells via inhibiting inflammation / 中草药

Objective To investigate the effects of morroniside extracted from root-bark of Sambucus williamsii on TNF-α-induced MC3T3-E1 cell inflammation, and explore its mechanism of action including Caspase, MAPK, and NF-κB signaling pathway. Methods MC3T3-E1 cells were cultured in medium containing TNF-α (50 ng/mL) and different doses of morroniside. The cell viability was examined by MTT assay, and the levels of IL-1β and IL-6 in the supernatants were identified by ELISA. The expressions of Caspase-3, Caspase-9, p-ERK, p-JNK, p-p38, p-IκBα, IκBα, and NF-κB on the protein level was tested by Western blotting. Results MTT assay results showed that morroniside could promote the proliferation of MC3T3-E1 cells and protect the MC3T3-E1 cells induced by TNF-α. ELISA results showed that the expressions of IL-1β and IL-6 were inhibited. Meanwhile, morroniside could reduce the expression of Caspase3, Caspase9, p-ERK, p-JNK, p-p38, and p-IκBα protein, and increase IκBα protein expression while there was no significant difference in the expression of NF-κB p65. Conclusion Morroniside has protective effect on TNF-α-induced MC3T3-E1 cells inflammation. The possible related mechanism is that morroniside inhibits the release of inflammatory cytokines, the activation of MAPK and NF-κB pathway, and the expression of Caspase, thereby inhibiting the apoptosis of MC3T3-E1 cells.

Comparative Study on Glycosides Content in Liuwei Dihuang Decoction and Cornus Officinalis - Cortex Moutan Couple / 中国中医药信息杂志

Objective To establish an HPLC method for the content determination of morroniside, sweroside, paeoniflorin and loganin of Liuwei Dihuang Decoction and its Cornus Officinalis-Cortex Moutan couple; To discuss the relationship between the whole prescription and the couple of main pharmacodynamic components. Methods The HPLC method was used at Hypersile C18 column (4.6 mm × 250 mm, 5 μm); the mobile phase consisted of methanol-water (24:76); the detective wavelength was 236 nm; the flow rate was 1.0 mL/min; the column temperature was 30 ℃. Results The linear ranges of morroniside, sweroside, paeoniflorin and loganin were among 0.480–7.680 μg (r=0.999 3), 0.103–1.650 μg (r=0.999 5), 0.120–1.920 μg (r=0.999 1) and 0.227–3.630 μg (r=0.999 7), respectively. The average recovery rates and RSD were 102.79%, 102.29%, 100.99%, 102.48%, and 1.73%, 1.48%, 1.32%, 0.75%, respectively. The contents of morroniside, sweroside and paeoniflorin in Liuwei Dihuang Decoction were slightly higher than that in Cornus Officinalis - Cortex Moutan couple, and the contents of loganin were almost the same. Conclusion The method is simple, stable, accurate and reproducible. It can be used for content determinate of glycosides in Liuwei Dihuang Decoction and Cornus Officinalis-Cortex Moutan couple. Cornus Officinalis-Cortex Moutan couple has the glycosides with tonifying kidney effect of Liuwei Dihuang Decoction.

Morroniside on anti-inflammation activities in rats following acute myocardial infarction

Our previous studies have confirmed that morroniside has neuroprotective effects. However, the effects of morroniside on cardiac myocardium remain unknown. Rats were anaesthetized with 10% chloral hydrate (0.35~0.4 mL/kg) and an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) was induced by ligating the anterior descending coronary artery (LAD). Following AMI, morroniside was administered intragastrically for 3 consecutive days at doses of 45, 90 and 180 mg/kg, respectively. Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and cardiac troponin T (cTnT) activities in AMI rats in the serum were detected with commercial kits. The expression of IL-6, IL-1β and TNF-α in myocardium was detected by Western blotting analysis. We observed a significant decline in the Q(q) wave amplitude in morroniside-treated rats after 72 h. Additionally, treatment of morroniside decreased the levels of LDH and cTnT in AMI rats. We also observed that morroniside reduced the expression of IL-6, IL-1β and TNF-α in myocardium. Taken together, our findings demonstrate that morroniside had effective anti-inflammatory properties in AMI rats.

Simultaneous determination of five constituents in Shanzhuyu Formulated Granules by QAMS / 中成药

AIM To establish a quantitative analysis of multi-components by single mark (QAMS) method for the simultaneous content determination of five constituents in Shanzhuyu Formulated Granules (Corni Fructus).METHODS The analysis of 80％ methanol extract of this drug was performed on a 30 ℃ thermostatic Wondasil C18column (4.6 mm × 250 mm,5 μm),with the mobile phase comprising of acetonitrile-0.3％ phosphoric acid flowing at 1.0 mL/min in a gradient elution manner,and the detection wavelength was set at 335 nm.With morroniside as an internal standard,the relative correction factors of gallic acid,5-hydroxymethylfurfural,loganin and cornuside were established,followed by the determination of their contents.RESULTS Gallic acid,5-hydroxymethylfurfural,morroniside,loganin and cornuside showed good linear relationships within the ranges of 0.0120-0.120,0.026 8-0.268,0.074 4-0.744,0.058 6-0.586 and 0.0086-0.086 μg (r≥ 0.9999),whose average recoveries (RSDs) were 103.43％ (1.45％),103.36％ (1.50％),104.47％ (0.30％),102.08％(1.74％) and 104.01％ (0.62％),respectively.The results obtained by QAMS approximated those obtained by external standard method.CONCLUSION This stable and reliable method can be used for the quality control of Shanzhuyu Formulated Granules.

Simultaneous determination of five constituents in Shanzhuyu Formulated Granules by QAMS / 中成药

AIM To establish a quantitative analysis of multi-components by single mark (QAMS) method for the simultaneous content determination of five constituents in Shanzhuyu Formulated Granules (Corni Fructus).METHODS The analysis of 80％ methanol extract of this drug was performed on a 30 ℃ thermostatic Wondasil C18column (4.6 mm × 250 mm,5 μm),with the mobile phase comprising of acetonitrile-0.3％ phosphoric acid flowing at 1.0 mL/min in a gradient elution manner,and the detection wavelength was set at 335 nm.With morroniside as an internal standard,the relative correction factors of gallic acid,5-hydroxymethylfurfural,loganin and cornuside were established,followed by the determination of their contents.RESULTS Gallic acid,5-hydroxymethylfurfural,morroniside,loganin and cornuside showed good linear relationships within the ranges of 0.0120-0.120,0.026 8-0.268,0.074 4-0.744,0.058 6-0.586 and 0.0086-0.086 μg (r≥ 0.9999),whose average recoveries (RSDs) were 103.43％ (1.45％),103.36％ (1.50％),104.47％ (0.30％),102.08％(1.74％) and 104.01％ (0.62％),respectively.The results obtained by QAMS approximated those obtained by external standard method.CONCLUSION This stable and reliable method can be used for the quality control of Shanzhuyu Formulated Granules.

Effects of Rehmanniae Radix Preparata and Poria on decoction amounts of three constituents in Corni Fructus / 中成药

AIM To study the effects of Rehmanniae Radix Preparata (A) and Poria (B) on decoction amounts of loganin,morroniside and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural in Corni Fructus (C).METHODS These three medicinal materials were combined one another and divided into seven groups (A,B,C,A + B,A + C,B + C and A + B + C).Then the contents of three constituents were determined by HPLC.RESULTS Compared with the single decoction of Corni Fructus,the decoction amounts of loganin and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural were decreased,and that of morroniside was increased at the time of mixed decoction of Rehmanniae Radix Preparata and Corni Fructus,or Rehmanniae Radix Preparata,Poria and Corni Fructus.This situation was just the contrary at the time of mixed decoction of Poria and Corni Fructus.CONCLUSION The mixed decoction of Corni Fructus,Rehmanniae Radix Preparata and Poria increases the decoction amount of morroniside,which may make mixed decoction liquid show better efficacy.

A New Iridoid glucoside from the Ripe Fruits of Cornus officinalis Sieb. et Zucc / 中国药学杂志

OBJECTIVE: To study the chemical constituents from the ripe fruits of Cornus officinalis Sieb. et Zucc., and evaluate their protection on PC12 cells exposed to oxygen and glucose deprivation. METHODS: The compounds were isolated through various chromatographic methods including macroporous adsorption resin, silica gel, ODS, Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography, and preparative HPLC, and their structures were determined through spectroscopic analysis, including 1D and 2D NMR and MS data. RESULTS: Eight compounds were isolated from the water extract of the ripe fruits of Cornus officinalis Sieb. et Zucc., and their structures were elucidated as 6'-O-acetyl-7β-O-ethyl morroniside (1), chrysoderol(2), luteolin(3), 5-hydroxymethylfurfural(4), syringate(5),p-hydroxybenzoic acid(6), caffeic acid methyl ester(7), ethyl gallate(8). CONCLUSION: Compound 1 is a new iridoid glucoside, and compounds 2, 3, 5, 7 are obtained from Cornus officinalis for the first time. The MTT results show that compound 4 moderately increases the viability of OGD/R treated PC12 cells at the concentration of 1.0 μmol·L-1.

Metabolomic study of morroniside on human umbilical vein endothelial cells injury induced by advanced glycation end products / 中草药

Objective: To research endogenous metabolites changes of model group on human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) injury induced by advanced glycation end products (AGEs) and the accommodation mechanism of morroniside (active components in Cornus officinalis) on the abnormal metabolism. To find potential biomarkers which morroniside protected the injured HUVECs, and to explore mechanisms of morroniside in treatment of HUVECs injury induced by AGEs. Methods: HUVECs were cultivated in vitro, HUVECs injury model was established by the induction of AGEs. Cells were divided into three groups, control group, model group, and treatment group. Cell samples of three groups were determined with UPLC-Q-TOF/MS. Pattern recognition methods including PCA, PLS-DA, and OPLS-DA were applied to analyze multivariate data, and t-test was used in significant statistical analysis. It was used to find out potential biomarkers. Metabolomic feature network graphs were constructed ingenuity pathway analysis (IPA). Results: In pattern recognition, control group, model group, and treatment group could be distinguished better from each other. According to VIP values, 30 ions which had a significant contribution to the classification were screened further, 10 potential metabolic biomarkers were identified qualitatively. These endogenous substances of the cells in treatment group in vivo had varying degrees of recovery. Five metabolic pathways were identified, and a metabolomic feature network of morroniside to protect against HUVECs injury induced by AGEs was constructed. Conclusion: Changed metabolities on HUVECs injury induced by AGEs can be certainly recovered by morroniside, and the treatment effect of morroniside can be connected with the regulation of five related metabolic pathways.

Studies on quality specification of Zishen Yangyin Granules / 中草药

Objective: To establish methods of qualitative identification and quantitative determination for Zishen Yangyin Granules (ZYG). Methods: The TLC method was used to identify the herb by mixture of chloroform-methanol (31) as a developing solvent on high performance silica gel precoated plate (HSGF254) and using 5% vanillic aldehyde sulfuric acid as a chromogenic reagent for qualitative identification of Corni Fructus; TLC identification of Eclipta prostrata, Alismatis Rhizoma, and Moutan Cortex was performed on high performance silica gel precoated plate (HSGF254) with petroleum ether (60-90 ℃)-chloroform-ethyl acetate (312) as developing solvent. The same developing method was used to identify E. prostrata, A. Rhizoma, and paneol in M. Cortex of ZYG by different detected method at the same time. The contents of morroniside, loganin, hyperoside, specnuezhenide, and paeonol were analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography on C18 column (250 mm × 4.6 mm, 5 μm) with the mobile phase of acetonitrile-0.1% trifluoroacetic acid by gradient elution. The detection wavelength was set at 254 nm. Results: Morroniside and loganin were used to identify C. Fructus in ZYG, paeonol in M. Cortex can be identified at 254 nm; Some substances in E. prostrata can be identified at 366 nm; Some substances in A. Rhizoma can be detected in sunlight, with 5% phosphomolybdic acid in ethanol as a chromogenic reagent. The TLC separation was desirable with moderate Rf value and clear spot. The methodology validation for the assay of morroniside, loganin, hyperoside, specnuezhenide, and paeonol presented that they were in good linear correlation in the ranges of 4.432-110.8, 4.192-104.8, 4.040-101.0, 4.132-103.3, and 4.076-101.9 μg/mL, The correlation coefficients of indicator were over 0.999 7. The average recoveries were between 96.57% and 98.67%. The RSD value of intra-day precision was less than 2% and the RSD value of inter-day precision was less than 3%. The method has good stability and reproducibility. Conclusion: The methods of quality control are specific, reproducible, accurate, and suitable, which can be successfully applied to the quality control of ZYG.

Simultaneous determination of morroniside, loganin, cornuside, oleanolic acid, and ursolic in Corni Fructus terpenoids medicinal preparation base on RP-HPLC / 中草药

Objective: To establish RP-HPLC strategy to simultaneously determine the terpenoids constitute of Corni Fructus preparation which is useful for the intervention of acute immunological liver injury in mice induced by concanavalin A (ConA), including morroniside, loganin, cornuside, oleanolic acid and ursolic, thus providing a scientific basis on the quality controls of Corni Fructus terpenoids and related medicinal preparations. Methods: RP-HPLC method and Zorbax SB-C18 column (150 mm × 4.6 mm, 5 μm) chromatographic column were employed; 2 mmol/L γ-cyclodextrin was added into the mobile phase containing acetonitrile and 0.1% ortho-phosphoric acid for gradient elution; The volume flow was 1.0 mL/min, the column temperature was 30 ℃ and the detection wavelengths were 240, 360, and 210 nm; The injection volume was 3 μL. Results: The linear range in morroniside, loganin, cornuside, oleanolic acid, and ursolic acid was 10.42—333.33, 23.44—750.00, 9.11—291.67, 10.42—333.33, and 13.02—416.67 mg/L, respectively; The average recovery in the selected samples was 95.60%—98.02%, RSD was 1.47%—1.89%; The repeatability RSD was 1.46%—1.71%; The stability RSD was 1.29%—1.76%; Six batches of the Corni Fructus terpenoids medicinal preparation contained the average quality of morroniside, loganin, cornuside, oleanolic acid, and ursolic acid respectively was 669.6—680.2, 850.1—869.5, 94.1—96.4, 164.3—166.1, and 85.6—87.6 mg/L. Conclusion: The method established in this study is a credible way to determine the concents of morroniside, loganin, ornuside, oleanolic acid, and ursolic acid in the Corni Fructus terpenoids medicinal preparation with its simplicity, good repeatability, high sensibility and recovery rate.

Chemical constituents from ripe fruit of Cornus officinalis / 中国中药杂志

To investigate the chemical compounds from the fruit of Cornus officinalis, six compounds were isolated and determined by extensive spectroscopic analysis as 6'-O-acetyl-7α-O-ethyl morroniside (1), (-)-isolariciresinol 3α-O-β-D-glucopyranoside(2), apigenin (3), cirsiumaldehyde(4), p-coumaric acid (5), caffeic acid (6). Compound 1 was a new iridoid glucoside,and compounds 2-4 were obtained from the Cornus genus for the first time. Compounds 2-6 were evaluated for the viability of PC12 cells when exposed in conditions of oxygen and glucose deprivation. The MTT results showed that compound 4 increased cell viability moderately in OGD/R treated PC12 cells at the concentration of 1.0 μmol•L⁻¹.

Protective effect of loganin and morroniside on HUVEC injury induced by advanced glycation end products / 中国药理学通报

Aim To observe the protective mechanism of loganinand morroniside ( active components in Cornus officinalis) on HUVEC injury induced by advanced glycation end products ( AGEs ) .Methods HUVECs were cultured in vitro and divided into control group , model group ( AGEs group ) , loganin group , morroni-side group and aminoguanidine group ( set as positive control).After being incubated with loganin and mor-roniside( final concentrations were 100,10,1 μmol?L-1 ) for 1 h, HUVECs were stimulated by AGEs of 200 mg? L-1 for 24 h.Then, the cell viability was measured by using MTT method .The supernatant was extracted and the levels of NO ,ET-1,MCP-1,VCAM-1 were measured by the corresponding kits .Receptors of advanced glycation end products ( RAGE ) and NF-κB in HUVEC were detected by Western blot .Results Loganin and morroniside could inhibit HUVEC injury induced by AGEs .In model group ,the contents of ET-1,MCP-1,VCAM-1 increased(P<0.01),the content of NO decreased ( P <0.01 ) and the expression of RAGE and NF-κB increased(P<0.01); however,lo-ganin and morronside could reduce the ET-1,MCP-1, VCAM-1contents,increase the NO content and down-regulate the expression of RAGE and NF-κB to differ-ent extents .Conclusion Loganin and morroniside could ameliorate HUVEC injury , and its mechanism may be related to inhibit inflammation , the improve-ment of endothelial cell function , and the decrease of the expression of RAGE .

Effects of Morroniside on Expression of CD34 in Ipsilateral Cortex of Focal Cerebral Ischemia-reperfusion Rats / 中国康复理论与实践

Objective To explore the effects of morroniside on the expression of CD34 in ipsilateral cortex of rats after focal cerebral isch-emia-reperfusion. Methods 45 male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into sham group (n=9), ischemia group (n=9), and morroniside groups (low, medium and high dosage groups, n=9). The middle cerebral artery were occluded for 30 minutes, and reperfused. Morroniside was administered intragastrically once a day at dose of 30 mg/kg, 90 mg/kg, 270 mg/kg after operation. The expression of CD34 in the isch-emic ipsilateral cortex were detected with immunohistochemistry (n=6) and Western blotting (n=3) 7 days after operation. Results The ex-pression of CD34 increased in the ischemia group compared with the sham group, and further increased in the morroniside groups of high dos-age compared with the ischemia group (F>14.865, P<0.001). Conclusion Morroniside could increase the expression of CD34 in the ischemic ipsilateral cortex after ischemia-reperfusion in rats, which may promote the angiogenesis and neurogenesis after ischemia.

Qualitative and Quantitative Methods for Corni Fructus in Guishao Dihuang Pills / 中国药师

Objective:To establish the qualitative and quantitative methods for Corni Fructus in Guishao Dihuang pills. Methods:A TLC method was used to identify morroniside and loganin. An HPLC method was used to determine the content of morroniside and lo-ganin in Corni Fructus. Results:The TLC spots were clear with good separation and specificity. The linear range of morroniside was within 0. 010-2. 620 μg (r=0. 999 9) and the average recovery was 102. 75% (RSD=1. 40%, n=6). The linear range of loganin was within 0.009-2.170 μg (r =0.999 9), and the average recovery was 103.59% (RSD =1.10%, n =6). Conclusion: The method is accurate, simple and feasible with good repeatability, which can be used for the quality control of Corni Fructus in the prepa-ration.

Improvement of quality control method of liuwei dihuang pills / 中国药学杂志

OBJECTIVE: To improve the quality control method of Liuwei Dihuang Pills. METHODS: Morroniside and loganin from processed Fruetus Corni were identified by TLC. Morrniside, loganin and paeonol in Liuwei Dihuang Pills were determined by HPLC. The determination was performed on a Phenomenex Gemini 110A C18 column (4.6 mm×250 mm, 5 μm) maintained at 40℃ with gradient elution of acetonitrile (A) and 0.3% phosphoric acid aqueous solution (B) at a flow rate of 1 mL·min-1. The detective wavelength was set at 240 nm for morroniside and loganin and 274 nm for paeonol. RESULTS: The TLC spots were clear. Morrniside, loganin and paeonol showed good linear relationship in the range of 0.02078-1.039, 0.02034-1.017, and 0.04576-2.288 μg, respectively. The average recoveries (n=9) were 99.97%-100.99% with RSDs less than 2.3%. CONCLUSION: The method is simple, rapid, accurate and can be used to control the quality of Liuwei Dihuang Pill more effectively.