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Objective: To study the chemical constituents in the aerial parts of Aconitum carmichaelii. Methods: The air-dried arial parts of A. carmichaelii were powdered and extracted with methanol by percolation extraction. After the removal of solvent under reduced pressure, the crude extract was dissolved in 1.5% HCl solution, and then extracted by ethyl acetate to obtain the total crude extract. The compounds were isolated and purified by column chromatography and identified by spectral analyses (MS, 13C-NMR, and 1H-NMR). Results: Fifteen compounds were isolated from A. carmichaelii and characterized as indol-3-carboxylic acid (1), corchoionol C (2), β-sitosterol-3-O-β-D-glucoside-6’-palmitate (3), (+)-pinoresinol (4), (+)-N-formylnorglaucine (5), oxoglaucidaline (6), glaucine (7), (+)-cataline (8), kaempferol-7-O-α-L-rhamnofuranoside (9), kaempferol-3-O-β-(2″-acetyl)-galactopyranoside (10), megastigmane (11), kaempferol-7-O-α-L-arabinoside (12), kaempferol-3-O-β-D-xylopyranoside (13), kaempferol-3-O-β-D- glucopyranoside (14), and quercetin-3-O-β-D-galactopyranoside (15). Conclusion: All compounds are isolated from aerial parts of A. carmichaelii for the first time, and compounds 1-3,5-6,8-15 are isolated from this plant for the first time.
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Objective To investigate the chemical constituents of Delphinium delavayi. Methods The chemical constituents were separated and purified by column chromatography silica gel, ODS, aluminium oxide, and HPLC. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of extensive spectroscopic analysis, including HR-ESI-MS, NMR experiments and comparison of their spectral data with those described in the literature. Results Thirteen lycoctonine C19-type diterpenoid alkaloids and one isoquinoline alkaloid were isolated from the whole plant of D. delavayi, and the structures were identified as delphatine (1), deltatsine (2), delbonine (3), delbotine (4), lycoctonine (5), delsoline (6), delavaine A (7), delavaine B (8), delsemine A (9), anthranoyllycoctonine (10), gyalanine A and B (11), shawurensine (12), methyllycaconitine (13), and S-glaucine (14) respectively. Conclusion All compounds are isolated from the plants of D. delavayi for the first time. Among them, compound 14 is isolated from the plants of genus Delphinium for the first time.
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Objective: To explore the compatibility rationality of Yuanhu Zhitong Dropping Pills (YZDP) for the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea. Methods: The potential targets and pathways of tetrahydropalmatine, palmatine, glaucine, protopine, imperatorin, and isoimperatorin, selected as the representative compounds of alkaloid and coumarin from Corydalis Rhizoma and Angelicae Dahuricae Radix, were predicted by the methods of network pharmacology. The results were verified by docking and the mechanism and compatibility regularity of YZDP were analyzed by integrating all the data. Results: The in silico prediction results showed that the six compounds of YZDP affected 19 related pathways through 23 target proteins. The pathways were involved in central analgesia, hormonal regulation, spasmolysis, vasodilatation, inflammation, and immunoregulation. The alkaloid and coumarin showed common targets and pathways but also had their own emphasis. The pathways were connected by the common targets, showing the synergistic effect of different compounds by acting on multi-targets and multi-pathways. Conclusion: Corydalis Rhizoma acts as monarch drug, showing the effect of analgesia, regulating qi, and activating blood by acting on thromboxane receptors, angiotensin receptors, and targets related with central analgesia and spasmolysis. Angelicae Dahuricae Radix, showing the effect of regulating qi, and activating blood by regulating the pathways of spasm, inflammation, and so on, acts as ministerial drug to assist monarch drug to enhance treatment which reflected the compatibility rationality of Corydalis Rhizoma and Angelicae dahuricae Radix.
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Objective: To isolate dehydrocorydaline and glaucine by high-speed counter-current chromatography (HSCCC) from the extraction of Corydalis Rhizoma (CR). Methods: A mixture of chloroform-n-butanol-methanol-water (4:1:2:5) was used as the two phase solvent system both in forward and reversal direction, with a flow rate of 10.0 mL/min and a rotary speed of 800 r/min eluting for 30 min. The detection wavelength was 282 nm and injection volume was 50 mg. The purity of the target product was analyzed by HPLC-UV and the structure was identified by ultra performance liquid chromatography-tandem quadrupole time-of- flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-Q-TOF-MS/MS). Results: Under optimized conditions, 7.1 mg and 3.4 mg of two compounds were obtained and their yields were 81.43% and 91.11% respectively. Their purities were 98.9% and 94.3% detected by HPLC. dehydrocorydaline and glaucine were identifiled through HPLC, ultraviolet absorbance, and UPLC-Q-TOF-MS/MS. Conclusion: The result indicate that HSCCC is a powerful technique for the purification of dehydrocorydaline and glaucine from CR.