Effects of different field processing methods on volatile components of Chuanxiong Rhizoma: an exploration based on headspace gas chromatography-mass spectrometry / 中国中药杂志

The volatile oil of Chuanxiong Rhizoma(CX) is known as an effective fraction. In order to seek a suitable method for processing CX and its decoction pieces, this study selected 16 volatile components as indices to investigate how different processing methods such as washing/without washing, sun-drying, baking, oven-drying and far-infrared drying at different temperatures affected the quality of CX and its decoction pieces(fresh CX was partially dried, cut into pieces, and then dried) by headspace gas chromatography-mass spectrometry(GC-MS), cluster analysis, principal component analysis and comprehensive weighted scoring. The results showed that the rapid washing before processing did not deteriorate the volatile components of CX. Considering the practical condition of production area, oven-drying was believed to be more suitable than sun-drying, baking, and far-infrared drying. The CX decoction pieces with a thickness of 0.3-0.4 cm were recommended to be oven-dried at 50 ℃. The integrated processing(partial drying, cutting into pieces, and drying) did not cause a significant loss of volatile components. For the fresh CX, the oven-drying at 60 ℃ is preferred. The temperature should not exceed 60 ℃, and drying below 60 ℃ will prolong the processing time, which will produce an unfavorable effect on volatile components. This study has provided the scientific evidence for field processing of CX, which is conducive to realizing the normalization and standardization of CX processing in the production area and stabilizing the quality of CX and its decoction pieces.

Simultaneous Determination of 6 Organic Solvents in Tosufloxacin Tosylate by Headspace GC / 中国药房

OBJECTIVE:To establish a method for the residual simultaneous determination of methanol,alcohol,dichlorometh-ane,n-hexane,tetrahydrofuran and benzene in tosufloxacin tosylat. METHODS:Headspace GC was performed on the capillary col-umn with 6%cyanopropylphenyl-94%dimethylpolysiloxane(DB-624)as fixative lipid,temperature programmed,the inlet temper-ature was 180 ℃,detector was flame ionization detector with temperature of 300 ℃,carrier gas was high purity N2 at a flow rate of 1.5 mL/min,split ratio was 10:1,headspace equilibrium temperature was 100℃,equilibrium time was 40 min,headspace sam-ple volume was 10 mL,and the headspace sample volume was 1 mL. RESULTS:The linear range was 178.3-1782.7 μg/mL for methanol (r=0.9991),301.2-3012.1 μg/mL for alcohol(r=0.9997),33.81-338.10 μg/mL for dichloromethane(r=0.9993), 18.02-180.22 μg/mL for n-hexane(r=0.9991),43.26-432.58 μg/mL for tetrahydrofuran(r=0.9991)and 0.1268-1.2681 μg/mL for benzene(r=0.9991);limits of quantification were 0.31,3.00,0.67,0.02,0.005,0.10 μg/mL,limits of detection were 0.15, 1.51,0.22,0.01,0.001,0.05 μg/mL;RSD of precision test was no higher than 3.1%;RSDs of methanol and n-hexane in stabili-ty and reproducibility tests were no higher than 5%;recoveries were 93.72%-102.20%(RSD=3.1%,n=9),90.10%-101.79%(RSD=4.0%,n=9),97.07%-103.11%(RSD=2.0%,n=9),92.38%-103.83%(RSD=3.9%,n=9),95.44%-103.62%(RSD=2.8%,n=9),and 94.00%-104.73%(RSD=4.1%,n=9). CONCLUSIONS:The method is rapid,sensitive,accurate,and suitable for the residual determination of methanol,alcohol,dichloromethane,n-hexane,tetrahydrofuran and benzene in tosufloxacin tosylat.

Study on the Chemical Consitituents of Different Parts of Mentha haplocalyx in Jiangxi by GC-MS / 中国药房

OBJECTIVE:To establish a method for analyzing the volatile constituents of different parts(root,stem and leaf)of Mentha haplocalyx. METHODS:HS-GC-MS was performed. GC conditions:the column was HP-5MS capillary quartz column, carrier gas was He (constant current mode),flow rate was 1.0 ml/min,volume injection was 1.0 μl,inlet was split mode with split ratio of 10∶1,temperature was 250 ℃(temperature programmed). MS conditions:ionization source was electron bombard-ment,energy was 1 905 V,temperature was 230 ℃,quadrupole temperature was 150 ℃,and the scanning range was m/z 30-550. RESULTS:Totally 10,14 and 48 volatile components were identified from the root,stem and leaf,which accounted for 90.03%, 92.79% and 95.93% of the capacity of the total essential oil from each part of it. And totally 51 volatile compounds was identified, including 7 kinds that shared the same chemical components that regard the piperitone oxide as the main ingredient. CONCLU-SIONS:The method is simple,stable and reproducible,and can be used for the analysis of volatile components of different parts of M. haplocalyx. The volatile components in different parts are quite different,and most is in the leaf.