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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 study the diterpenoid alkaloids in the aerial parts of Aconitum transsectum. Methods The compounds were isolated and purified by silica gel and Sephadex LH-20 chromatography from the aerial parts of A. transsectum, and the structures were identified by spectral analysis (1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, MS). Results: A total of 16 compounds were isolated from A. transsectum and characterized as longtoaconitine A (1), 14-acethyltalatisamine (2), 8-O-methylsachaconitine (3), talatisamine (4), vilmorrianine D (5), 14-acetylsachaconitine (6), forestine (7), chasmanine (8), crassicausine (9), homochasmanine (10), crassicautine (11), 8-deacetylyunaconitine (12), liljestrandisine (13), vilmorrianine B (14), yunaconitine (15), and isotalatizidine (16). Conclusion: Compounds 1-16 are isolated from aerial parts of A. transsectum for the first time, and compounds 1, 3, 9-11, 13-14, and 16 are isolated from A. transsectum for the first time.
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Objective The complex morphological variation and sources of Tibetan medicinal plants from Aconitum genus make it difficult to identify the medicinal materials correctly. In addition, the toxicity of these materials could be a huge challenge for the safety of drug use. A rapid and accurate method for the identification and classification of Tibetan medicinal herbs of Aconitum genus was built by using ITS2 sequences as DNA barcodes. Methods A total of 50 samples of Aconitum chasmanthum, A. liangshanicum, A. kongboense, A. gymnandrum, A. pendulum, A. tanguticum, A. phyllostegium, A. campylorrhynchum, A. Polyschistum, and A. sessiliflorum were collected from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. PCR amplification and sequencing of ITS2 sequences were conducted after the extraction of DNA. Genetic distance, neighbor joining (NJ) phylogenetic tree and secondary structures of ITS2 sequences were analyzed using MEGA 6.0. Results The maximum distance between species was greater than the minimum distance within each species, NJ tree showed that the samples went to 12 separate branches, differences among the secondary structures of ITS2 sequences also made it clear to identify these species. Conclusion Using ITS2 sequence as DNA barcode can be an accurate and rapid method for identification and recognition for Tibetan medicinal plants of Aconitum genus, which provides a reliable technical means to ensure safety use of these Tibetan medicines.
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This study was aimed to make clear the origin and clinical applications of the Tibetan medicine "Bangga".Based on the systematical consultation of the Tibetan medical literature documents and the Chinese version,such as The King's Medicine,The Four Medical Tantras,Jing Zhu Materia Medica,the herbal textual research was made on the name,based source,origin and harvesting season,function,indication and etc.of Tibetan medicine "Bangga".The results showed that Tibetan medicine "Bangga" comes from the whole dried plant of Aconitum naviculare Stapf or A.tanguticum (Maxim) Stapf of Ranunculaceae plants.It was concluded that the research on the origin of Tibetan medicine "Bangga" can provide a basis for the application and promotion of quality standards of "Bangga".
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Alkaloids are the main active ingredients of most plants in Aconitum L., with high pharmacological activity and medicinal value. But it is also the main toxic components. As for the in-depth study on hydrolysate of plants in Aconitum L., this paper mainly summarized the current situation of Chinese medicine simulation processing, Aconitum alkaloids containing plant species, hydrolysis mechanism, and research status by LC-MS method.
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The species in Aconitum L. are commonly used in China as well known toxic herbs. Its main components, such as aconitine, mesaconitine, and hypaconitine, have significant pharmacological activity, and are also its toxic components. As a result, the therapeutic dose and toxic dose are very close, and the clinical therapeutic window is narrow. Adverse reactions and poisoning incidents occur frequently in clinic, which limits its wide applications. Modern toxicology studies on the plants of Aconitum L. to make the toxicity and its clear mechanism have important significance for more reasonable clinical guidance and safety evaluation. This paper reviews the toxicity of the plants of Aconitum L. and its mechanism and provides a scientific basis for clinical use.
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Objective: To explore the active components with toxic effects in five Aconitum L. herbal medicines on Tetrahymena thermophila. Methods: The fingerprints of five Aconitum L. herbal medicines were established by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography (UPLC) and the toxicity was evaluated by using a TAM Air Isothermal Calorimeter on Tetrahymena thermophila SB110. Results: By analyzing the spectrum-effect relationships between UPLC fingerprints and toxic effects, the active components which had the toxic effects were obtained. Conclusion: This work provides a general model of the combination of UPLC and microcalorimetry to study the spectrum-effect relationships of the five Aconitum L. herbal medicines, which could be used to evaluate the toxic effects and analyze the principal toxic components of the five Aconitum L. herbal medicines. On the whole, this result provides the experimental basis for the safe use of the five Aconitum L. herbal medicines in clinic. © 2014 Tianjin Press of Chinese Herbal Medicines.