Study on methods for screening anti-tumor active components of Taxus chinensis based on integrity of traditional Chinese medicine / 中草药

Objective: Two screening methods for drug active constituents were established based on the integrity of traditional Chinese medicine to screen the anti-breast cancer active components, which were hollow fiber cell fishing-high performance liquid chromatography (HFCF-HPLC) and cell fishing-dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction-high performance liquid chromatography (CF-DLLME-HPLC). Methods: According to HFCF-HPLC, MCF-7 cells were planted into the cavity of polypropylene hollow fiber, and then the hollow fiber was put into the extract of Taxus chinensis to screen and capture the bioactive component groups combined with cells in a simulated human body environment. According to CF-DLLME-HPLC, on the basis of normal cell metabolism, MCF-7 cells were co-incubated with T. chinensis extract, supernatant of different incubation time was taken for liquid phase microextraction, and then chromatographic analysis was performed to find potential active component groups according to chromatographic peak changes. Results: Anti-breast cancer active components of T. chinensis were obtained by these two methods. 10-Deacetylbaccatin III, baccatin III, taxinine M, 10-deacetyltaxol, cephalomannine, taxol, taxuyunnanine C were obtained by HFCF-HPLC, and 10-deacetyltaxol, baccatin III, taxinine M, 10-deacetyltaxol, sciadopitysin were obtained by CF-DLLME-HPLC. Conclusion: The two methods can screen the effective antitumor active ingredients, and provide a convenient, universal and efficient new method for the screening of active ingredients and the comprehensive evaluation of the quality of traditional Chinese medicine.

Polar Chemical Constituents from Prunella vulgaris L. and Their Anti-human Breast Tumor Activities / 中国药学杂志

OBJECTIVE: To study the polar chemical constituents from Prunella vulgaris L. METHODS: Silica gel, reverse-phase octadecylsilyl(ODS), Sephadex LH-20 chromatographic methods, MCI and HPLC were applied to isolate and purify compounds. MS and NMR methods were used to determine the structures of the compounds. Furthermore, the cytotoxicity of these chemical components for MCF-7, MDA-MB-231 and MCF-10A cell lines was measured by MTT method. RESULTS: A total of 12 compounds were isolated from the fruits of P. vulgaris and their structures were identified as methyl 3,4,α-trihydroxypropionate(1), danshensu(2), methyl rosmarinate(3),3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid(4), quercetin-3-O-glycopyranoside(5), hyperoside(6), 2α,3α,19α,24-tetrahydroxylurs-12-en-28-oic acid(7), 2α, 3α, 24-trihydroxyolean-12-en-28-oic acid(8), cytidine(9), daucosterol(10), (3S,5R,10S)-7-oxo-12-methoxyabieta-8,11,13-triene-3,11,14-triol(11), and 2α,3α,24-trihydroxyolean-12,20(30)-dien-28-oic acid(12). The results of antitumor assay indicated that compound 2,3,5 and 6 significantly inhibited the activity of MCF-7, compound 3 could inhibit the activity of MDA-MB-231, but all of them also significantly inhibited the activity of normal cell lines MCF-10A. CONCLUSION: Compounds 9 and 11 are isolated from the genus of Prunella L. for the first time. Some chemical constituents form Prunella L. show certain anti-breast cancer activity.