Simultaneous determination of eight components in root of swertia kingii by hplc / 中草药

Objective To establish an HPLC method for simultaneously determining eight components, such as sweroside, gentiopicroside, isoorientin, 1,3,7,8-tetrahydroxy-xanthone-1-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl, swertianolin, 1,3,7,8-tetrahydroxy-xanthone, demethylbellidifolin, and 1,5,8-trihydrox-3-methoxyxanthone in the root of Swertia kingii. Methods Chromatographic analysis was achieved on an Agilent Zorbax ODS column (250 mm × 4.6 mm, 5 μm) by gradient elution of acetonitrile-0.5% phosphoric acid in water at 30 ℃. The flow rate was 1.0 mL/min and the detection wavelength was 254 nm. Results The calibration curves of all the eight constituents showed good linearity in a relatively wide concentration range. The linear ranges of swertiamarin, gentiopicroside, isoorientin, 1,3,7,8-tetrahydroxy-xanthone-1-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl, swertianolin, 1,3,7,8-tetrahydroxy-xanthone, demethylbellidifolin, and 1,5,8-trihydrox-3-methoxyxanthone were 3.84-96.00 μg/mL (r = 0.999 6), 3.36-84.00 μg/mL (r = 0.999 2), 5.92-148.00 μg/mL (r = 0.999 8), 4.81-118.00 μg/mL (r = 0.999 2), 4.32-108.00 μg/mL (r = 0.999 3), 4.16-104.00 μg/mL (r = 0.999 2), 5.12-128.00 μg/mL (r = 0.999 4), 4.80-120.00 μg/mL (r = 0.999 6), respectively. The average recoveries were 99.59% (RSD 0.99%), 98.95% (RSD 3.37%), 98.61% (RSD 1.87%), 99.63% (RSD 1.93%), 99.31% (RSD 1.21%), 99.50% (RSD 1.62%), 99.80% (RSD 0.54%), and 98.50% (RSD 1.87%). Conclusion This method is simple, efficient, accurate, and reproducible, and can be used for the determination of eight constituents in root of Swertia kingii. This will promote the comprehensive usage of this plant.

Bioassay-guided separation of effective components from Gentianella acuta and their protective effect on oxidative damage in PC12 cells induced by H2O2 / 中草药

Objective: To investigate the compounds of Gentianella acuta with strong protective effect on oxidative damage in PC12 cells induced by H2O2. Methods: Damage model of PC12 cells was established by H2O2 and real-time cell analysis (RTCA) was utilized to evaluate the protective effect of extracts and compounds. Meanwhile, bioassay-guided method was applied to separating effective components, and HPLC was used for the determination and structure confirmation of compounds. Results: Fractions of n-butanol and acetic ether showed protective effect on oxidative damage in PC12 cells induced by H2O2. The anti-oxidant activity of compounds 1 and 2 showed dose-dependent manner in the scope of 3.125-50.000 μmol/L, and the protective effect was the strongest at the concentration of 50.000 μmol/L. Compounds 3 and 5 showed the best protective effect at the concentration of 25.000 μmol/L and 3.125 μmol/L respectively. Compounds 1, 2, 3, and 5 were identified as bellidifolin, demethylbellidifolin, swertianolin and norswertianolin, respectively. Conclusion: Compounds 1, 2, 3, and 5 show protective effect on oxidative damage in PC12 cells induced by H2O2, maybe the main active components in G. acuta. But the mechanism is still uncertain, and further exploration is imperative.

Chemical constituents of xanthone in Swertia kingii / 中草药

Objective: To study the chemical constituents of the roots of Swertia kingii. Methods: The chemical constituents were isolated and purified by silica gel and Sephadex LH-20 chromatographies. Their structures were identified on the basis of physicochemical properties and spectrometric data. Results: Ten compounds obtained from this plant were identified as demethylbellidifolin (1), β-sitosterol (2), 1,3,7-trihydro-xanthone (3), swertianolin (4), 1,3,7-trihydrox-8-methoxy-xanthone (5), 1,5,8- trihydroxy-3-methoxy-xanthone (6), 1,3,7,8-tetrahydroxyxanthone-1-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (7), 1,3,7,8-tetrahydroxy-xanthone (8), 1-hydroxy-3,7,8-trimethoxy-xanthone (9), and 1,2,6,8-tetrahydroxy-xanthone (10). Conclusion: Except for compound 2, the other compounds are obtained from this plant for the first time.

Determination of Demethylbellidifolin in Different Parts of Swertia Davidi Franch. by HPLC / 中国药房

OBJECTIVE: To establish a HPLC method for the determination of the content of Demethylbellidifolin in different parts of Swertia davidi Franch. METHODS: The analysis was carried out on Hypersil C18 column (150mm?4.6mm,5 ?m) at room temperature with mobile phase consisted of CH3OH-0.5%H3PO4(56∶44) at a flow-rate of 1.0mL?min-1.The detection wavelength was set at 254 nm. RESULTS: The linear range of Demethylbellidifolin was 0.52～2.60?g (r=0.999 4) and the average recovery was 99.77%(RSD=0.95%).CONCLUSION: The method is simple, rapid, reproducible, and suitable for the determination of the content of Demethylbellidifolin in Swertia davidi Franch..