Evaluation on anti-oxidant capacity of Dracaena cochinchinensis by HPLC-DPPH and analysis on structure-activity relationship / 中草药

ABSTRACT

Objective: To evaluate the antioxidant capacity of the main components from Dracaena cochinchinensis by HPLC-DPPH and provide a foundation for "spectrum-effect" quality control standard. Methods: The determination was developed on Phenomenex lura C18 column (250 mm × 4.6 mm, 5 μm) with gradient elution of methanol-acetonitril-0.2% H3PO4 and the detective wavelength was set at 306 nm. The column temperature was 35℃. Results: The DPPH free radical scavenging abilities of these five antioxidants were as follows pterstilbene > resveratrol > luoreirin B > luoreirin A > 7,4'-dihydroxyflavone. The analysis on the structures of the five compounds showed that the hydroxymethylation didn't decrease the antioxidant activities of stilbenes. The symmetry of B ring of dihydrochalcone has the significant effect on the antioxidant activities. However, 7,4'-dihydroxyflavone didn't show the related activity in D. cochinchinensis. Conclusion: HPLC-DPPH can not only be used for screening the components with antioxidant potency but also for the purpose of quality evaluation of D. cochinchinensis, and the method proves to be selective, simple, and reproducible.