Gentianae Radix et Rhizoma(also called "Longdan" in Chinese)is commonly used for eliminating damp-heat and quenching the fire of liver and gall bladder in traditional Chinese medicine.In this study,a novel a...Gentianae Radix et Rhizoma(also called "Longdan" in Chinese)is commonly used for eliminating damp-heat and quenching the fire of liver and gall bladder in traditional Chinese medicine.In this study,a novel and reliable method using high-performance liquid chromatography(HPLC)was developed both for quantitative analysis of four bioactive compounds(loganic acid,swertiamarin,gentiopicroside and sweroside)and chemical fingerprint analysis of "Longdan".In quantitative analysis,four compounds showed good regressions(R^(2)>40.9987)within the test ranges and the recovery of the method was in the range 97.61-102.49%.In fingerprint analysis,ten characteristic peaks were selected to evaluate the similarities of the crude drugs,and the HPLC chromatograms of twenty samples from different regions of China showed similar patterns.The results demonstrated that the combination of the quantitative and chromatographic fingerprint analyses offered an efficient way to evaluate the quality consistency of Gentianae Radix et Rhizoma.展开更多
An HPLC-DAD method combined with second-order calibration based on the alternating trilinear decomposition(ATLD)algorithm with the aid of region selection was developed to simultaneously and quantitatively characteriz...An HPLC-DAD method combined with second-order calibration based on the alternating trilinear decomposition(ATLD)algorithm with the aid of region selection was developed to simultaneously and quantitatively characterize the synergistic relationships and cumulative excretion of the four bioactive ingredients of Radix Gentianae Macrophyllae in vivo.Although the analytes spectra substantially overlapped with that of the biological matrix,the overlapping profiles between analytes and co-eluting interferences can be successfully separated and accurately quantified by the ATLD method on the basis of the strength of region selection.The proposed approach not only determined the content change but also revealed the synergistic relationships and the cumulative excretion in vivo of the four ingredients in urine and feces samples collected at different excretion time intervals.In addition,several statistical parameters were employed to evaluate the accuracy and precision of the method.Quantitative results were confirmed by HPLC-mass spectrometry.Satisfactory results indicated that the proposed approach can be utilized to investigate the pharmacokinetics of Radix Gentianae Macrophyllae excretion in vivo.展开更多
基金supported by Key National Science Foundation of China(81130069)Beijing Tongrentang Co.Ltd.(D08080203640901)the State Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Resources Research and Development in Chendu University of TCM。
文摘Gentianae Radix et Rhizoma(also called "Longdan" in Chinese)is commonly used for eliminating damp-heat and quenching the fire of liver and gall bladder in traditional Chinese medicine.In this study,a novel and reliable method using high-performance liquid chromatography(HPLC)was developed both for quantitative analysis of four bioactive compounds(loganic acid,swertiamarin,gentiopicroside and sweroside)and chemical fingerprint analysis of "Longdan".In quantitative analysis,four compounds showed good regressions(R^(2)>40.9987)within the test ranges and the recovery of the method was in the range 97.61-102.49%.In fingerprint analysis,ten characteristic peaks were selected to evaluate the similarities of the crude drugs,and the HPLC chromatograms of twenty samples from different regions of China showed similar patterns.The results demonstrated that the combination of the quantitative and chromatographic fingerprint analyses offered an efficient way to evaluate the quality consistency of Gentianae Radix et Rhizoma.
基金support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grants Nos.21776321,21576297,21205145,21575039)Key Projects of Technological Innovation of Hubei Province(2016ACA138)The Open Research Program(Grant Nos.2015ZD001,2015ZD002 and 2015ZY006)。
文摘An HPLC-DAD method combined with second-order calibration based on the alternating trilinear decomposition(ATLD)algorithm with the aid of region selection was developed to simultaneously and quantitatively characterize the synergistic relationships and cumulative excretion of the four bioactive ingredients of Radix Gentianae Macrophyllae in vivo.Although the analytes spectra substantially overlapped with that of the biological matrix,the overlapping profiles between analytes and co-eluting interferences can be successfully separated and accurately quantified by the ATLD method on the basis of the strength of region selection.The proposed approach not only determined the content change but also revealed the synergistic relationships and the cumulative excretion in vivo of the four ingredients in urine and feces samples collected at different excretion time intervals.In addition,several statistical parameters were employed to evaluate the accuracy and precision of the method.Quantitative results were confirmed by HPLC-mass spectrometry.Satisfactory results indicated that the proposed approach can be utilized to investigate the pharmacokinetics of Radix Gentianae Macrophyllae excretion in vivo.
