Human urine metabolome in response to Fermentum rubrum(Hongqu Capsules)by HILIC-UHPLC-QTOF

OBJECTIVE ″-omics″study represents an unbiased perspective to examine the bio-system to discover the novel biomarker(s)which might be overlooked when targeted analysis is performed instead.Urine,due to its ease of collection,minimal invasion involved and rich information of the downstream metabolites,has been extensively studied.Fermentum rubrum(Hongqu,HQ capsules)is a well-known traditional medicine with the claimed slimming effect which could be related to the reduction in the deposition of total cholesterol and glycerides.Lack in sufficient clinical evidence is always one of the leading reasons that hamper traditional medicines from gaining world-wide recognition.In our pursuit of scientific support for HQ capsules in managing obesity,we aim to examine the alteration of urinary metabolites in this small-scale human clinical research.METHODS 6 Chinese subjects were included and exposed to short-term administration of HQ capsules for 3d,twice daily,two capsules each dosing.The urine samples were collected for three days prior to the dosing and on the day following the last dosing.In total,96 urine samples were collected and then separated on hydrophilic interaction chromatography(HILIC)and analyzed by Agilent 6550 ESI-Quadrupoletime-of-flight(QTOF)mass spectrometer.RESULTS Under positive mode,two compounds were found to be present only in post-dosing urine,and one compound was significantly lowered in post-dosing samples.Those two compounds might be associated with the administered HQ capsules,which is formulated with multiherbal constituents.CONCLUSION Further elucidation on the structures of these compounds is needed to enable better understanding of the mechanism of HQ capsules in managing obesity.

黄精炮制品多糖多元指纹图谱的建立及化学模式识别

目的构建黄精炮制品多糖的酶水解产物指纹图谱,结合化学计量学方法评价不同蒸晒次数黄精炮制品多糖的差异。方法采用糖苷酶水解,结合高效薄层色谱(high thin-layer chromatography,HPTLC)、亲水作用色谱-高效液相色谱-蒸发光检测器(hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography-high performance liquid chromatography-evaporative light scattering detector,HILIC-HPLC-ELSD)和超高效液相色谱-四级杆飞行时间串联质谱(ultra high pressure liquid chromatographyquadrupole time of flight tandem mass spectrometry,UHPLC-QTOF/MS)对相应的酶解产物进行高效分离和检测。由此产生的自下而上的指纹图谱反映了黄精炮制品多糖的变化,通过相似度和偏最小二乘-判别分析(partial least squares-discriminant analysis,PLS-DA)对指纹图谱进行综合评价。结果HPTLC分析发现,果糖随着蒸晒次数的增加逐渐降低,结合色谱分析发现,六蒸六晒和十二蒸十二晒为黄精炮制过程中的转折点。同时根据酶水解中寡糖的变化,利用相似度和PLS-DA对不同蒸晒次数的黄精炮制品进行了清晰的聚类。结合UHPLC-QTOF/MS分析表明,不同蒸晒次数黄精炮制品中含有蔗糖、蔗果三糖、蔗果四糖、蔗果五糖、蔗果六糖、蔗果七糖及蔗果八糖。结论基于酶解法分析不同蒸晒次数样品的质量动态变化,结合所建立的多元指纹图谱,进一步阐释了不同蒸晒次数黄精炮制品的科学内涵。