An integrated strategy for profiling the chemical components of Scutellariae Radix and their exogenous substances in rats by ultra‐high‐performance liquid chromatography/quadrupole time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (18) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fengxiang Zhang ◽  
Ziting Li ◽  
Min Li ◽  
Yulinglan Yuan ◽  
Shuangshuang Cui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
High Performance Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Liquid Chromatography ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Time Of Flight ◽  
Chemical Components ◽  
Scutellariae Radix ◽  
Flight Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Integrated Strategy ◽  
Exogenous Substances

scholarly journals Chemical Profiling of Lobelia chinensis with High-Performance Liquid Chromatography/Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (HPLC/Q-TOF MS) Reveals Absence of Lobeline in the Herb

Molecules ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (12) ◽  
pp. 3258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haixing Wang ◽  
Yuanyuan Li ◽  
Yeqing Huang ◽  
Chunyan Zhao ◽  
Hon-Yeung Cheung
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
High Performance Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Liquid Chromatography ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Chemical Constituents ◽  
Time Of Flight ◽  
Chemical Components ◽  
Chemical Profiling ◽  
Flight Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Tof Ms

Lobelia chinensis is a kind of herbal medicine widely distributed and used in Asia. The chemical components of this herb, however, have not been well studied until now. Lobeline, as an essential and famous bioactive compound in Lobelia genus, has been assumed to be present in L. chinensis. In order to ascertain its presence and, more importantly, proper use of this herb, chemical profiling this herb with highly sensitive and high-resolution analytical mass spectrometry was applied. In this study, high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (HPLC/Q-TOF MS) method was employed to systematically profile the chemical constituents of L. chinensis for the first time. Comparative chemical profiling study of L. chinensis and Lobelia inflata was also conducted to provide evidence whether lobeline is present or not. Piperidine alkaloids except for lobeline, alkaloid-lignan hybrids, flavonoids, polyacetylenes, nonanedioic acid, and some new phytochemicals were successfully identified in L. chinensis simultaneously. Comparing to the chemical profiles of L. inflata, lobeline was found to be absent in L. chinensis. All of the secondary metabolites in L. chinensis were determined with the HPLC/Q-TOF MS method. The absence of lobeline in L. chinensis was confirmed after this extensive study.

scholarly journals Chemical Fingerprint and Metabolic Profile Analysis of Tianshu Tablets by Ultra-High Performance Liquid Chromatography/Quadrupole-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Lin Chen ◽  
Renhao Chen ◽  
Hui Ouyang ◽  
Qi Wang ◽  
Zhifeng Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
High Performance Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Liquid Chromatography ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
Time Of Flight ◽  
Chemical Components ◽  
Intragastric Administration ◽  
Chemical Fingerprint ◽  
Flight Mass Spectrometry

In recent years, the chemical fingerprinting of traditional Chinese medicines and the metabolites in these compounds has been a hot topic. In the present study, the chemical fingerprint of Tianshu tablets (TST) and the metabolic characteristics of compounds in rats after intragastric administration were studied by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole-time of flight mass spectrometry (UPLC/Q-TOF MS). In a preliminary study, 77 chemical components in TST were determined by comparison with retention times, accurate molecular mass, and characteristic fragment ions of the known compounds in the literature and some well-known compounds were analyzed in detail, and the fragmentation pathways for parishins B, gastrodin A, and cnidilide or neocnilide were specifically analyzed. After intragastric administration of TST (4 g/kg) to rats, a total of 61 compounds were detected in plasma samples, including 7 prototypes and 54 metabolites. After further analysis, it was found that these metabolites were subjected to glucuronidation, sulfation, methylation, hydroxylation, dehydrogenation, or mixed metabolic processes. Hydroxylation and glucuronidation were finally confirmed as the main metabolic pathways. This is the first research on the chemical fingerprint and metabolites of TST, which lays a foundation for further investigation of TST.

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