hyperoside and luteolin-7-glucoside

To establish an UHPLC method for simultaneous determination of six flavonoid components of three closelyrelated plants Agrimonia pilosa,Potentilla chinensis and Potentilla discolor including rutin,hyperoside,cynaroside,quercetin,apigenin and kaempferol. Meanwhile three fresh and dry plants were evaluated to compare the contents of six flavonoid components.. The samples were pretreated with ultrasonic extraction with 70% ethanol for 0. 5 h. The analysis was performed on an Acquity HSS T3( 100 mm × 3. 0 mm,1. 8 μm) column with the mobile phase consisting of acetonitrile and 0. 3% glacial acetic acid aqueous at a flow rate of0. 4 m L / min. The detection wavelength was 360 nm,and the column temperature was 35 ℃.. The contents of rutin and hyperoside were high generally,but the content of kaempferol was extremely low in three closely-related plants. The content of apigenin was0. 028 mg / g in Potentilla chinensis,but not detected in Agrimonia pilosa and Potentilla discolor. The content of cymaroside in Agrimonia pilosa was significantly higher than that in Potentilla chinensis and Potentilla discolor. The fresh plants of Potentilla chinensis and Potentilla discolor contained more flavonoids than oven drying plants.. The similar trend of content change from fresh to dry plant has showed a chemotaxonomic relationship of Potentilla chinensis and Potentilla discolor. The established determination method is simple,rapid and efficient,and is applicable for analysis of the contents of flavonoids in three closely-related plants,which provides the scientific basis for rationalization of using these drugs in clinic.

Topics: Acetonitriles; Agrimonia; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Drugs, Chinese Herbal; Flavonoids; Glucosides; Kaempferols; Luteolin; Potentilla; Quercetin; Rutin

Agrimonia pilosa Ledeb is used as the tonic for asthenia and fatigue in China. Considering that the energizing effect might be correlated with antioxidant properties, we investigated the antioxidant activities of aqueous extract (AE) from Agrimonia pilosa Ledeb by assessing radical-scavenging and anti-lipid-peroxidation abilities. We found that AE shows a moderate antioxidant activity to scavenge DPPH*, O2(-)* and *OH and inhibit beta-carotene bleaching with IC(50) values of 13.0, 33.2, 351, and 11.9 microg/ml, respectively, while its AcOEt-soluble fraction (ESF) and BuOH soluble fraction (BSF) exhibit remarkable efficiencies. The ESF's IC(50) values of scavenging DPPH*, O2(-)*, and *OH, and inhibiting beta-carotene bleaching are 5.6, 5.8, 171, and 7.6 mircog/ml, respectively, and those of BSF are 7.5, 8.4, 82.0, and 6.2 microg/ml, respectively. In addition, we found that there is a significant correlation between total phenol content and the antioxidant activity determined by O2(-)* and *OH scavenging, and beta-carotene-bleaching assays. Furthermore, HPLC analysis revealed the presence of quercetin, hyperoside, quercitrin, taxifoliol, luteolin-7-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside, and rutin in Agrimonia pilosa Ledeb. Thus, we suggest that the extracts from Agrimonia pilosa Ledeb, could be considered as natural antioxidant sources and dietary nutritional supplements to prevent oxidation-related diseases.

Topics: Agrimonia; Antioxidants; beta Carotene; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Dietary Supplements; Drugs, Chinese Herbal; Free Radical Scavengers; Glucosides; Inhibitory Concentration 50; Lipid Peroxidation; Luteolin; Oxidation-Reduction; Phenols; Plant Extracts; Quercetin; Rutin; Solvents; Water