kaempferol-3-o-rutinoside and acetonitrile

A high performance liquid chromatography-diode array detection-tandem mass spectrometry method (HPLC-DAD-MS/MS) was developed for simultaneous determination of phenolic acids and flavonoids in djulis (Chenopodium formosanum Koidz.), a traditional Chinese herb reported to possess vital biological activities. A high yield of phenolic acids and flavonoids was attained by employing 50% ethanol in water as the extraction solvent and shaking in a 60°C water bath for 3h. A total of 8 phenolic acids and 14 flavonoids were separated and identified within 55min by using a Poroshell 120 EC-C18 column with detection at 280nm, flow rate at 0.8mL/min, column temperature at 35°C, and a gradient solvent system of 0.1% formic acid in water and acetonitrile. Two internal standards caffeic acid and kaempferol-3-O-rutinoside were used for quantitation of phenolic acids and flavonoids in djulis respectively. The amounts of phenolic acids ranged from 11.5±0.8μg/g (caffeoyl-putrescine-derivative (2)) to 1855.3±16.9μg/g (hydroxylphenylacetic acid pentoside), while the flavonoids ranged from 19.93±2.29μg/g (quercetin-3-O-(coumaryl)-rutinoside-pentoside (1)) to 257.3±2.05μg/g (rutin-O-pentoside (2)). A high recovery (89.68-97.20%) and high reproducibility was obtained for both phenolic acids and flavonoids with the relative standard deviation (RSD) for the latter ranging from 0.09-8.22% (intra-day variability) and 0.80-8.48% (inter-day variability). This method may be applied to determination of both phenolic acids and flavonoids in food products and Chinese herbs.

Topics: Acetonitriles; Caffeic Acids; Chenopodium; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Flavonoids; Hydroxybenzoates; Kaempferols; Limit of Detection; Plant Extracts; Powders; Reproducibility of Results; Solvents; Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; Tandem Mass Spectrometry; Temperature

A novel fingerprinting approach was developed by means of ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography with photodiode array detector (UPLC-PAD) for the quality control of Chimonanthus salicifolius (C. salicifolius). All UPLC analyses were carried out on a Waters Acquity BEH Phenyl column (2.1 × 50 mm, 1.7 μm particle size) at 48°C, with a gradient mobile phase composed of 0.1% aqueous phosphoric acid and acetonitrile at a flow rate of 0.2 mL/min. The method validation results demonstrated the developed method possessing desirable precision [<0.88% relative standard deviation (RSD)], reproducibility (<1.87% RSD), stability (<1.42% RSD) and allowing fingerprint analysis in one chromatographic run within 21 min. The quality assessment was achieved by using chemometrics methods including similarity analysis, hierarchical clustering analysis and principal component analysis. The developed method can be used for further quality control of C. salicifolius.

Topics: Acetonitriles; Calycanthaceae; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Cluster Analysis; Drugs, Chinese Herbal; Flavonoids; Humans; Kaempferols; Phenols; Phosphoric Acids; Plant Extracts; Principal Component Analysis; Quality Control; Quercetin; Reproducibility of Results; Rutin; Sensitivity and Specificity; Solvents

In this study, a rapid and sensitive analytical method was developed for the determination of 10 major compounds (procyanidin B1, catechin, procyanidin B2, rutin, isoquercitrin, kaempferol-3-O-rutinoside, astragalin, quercitrin, quercetin, and kaempferol) in Tetrastigma hemsleyanum by using ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with triple-quadrupole tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) in multiple-reaction monitoring (MRM) mode. UPLC-MS/MS assay with negative ion mode was performed on a Waters CORTECS C18 (2.1 mm x 100 mm, 1.6 μm) with the mobile phase consisting of acetonitrile (A) and 0.1% aqueous formic acid (B) in gradient elution at a flow rate of 0.25 mL · min(-1) and the column temperature was set at 45 °C. Under the optimized chromatographic conditions, good separation for 10 target compounds were obtained including chiral isomer procyanidins B1 and B2 were completely separated within 8.5 min. Satisfactory linearity was achieved with wide linear range and fine determination coefficient (r > 0.996 6), the overall recoveries were ranged from 95.44%-110.40% with the RSD ranging from 2.37%-8.69%. It is the first report about simultaneous analysis of 10 major flavonoids components in Tetrastigma hemsleyanum by using UPLC-MS/MS method, which affords highly sensitive, specific, speedy and efficient method for quality control of Tetrastigma hemsleyanum

Topics: Acetonitriles; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Flavonoids; Kaempferols; Quercetin; Rutin; Tandem Mass Spectrometry; Vitaceae