lithospermic-acid and protocatechualdehyde

As a key enzyme regulating postprandial blood glucose, α-Glucosidase is considered to be an effective target for the treatment of diabetes mellitus. In this study, a simple, rapid, and effective method for enzyme inhibitors screening assay was established based on α-glucosidase catalyzes reactions in a personal glucose meter (PGM). α-glucosidase catalyzes the hydrolysis of maltose to produce glucose, which triggers the reduction of ferricyanide (K

Topics: Acarbose; alpha-Glucosidases; Benzaldehydes; Benzofurans; Binding Sites; Biosensing Techniques; Blood Glucose; Catechols; Depsides; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Glycoside Hydrolase Inhibitors; Humans; Hydrolysis; Kinetics; Maltose; Molecular Docking Simulation; Monitoring, Ambulatory; Plant Extracts; Plants, Medicinal; Protein Binding; Protein Conformation, alpha-Helical; Protein Conformation, beta-Strand; Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs; Small Molecule Libraries; Thermodynamics; Wearable Electronic Devices

To establish the HPLC fingerprint of water-soluble components of Salvia miltiorrhiza in Songtao, Guizhou, and to perform simultaneous determination of six components in it, so as to provide analytical method for its quality control.. The analyses were performed on a Phenomenex Luna C18 (2) (250 mm x 4. 6 mm, 5µm) column eluted with 0. 4% formic acid(A) - acetonitrile(B) in a gradient mode. The flow rate was 1. 0 mL/min, column temperature was set at 30 °C.. Eleven common peaks were identified form the HPLC fingerprint of Salvia miltiorrhiza from 10 batches, the HPLC fingerprint similarities of 10 batches were not less than 0. 999. The linear ranges of danshensu, protocatechuic aldehyde, caffeic acid, rosmarinic acid, lithospermic acid and salvianolic acid B were 0. 0680 ~ 1. 3583 mg/mL, 0. 0008 ~ 0. 3967 mg/mL, 0. 0005 ~ 0. 2660 mg/mL, 0. 0020 ~ 0. 3992 mg/mL, 0. 0063 ~ 0. 6311 mg/mL and 0. 0097 ~ 1. 9306 mg/mL with r ≥ 0. 9999, respectively. The recovery rates were 100. 84%,102. 44%, 100. 53% ,100. 63%, 100. 83% and 100. 35% with RSD <2. 3%, respectively.. The established method is simple, accurate and can provide reference for quality control of Salvia miltiorrhiza.

Topics: Benzaldehydes; Benzofurans; Caffeic Acids; Catechols; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Cinnamates; Depsides; Drugs, Chinese Herbal; Lactates; Phytochemicals; Quality Control; Rosmarinic Acid; Salvia miltiorrhiza; Water

Salvianolic acid A, salvianolic acid B, danshensu, protocatechuic aldehyde, rosmarinic acid and lithospermic acid are the six major active constituents in Danshen injection. In this study, a rapid, sensitive and specific liquid chromatographic-electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry method for the simultaneous quantitative determination of these compounds in rat plasma was developed. After a single step of liquid-liquid extraction with ethyl acetate, they were eluted by a Hypersil C18 column (5 µm, i.d. 4.6 × 200 mm) within 4 min with a mobile phase consisting of acetonitrile and 0.1% formic acid water solution (35:65, v/v). The assay was linear in the concentration range of 0.05-10 µg mL(-1). Absolute recoveries were above 60%. The precisions and accuracies determined within three consecutive days were within acceptable limits. The method was successfully applied to a pharmacokinetic study in rats after an intravenous administration of Danshen injection.

Topics: Animals; Benzaldehydes; Benzofurans; Caffeic Acids; Catechols; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Chromatography, Liquid; Cinnamates; Depsides; Drug Stability; Drugs, Chinese Herbal; Injections, Intravenous; Lactates; Liquid-Liquid Extraction; Male; Mass Spectrometry; Plant Preparations; Rats; Reference Standards; Rosmarinic Acid; Salvia miltiorrhiza; Sensitivity and Specificity; Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization

The hydrolytic kinetics of lithospermic acid B (LAB) extracted from the roots of Salvia miltiorrhiza (Chinese herb: danshen) was investigated by using reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with UV-vis detection. The influences of initial drug concentration, pH and temperature on hydrolysis of LAB were studied in aqueous solutions. The results showed that initial concentration of LAB has no effect on the degradation rate at pH 2.0. The hydrolysis followed pseudo-first-order kinetics at 90 degrees C. The log k(obs)-pH profile indicated that the optimal stability range was at pH 2.0-5.0. The rate constant of overall hydrolysis as a function of temperature under the given conditions obeyed the Arrhenius equation. Analysis of the acid-induced degraded solution of LAB by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) revealed at least four degradation products [M-H](-) ion at m/z 197, 137, 537 and 537, respectively. Three of these degradation products, i.e. danshensu (DSU), protocatechuic aldehyde (PRO), and lithospermic acid, were further identified by comparing the retention times with standard samples. According to the structure of LAB and its hydrolysis behavior in solution, the other product was proposed to be the isomer of lithospermic acid.

Topics: Benzaldehydes; Benzofurans; Catechols; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Depsides; Drug Stability; Drugs, Chinese Herbal; Half-Life; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Hydrolysis; Kinetics; Lactates; Mass Spectrometry; Models, Chemical; Molecular Structure; Plant Roots; Reference Standards; Salvia miltiorrhiza; Solutions; Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; Temperature

The six phenolic constituents are water-soluble components extracted from the Chinese medical herb danshen, the dried roots of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (Labiatae). An liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS)-based method has been developed for the simultaneous quantification of six phenolic constituents of danshen (magnesium lithospermate B (MLB), rosmarinic acid (RA) and lithospermic acid (LA), caffeic acid (CAA), protocatechuic aldehyde (3,4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde, Pal), 3,4-dihydroxyphenyllactic acid (danshensu)) in human serum with chloramphenicol as internal standard. The serum samples were treated by special liquid-liquid extraction, and the analytes were determined using electrospray negative ionization mass spectrometry in the multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode, with sufficient sensitivity to allow analysis of human serum samples generated following administration of a clinically relevant dose. Good linearity over the range 8-2048 ng/mL for six phenolic constituents was observed. The intra- and inter-day precisions (CV) of analysis were <13%, and the accuracy ranged from 88 to 116%. This quantitation method was successfully applied to a pharmacokinetic study of i.v. drip infusion of Danshen injection fluid in human.

Topics: Benzaldehydes; Benzofurans; Caffeic Acids; Catechols; Chromatography, Liquid; Cinnamates; Depsides; Drug Stability; Drugs, Chinese Herbal; Humans; Lactates; Phenols; Reproducibility of Results; Rosmarinic Acid; Salvia miltiorrhiza; Sensitivity and Specificity; Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization