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Analysis of chemical and metabolic components in traditional Chinese medicinal combined prescription containing Radix Salvia miltiorrhiza and Radix Panax notoginseng by LC‐ESI‐MS methods
Author(s) -
Wei YingJie,
Li Ping,
Shu Bin,
Li Huijun,
Peng Yunru,
Song Yue,
Chen Jun,
Yi Ling
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
biomedical chromatography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.4
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1099-0801
pISSN - 0269-3879
DOI - 10.1002/bmc.775
Subject(s) - salvia miltiorrhiza , chemistry , chromatography , radix (gastropod) , panax notoginseng , high performance liquid chromatography , formic acid , mass spectrometry , electrospray ionization , extraction (chemistry) , analyte , traditional chinese medicine , medicine , botany , alternative medicine , pathology , biology
High‐performance liquid chromatography–electrospray ionization‐mass spectrometry (LC‐ESI‐MS) methods were developed for the analysis of chemical and metabolic components in traditional Chinese medicinal combined prescription containing Radix Salvia miltiorrhiza and Radix Panax notoginseng (commonly known as Fufang Danshen prescription, FDP). The HPLC experiments used a reversed‐phase Zorbax C 18 column with the column temperature at 30°C and a binary mobile phase system consisting of aqueous formic acid (0.1%, v/v) and acetonitrile using a gradient elution at the flow rate of 1.0 mL/min. The ESI‐MS was operated with a single‐quadrupole mass spectrometer in both negative and positive ion modes. 36 major chromatographic peaks of FDP, including 14 saponins, 13 phenolic acids and nine diterpenoid quinones were characterized by their MS spectra and in comparison with some of the reference standards. In addition, after oral administration of extraction of FDP, the rat's plasma, urine and feces were also analyzed; 53 metabolic components including 30 original components and 23 transformative components of FDP were detected, and possible metabolic pathways of some components in FDP were given. The analysis of chemical and metabolic components in FDP by HPLC‐MS methods could be a useful means of identifying the multi‐components of FDP and to hint at their possible metabolic mechanism of action in the body. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.