title: Phytochemical analysis of anti-atherogenic constituents of Xue-Fu-Zhu-Yu-Tang using HPLC-DAD-ESI-MS.
abstract: Xue-Fu-Zhu-Yu-Tang is a famous traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) formula for treating cardiovascular disease and related ailments in China for centuries. To profile the phytochemical constituents of the formula, an HPLC-DAD-ESI-MS analytical method has been developed to separate and determinate the medium- or non-polar fraction of the decoction, which has been demonstrated potency to lower the serum total triglyceride concentration, strongly decrease the TXA(2)/PGI(2) ratio and attenuate production of proinflammatory cytokines in high cholesterol-fed rats. By comparing their retention time, UV and MS data with those obtained from the authentic compounds, ferulic acid (1), naringin (2), neohesperindin (3), naringenin (8), marmin (13), senkyunolide A (14), dehydrosafynol (16), safynol (17) and Z-ligustlide (18) are unequivocally determined. Moreover, additional thirteen compounds are tentatively identified as senkyunolide I (4), senkyunolide H (5), poncirin (7), benzoylpaeoniflorin (10), (Z)-6,7-epoxyligustilide (11), senkyunolide G (12), 2-methoxy-safynol (15), cnidilide (19), tangeritin (20), saikosaponin b(2) (21), 29-O-acetylsaikosaponin b(2) (22), saikosaponin b(1) (23) and auraptene (24), according to the comparison of their UV and MS data with the published data. The present study provides an approach to rapidly characterize bioactive constituents in TCM formulae.
authors.affiliation: Pharmaceutical Informatics Institute, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Yuquan Campus, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yiyu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Haijiang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002317:Cardiovascular Agents / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000188:drug therapy; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000379:methods; D008517:Phytotherapy / Q000379:methods; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D002317:Cardiovascular Agents; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents