title: Identification of phenolic constituents in Radix Salvia miltiorrhizae by liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization mass spectrometry.
abstract: The phenolic components from Radix Salvia miltiorrhizae Bunge, a well-known herbal medicine (Dan-Shen in Chinese), have been investigated by high-performance liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC/ESI-MS/MS). HPLC analyses were performed on a reversed-phase C18 column using gradient elution. In the ESI mass spectra a predominant [M-H]- ion was observed in negative mode and provided molecular mass information. ESI-MS/MS spectra of the [M-H]- ions were used for structural analysis, based on the spectra of standards. It was found that caffeic acid and its monomeric analogs containing a carboxyl group readily lost CO2, while dimers, trimers and tetramers of caffeic acid expelled successively danshensu or caffeic acid or their esters. Twenty-eight phenolic compounds in S. miltiorrhizae were characterized, of which eight compounds were positively identified by comparison with standards. The remaining twenty phenolics for which standards were not available were tentatively identified based on their UV spectra and MS/MS fragmentation characteristics.
authors.affiliation: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China.
authors.forename: Guifeng
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Hongbin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Jianxun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xinmiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liang
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010636:Phenols / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D010936:Plant Extracts; D012015:Reference Standards; D027561:Salvia miltiorrhiza; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D010636:Phenols; D010936:Plant Extracts