title: Fingerprint chromatogram analysis of Pseudostellaria heterophylla (Miq.) Pax root by high performance liquid chromatography.
abstract: A simple and reliable high performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method has been developed and validated for the fingerprinting of extracts from the root of Pseudostellaria heterophylla (Miq.) Pax. HPLC with gradient elution was performed on an authentic reference standard of powdered P. heterophylla (Miq.) Pax root and 11 plant samples of the root were collected from different geographic locations. The HPLC chromatograms have been standardized through the selection and identification of reference peaks and the normalization of retention times and peak intensities of all the common peaks. The standardized HPLC fingerprints show high stability and reproducibility, and thus can be used effectively for the screening analysis or quality assessment of the root or its derived products. Similarity index calculations based on cosine angle values or correlation methods have been performed on the HPLC fingerprints. As a group, the fingerprints of the P. heterophylla (Miq.) Pax samples studied are highly correlated with closely similar fingerprints. Within the group, the samples can be further divided into subgroups based on hierarchical clustering analysis (HCA). Sample grouping based on HCA coincides nicely with those based on the geographical origins of the samples. The HPLC fingerprinting techniques thus have high potential in authentication or source-tracing types of applications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Analytical Science of the MOE, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, PR China.
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Junhui
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Frank Sen-Chun
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Xiaoru
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D029748:Caryophyllaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000592:standards; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000737:chemistry; D011208:Powders; D012015:Reference Standards
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D011208:Powders