title: Isolation and tandem mass fragmentations of an anti-inflammatory compound from Aralia elata.
abstract: One-step isolation of a saponin from Aralia elata was undertaken using high-speed countercurrent chromatography coupled with evaporative light scattering detection. A triterpenoid saponin, elatoside F, was purified with 96.8% purity using a two-phase-system comprising chloroform-methanol-water-isopropanol. The yield was 35.0 mg from 348.2 mg of the enriched saponin fraction. In vitro anti-inflammatory study demonstrated that elatoside F inhibited lipopolysaccharide-induced nitric oxide production, as well as nuclear factor kappaB activation, in a dose-dependent manner. Two types of mass ionization technique were compared on elatoside F to investigate characteristic fragmentation patterns. MALDI-TOF tandem mass spectrometric fragmentation patterns of sodiated ions provided structural information on glycosidic cleavages and on extensive cross-ring cleavages. Electrospray ionization multiple-stage tandem mass fragmentation of both sodiated and lithiated ions could provide information on glycosidic cleavages. All observed tandem mass fragmentation spectra provided valuable elatoside F structural information when unknown samples from crude extracts are under screening by mass spectrometry.
authors: Natural Products Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea.
authors: Ju Hyeon
authors: JH
authors: Lee
authors: Young Wan
authors: YW
authors: Ha
authors: Choon Sik
authors: CS
authors: Jeong
authors: Yeong Shik
authors: YS
authors: Kim
authors: Youmie
authors: Y
authors: Park
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D027983:Aralia / Q000737:chemistry*; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D015394:Molecular Structure; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism; D009828:Oleanolic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000737:chemistry; D012503:Saponins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D016328:NF-kappa B; D010936:Plant Extracts; D012503:Saponins; C036757:lipopolysaccharide B; C102413:elatoside F; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D009828:Oleanolic Acid