title: Characterization of Chemical Composition of Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Volatile Oil by Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography with High-Resolution Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry.
abstract: Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae (Chenpi in Chinese) has been widely used as an herbal medicine in Korea, China, and Japan. Chenpi extracts are used to treat indigestion and inflammatory syndromes of the respiratory tract such as bronchitis and asthma. This thesis will analyze chemical compositions of Chenpi volatile oil, which was performed by comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography with high-resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC × GC-HR-TOFMS). One hundred and sixty-seven components were tentatively identified, and terpene compounds are the main components of Chenpi volatile oil, a significant larger number than in previous studies. The majority of the eluted compounds, which were identified, were well separated as a result of high-resolution capability of the GC × GC method, which significantly reduces, the coelution. β -Elemene is tentatively qualified by means of GC × GC in tandem with high-resolution TOFMS detection, which plays an important role in enhancing the effects of many anticancer drugs and in reducing the side effects of chemotherapy. This study suggests that GC × GC-HR-TOFMS is suitable for routine characterization of chemical composition of volatile oil in herbal medicines.
authors.affiliation: Engineering Center of Ministry of Education for Standardization of Chinese Medicine Processing, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China ; Nanjing Haichang Chinese Medicine Group Co., Ltd., Nanjing 210061, China.
authors.forename: Kunming
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: Lijuan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Yajing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lou
authors.forename: Tulin
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Yachun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shu
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Baochang
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cai