title: Improved ultra-performance liquid chromatography with electrospray ionization quadrupole-time-of-flight high-definition mass spectrometry method for the rapid analysis of the chemical constituents of a typical medical formula: Liuwei Dihuang Wan.
abstract: Liuwei Dihuang Wan (LDW), a classic Chinese medicinal formula, has been used to improve or restore declined functions related to aging and geriatric diseases, such as impaired mobility, vision, hearing, cognition, and memory. It has attracted increasing attention as one of the most popular and valuable herbal medicines. However, the systematic analysis of the chemical constituents of LDW is difficult and thus has not been well established. In this paper, a rapid, sensitive, and reliable ultra-performance LC with ESI quadrupole TOF high-definition MS method with automated MetaboLynx analysis in positive and negative ion mode was established to characterize the chemical constituents of LDW. The analysis was performed on a Waters UPLC™ HSS T3 using a gradient elution system. MS/MS fragmentation behavior was proposed for aiding the structural identification of the components. Under the optimized conditions, a total of 50 peaks were tentatively characterized by comparing the retention time and MS data. It is concluded that a rapid and robust platform based on ultra-performance LC with ESI quadrupole TOF high-definition MS has been successfully developed for globally identifying multiple constituents of traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions. This is the first report on the systematic analysis of the chemical constituents of LDW.
authors.affiliation: National TCM Key Lab of Serum Pharmacochemistry, Key Lab of Chinmedomics, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, China.
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hai tao
authors.initials: Ht
authors.lastname: Lv
authors.forename: Ai hua
authors.initials: Ah
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Guang li
authors.initials: Gl
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Xiu hong
authors.initials: Xh
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Xi jun
authors.initials: Xj
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; C476907:liu-wei-di-huang wan
keywords: Herbal medicines; Liuwei Dihuang Wan; Mass spectrometry; Multicomponent characterization; Ultra-performance liquid chromatography