title: β-cyclodextrin assistant flavonoid glycosides enzymatic hydrolysis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The content of icaritin and genistein in herba is very low, preparation with relatively large quantities is an important issue for extensive pharmacological studies.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study focuses on preparing and enzymic hydrolysis of flavonoid glycosides /β-cyclodextrin inclusion complex to increase the hydrolysis rate.
  
  
  METHODS
  The physical property of newly prepared inclusion complex was tested by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The conditions of enzymatic hydrolysis were optimized for the bioconversion of flavonoid glycosides /β-cyclodextrin inclusion complex by mono-factor experimental design. The experiments are using the icariin and genistein as the model drugs.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The solubility of icariin and genistein were increased almost 17 times from 29.2 μg/ml to 513.5 μg/ml at 60°C and 28 times from 7.78 μg/ml to 221.46 μg/ml at 50°C, respectively, demonstrating that the inclusion complex could significantly increase the solubility of flavonoid glycosides. Under the optimal conditions, the reaction time of icariin and genistin decreased by 68% and 145%, when compared with that without β-CD inclusion. By using this enzymatic condition, 473 mg icaritin (with the purity of 99.34%) and 567 mg genistein(with the purity of 99.46%), which was finally determined by melt point, ESI-MS, UV, IR, (1)H NMR and (13)C NMR, was obtained eventually by transforming the inclusion complex(contains 1.0 g substrates).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study can clearly indicate a new attempt to improve the speed of enzyme-hydrolysis of poorly water-soluble flavonoid glycosides and find a more superior condition which is used to prepare icaritin and genistein.
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210 046, PR China.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Zhen-Hai
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Xiao-Bin
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Jia
keywords: Cellulase; enzymatic hydrolysis; flavonoid glycosides; snailase; β-CD inclusion complex