title: Stability Test and Quantitative and Qualitative Analyses of the Amino Acids in Pharmacopuncture Extracted from Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans (S. subspinipes mutilans) is known as a traditional medicine and includes various amino acids, peptides and proteins. The amino acids in the pharmacopuncture extracted from S. subspinipes mutilans by using derivatization methods were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively by using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) over a 12 month period to confirm its stability.
  
  
  METHODS
  Amino acids of pharmacopuncture extracted from S. subspinipes mutilans were derived by using O-phthaldialdehyde (OPA) & 9-fluorenyl methoxy carbonyl chloride (FMOC) reagent and were analyzed using HPLC. The amino acids were detected by using a diode array detector (DAD) and a fluorescence detector (FLD) to compare a mixed amino acid standard (STD) to the pharmacopuncture from centipedes. The stability tests on the pharmacopuncture from centipedes were done using HPLC for three conditions: a room temperature test chamber, an acceleration test chamber, and a cold test chamber.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The pharmacopuncture from centipedes was prepared by using the method of the Korean Pharmacopuncture Institute (KPI) and through quantitative analyses was shown to contain 9 amino acids of the 16 amino acids in the mixed amino acid STD. The amounts of the amino acids in the pharmacopuncture from centipedes were 34.37 ppm of aspartate, 123.72 ppm of arginine, 170.63 ppm of alanine, 59.55 ppm of leucine and 57 ppm of lysine. The relative standard deviation (RSD %) results for the pharmacopuncture from centipedes had a maximum value of 14.95% and minimum value of 1.795% on the room temperature test chamber, the acceleration test chamber and the cold test chamber stability tests.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Stability tests on and quantitative and qualitative analyses of the amino acids in the pharmacopuncture extracted from centipedes by using derivatization methods were performed by using HPLC. Through research, we hope to determine the relationship between time and the concentrations of the amino acids in the pharmacopuncture extracted from centipedes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Research & Development, Pharmacopuncture Research Laboratory, Korean Pharmacopuncture Institute, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: GyeYoon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: Department of Research & Development, Pharmacopuncture Research Laboratory, Korean Pharmacopuncture Institute, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: KyuChul
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: Department of Research & Development, Pharmacopuncture Research Laboratory, Korean Pharmacopuncture Institute, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: JinYoung
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yoon
keywords: Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans; amino acids; derivatization methods; high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC); pharmacopuncture
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