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Analysis of chemical and metabolic components in traditional Chinese medicinal combined prescription containing Radix Salvia miltiorrhiza and Radix Panax notoginseng by LC-ESI-MS methods.

Wei YJ, Li P, Shu B, Li HJ, Peng YR, Song Y, Chen J, Yi L

Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicines, Ministry of Education and Department of Pharmacognosy, China Pharmaceutical University, No. 24, Tongjia Lane, Nanjing, 210009, People's Republic of China.

High-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS) methods were developed for the analysis of chemical and metabolic components in traditional Chinese medicinal combined prescription containing Radix Salvia miltiorrhiza and Radix Panax notoginseng (commonly known as Fufang Danshen prescription, FDP). The HPLC experiments used a reversed-phase Zorbax C(18) column with the column temperature at 30 degrees C and a binary mobile phase system consisting of aqueous formic acid (0.1%, v/v) and acetonitrile using a gradient elution at the flow rate of 1.0 mL/min. The ESI-MS was operated with a single-quadrupole mass spectrometer in both negative and positive ion modes. 36 major chromatographic peaks of FDP, including 14 saponins, 13 phenolic acids and nine diterpenoid quinones were characterized by their MS spectra and in comparison with some of the reference standards. In addition, after oral administration of extraction of FDP, the rat's plasma, urine and feces were also analyzed; 53 metabolic components including 30 original components and 23 transformative components of FDP were detected, and possible metabolic pathways of some components in FDP were given. The analysis of chemical and metabolic components in FDP by HPLC-MS methods could be a useful means of identifying the multi-components of FDP and to hint at their possible metabolic mechanism of action in the body.

Published 30 July 2007 in Biomed Chromatogr, 21(8): 797-809.
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