1H-qNMR for direct quantification of stachydrine in Leonurus japonicus and L. cardiaca
1H-qNMR for direct quantification of stachydrine in Leonurus japonicus and L. cardiaca
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DOI:
10.1016/j.fitote.2014.03.023
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发表时间:
2014-07-01
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影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
Wilhelm-Rauwald, Hans
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作者:
Kuchta, Kenny;Ortwein, Jutta;Wilhelm-Rauwald, Hans
H-1-qNMR-spectroscopy was successfully applied to quantify the pharmacologically active alkaloid stachydrine ((2S)-1,1-dimethylpyrrolidinium-2-carboxylic-acid) in aerial parts of Leonurus japonicus (Leonuri herba, yimucao; Chin.Ph.2010, DAB2012) which are used in TCM and Kampo for the treatment of various gynaecological and cardiovascular disorders. Pharmacological publications on this betaine describe cardiovascular, hypotensive, and tissue-protective effects. However, its pharmacopeial analytics poses severe difficulties as it does not contain any chromophore suitable for HPLC UV-detection. Nine samples from three countries were prepared as decoctions and freeze-dried. H-1-NMR-spectra were recorded in D2O. The direct-quantitative H-1-qNMR-procedure was carried out using the N-CH3-singlet at delta 3.03 ppm in comparison to the delta 6.18 ppm singlet of the two vinylic protons of maleic-acid, which was identified as a most favourable internal standard. The quantification limit of stachydrine was 0.44 mg/g drug material. Neither reference-compounds for calibration-curves nor sample-pre-purification was necessary. This protocol revealed stachydrine contents in the range from 0.09 up to 1.01% (w/w) for the tested yimucao samples. Furthermore, between 0.18 and 0.21% of stachydrine was found in the L japonicus fruit-drug (Leonuri fructus, chongweizi; Chin.Ph.2010) which was examined for this constituent for the first time. In four co-investigated samples of the closely related and similarly used European herb Leonurus cardiaca Ph.Eur., even higher contents up to 1.55% were attested. The presented quantitative H-1-qNMR-method was shown to be precise with respect to concentration, and yielded highly reproducible data in a series of inter-day repetitions. Methodically, H-1-qNMR may be a powerful tool for quality assurance of stachydrine containing plants and herbal drugs, especially for industrial routine protocols. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.