Study of normal and modified nucleosides in serum by RP-HPLC

Modified nucleosides derived predominantly from transfer ribonucleic acid (tRNA) have been studied as possible tumor markers. In this paper a reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic (RP-HPLC) method has been applied to study 15 normal and modified nucleosides in serum. The nucleoside levels in normal human serum were established, and the concentrations of 15 nucleosides in serum from 19 cancer patients were determined, it was found that the concentrations of modified nucleosides were significantly higher in patient sera. Based on 15 nucleoside concentrations in serum, factor analysis could classify correctly 90% of cancer patients from the normal humans Further work showed that urine was slightly better than serum when determining nucleosides as biological marker candidates. More work is ongoing to determine the clinical usefulness of modified nucleosides as tumor markers.

Excretion pattern investigation of urinary normal and modified nucleosides of breast cancer patients by RP-HPLC and factor analysis method

Modified nucleosides, formed post-transcriptionally in RNA by a number of modification enzymes, are excreted in abnormal levels in the urine of patients with malignant tumors. To test their usefulness as tumor markers, and to compare them with the conventional tumor markers, a reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic (RP-HPLC) method and a factor analysis method have been used to study the excretion pattern of nucleosides of breast cancer patients. A clear cut differentiation of the breast cancer group and the healthy individuals in two clusters without overlapping was obtained. Copyright (C) 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

水和土壤中LAS的提取及HPLC测定

<正> 1 引言合成洗涤剂中直链烷基苯磺酸盐(LAS)是目前生产和使用量最大的表面活性剂[1],同时也是环境中最常见、分布最广的有机污染物[2,3]。它可通过生活污水、垃圾及工业废水废渣等多种途径进入水体和土壤,造成了不同程度的环境污染[4,5]。准确、快速、经济地提取和测定环境样品中的LAS含量,是防治其污染的必要手段。目前水样中LAS的提取方法多为液-液提取法,土壤样品中LAS的提取多用索氏提取法。但这些方法步骤繁琐、费时,试剂消耗量大,且重现性不好[1]。本研究旨在建立一个快捷、准确、经济的水和土壤中LAS的提取和测定方法。 2 材料与方法

北五味子不同炮制品中的木脂素类成分

研究北五味子炮制前后其中木脂素类成分的变化。采用电喷雾质谱(ESI-MS)以及高效液相色谱(HPLC)分别对经过不同方法炮制后的北五味子中木脂素类成分进行研究。北五味子经过不同方法炮制后,并没有新成分的生成,只是木脂素类成分含量有不同程度的变化。并对不同的炮制方法进行了比较。该方法准确、可靠,为北五味子不同炮制品的质量评价提供了一定的科学依据。

五味子中木脂素类成分的高效液相色谱-电喷雾质谱研究

采用液相色谱-电喷雾质谱联用(HPLC-ESI-MSn)技术,对北五味子与南五味子中木脂素类成分进行了系统研究.通过HPLC-ESI-MS技术,获得了相应化合物的保留时间、紫外光谱和分子量等信息,利用电喷雾多级串联质谱技术(ESI-MSn),获得了相应化合物的结构信息.研究结果表明,北五味子与南五味子的主要木脂素成分除5个共有成分外其它成分差异较大,并且其共有成分含量差别较大.在此基础上,建立了简便、快速的北五味子与南五味子药材分析鉴定的新方法.

麻黄炮制条件的ESI-MS法优化

ESI-MS was used to optimize the Ephedra sinica refinement. The ratio of honey to drug is 20/100, and the ratio of water to honey is 1/2. The toast temperature is 80 ℃, and the toast time is 2 h. The change of Ephedra sinica after processing was given.

Screening and Structural Characterization of alpha-Glucosidase Inhibitors from Hawthorn Leaf Flavonoids Extract by Ultrafiltration LC-DAD-MSn and SORI-CID FTICR MS

In vitro a-glucosidase inhibition assays and ultrafiltration liquid chromatography with photodiode array detection coupled to electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (ultrafiltration LC-DAD-ESI-MSn) were combined to screen a-glucosidase inhibitors from hawthorn leaf flavonoids extract (HLFE). As a result, four compounds were identified as alpha-glucosidase inhibitors in the HLFE, and their structures were confirmed to be quercetin-3-O-rha-(1-4)-glc-rha and C-glycosylflavones (vitexin-2 ''-O-glucoside, vitexin-2 ''-O-rhamnoside and vitexin) by high-resolution sustained off resonance irradiation collision-induced dissociation (SORI-CID) data obtained by Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FTICR MS).

Studies on Triterpenoids and Flavones in Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch by HPLC-ESI-MSn and FT-ICR-MSn

Seven compounds, four flavones and three triterpenoids from Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. extract are identified by high performance liquid chromatography coupled with electrospray ionization multi-tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-ESI-MSn). The fragmentation pathways of these compounds are investigated by ESI-MSn and Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance multiple-stage tandem mass spectrometry (FT-ICR-MSn). Comparing the retention times (t(R)) and mass spectra with those of reference compounds, seven components are identified in Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. and their MSn data proposed plausible schemes for their fragmentation. All the experimental results show that ESI-MSn and FT-ICR-MSn are powerful tools for the structural characterization of triterpenoids and flavones

Studies on the aconitine-type alkaloids in the roots of Aconitum Carmichaeli Debx. by HPLC/ESIMS/MSn

Studies of aconitine-type alkaloids in the Chinese herb Aconitum Carmichaeli were performed by HPLC/ESIMS/MSn and FTICR/ESIMS in positive ion mode. The characteristic fragmentation pathways in the MSn spectra were summarized based on previously published research literature and further study. According to the fragmentation pathways of mass spectrometry, results from the analysis of standard compounds and reports from literature, 111 compounds were identified or deduced in a total of 117 found compounds in A. Carmichaeli. In the 11 monoester-diterpenoid alkaloids (MDA), 10 diesterditerpenoid alkaloids (DDA) and 81 lipo-alkaloids, the novel alkaloids including 1 MDA, 2 DDA and 48 lipo-alkaloids were detected.

A quantitative HPLC method for determining lactide content using hydrolytic kinetics

A new method for quantitative analysis of lactide has been developed by applying chemical kinetics to a HPLC system. The most important advance is its practical approach to the quantification of analytes that are unstable in the HPLC mobile phase. In HPLC analysis, anhydrous mobile phases cannot separate lactide from impurities, and only mixtures of water and organic solvent can achieve effective separation. By selecting conditions for testing and studying the kinetics of lactide hydrolysis, extensive experiments revealed that lactide degradation can be treated as a pseudo-first-order reaction under the given HPLC conditions, and lactide content or purity can be quantitatively determined. This method is practical for measuring the purity of the intermediate lactide in polylactic acid (PLA) production and the lactide content in PLA.

Evaluation of Effects of Bivalent Cations on the Formation of Purine-rich Triple-Helix DNA by ESI-FT-MS

The GGA triplet repeats are widely dispersed throughout eukaryotic genomes. (GGA)n or (GGT)n oligonucleotides can interact with double-stranded DNA containing (GGA:CCT)n to form triple-stranded DNA. The effects of 8 divalent metal ions (3 alkaline-earth metals and 5 transition metals) on formation of these purine-rich triple-helix DNA were investigated by electrospray ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (ESI-FT-MS). In the absence of metal ions, no triplex but single-strand, duplex, and purine homodimer ions were observed in mass spectra. The triple-helix DNA complexes were observed only in the presence of certain divalent ions. The effects of different divalent cations on the formation of purine-rich triplexes were compared. Transition-metal ions, especially Co2+ and Ni2+, significantly boost the formation of triple-helix DNA, whereas alkaline-earth metal ions have no positive effects on triplex formation. In addition, Ba2+ is notably beneficial to the formation of homodimer instead of triplex.

Studies on principal components and antioxidant activity of different Radix Astragali samples using high-performance liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization multiple-stage tandem mass spectrometry

The principal components, isoflavonoids and astragalosides, in the extract of Radix Astragali were detected by a high-performance liquid chromatography Couple to electrospray ionization ion trap multiple-stage tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-ESI-IT-MSn) method. By comparing the retention time (t(R)) of HPLC, the ESI-MSn data and the structures of analyzed Compounds with the data of reference compounds and in the literature, 17 isoflavonoids and 12 astragalosides have been identified or tentatively deduced. By Virtue of the extracted ion chromatogram (EIC) mode, simultaneous determination of isoflavonoids and astragalosides could be achieved when the different components formed overlapped peaks. And this method has been utilized to analyze the constituents in extracts of Radix Astragali from Helong City and of different growth years. Then the antioxidant activity of different samples has been Successfully investigated by HPLC-ESI-MS method in multiple selected ion monitoring(MIM) mode, applying the spin trapping technology, and the Ferric Reducing Antioxidant Power (FRAP) assay was applied to support the result.

等离子体光辐射-磁场综合作用处理种子对人参中皂苷含量的影响

采用紫外可见分光光度法、ESI-MS(电喷雾质谱)与HPLC-UV(高效液相色谱)测定技术分析了等离子体种子处理机处理人参种子对所栽培人参中人参皂苷含量的影响。结果发现,人参种子受到等离子体与梯度磁场综合作用处理后,培育出的人参其总皂苷含量随磁化电流强度的改变呈现近似的正态分布。其中,在磁化线圈电流强度为1.1~1.5 A处理种子后,栽培的人参中总皂苷含量较高。建立了电喷雾质谱分析人参提取物中人参皂苷的半定量方法,方法便捷地反映了未处理及处理后的人参种子所栽培的人参中皂苷成分的含量变化。