Comparative metabolic fingerprinting of Gentiana rhodantha from different geographical origins using LC-UV-MS/MS and multivariate statistical analysis.[Pubmed: 25880482]

Gentiana rhodantha, a rich source of iridoids and polyphenols, is a traditional ethnomedicine widely used in China. Metabolic fingerprinting based on a LC-UV-MS/MS method was applied to explore the chemical markers for discrimination of G. rhodantha from different geographical origins.

[Chemical constituents of Gentiana rhodantha].[Pubmed: 23668010]

To determine the chemical constituents of Gentiana rhodantha.

Phenolic compounds from the whole plants of Gentiana rhodantha (Gentianaceae).[Pubmed: 22006717]

Gentiana rhodantha Franch. ex Hemsl. (Gentianaceae), an annual herb widely distributed in the southwest of China, has been medicinally used for the treatment of inflammation, cholecystitis, and tuberculosis by the local people of its growing areas. Chemical investigation on the whole plants led to the identification of eight new phenolic compounds, rhodanthenones A-D (1-4, resp.), apigenin 7-O-glucopyranosyl-(1→3)-glucopyranosyl-(1→3)-glucopyranoside (5), 1,2-dihydroxy-4-methoxybenzene 1-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→6)-β-D-glucopyranoside (6), 1,2-dihydroxy-4,6-dimethoxybenzene 1-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→6)-β-D-glucopyranoside (7), and methyl 2-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-2,4,6-trihydroxybenzoate (8), together with eleven known compounds, 9-19. Their structures were determined on the basis of detailed spectroscopic analyses and chemical methods. Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibition and cytotoxicity tests against five human cancer cell lines showed that only rhodanthenone D (4) and mangiferin (12) exhibited 18.4 and 13.4% of AChE inhibitory effects at a concentration of 10(-4) M, respectively, while compounds 1-5 and the known xanthones lancerin (11), mangiferin (12), and neomangiferin (13) displayed no cytotoxicity at a concentration of 40 μM.

[Quality standard of Gentiana rhodantha].[Pubmed: 21046738]

Based on the approaches of TLC identification, HPLC for assaying managiferin, and of the determination of water, total ash and acid-insoluble ash in 12 samples, collected from southwest of China, the quality standard of Gentiana rhodantha has been established. The results show the reference materia medica and mangiferin can be both well used as reference substances for TLC identification; the mass fractions of mangiferin is 0.7%-4.4% (average 2.8%), water 6.1%-8.6% (average 7.2%), total ash 3.7%-10.8% (average 6.6%) and acid-insoluble ash 0.2%-2.7% (average 1.3%). The recommended standards of quantitative indexes are that the mass fractions of mangiferin is not less than 2.0%, and the water, total ash and acid-insoluble ash are not more than 9.0%, 8.0% and 3.0% respectively.

Iridoidal glucosides from Gentiana rhodantha.[Pubmed: 18470799]

Six new iridoidal glucosides, 2'-O-(3''-hydroxybenzoyl)-8-epikingiside (1), 2'-O-(3''-hydroxybenzoyl)-kingiside (2), 6'-O-p-coumaroyl-8-epikingiside (3), loganic acid 11-O-beta-glucopyranosyl ester (4), 6'-O-beta-glucopyranosyl secologanoside (5), and 6'-O-beta-glucopyranosyl secologanol (6), together with seven known iridoidal glucosides, loganic acid (7), 6'-O-beta-d-glucopyranosyl loganic acid (8), 8-epikingiside (9), kingiside (10), secologanoside (11), secoxyloganin (12), and alpigenoside (13), were isolated from the whole plant of Gentiana rhodantha (Gentianaceae). Their structures were elucidated by detailed spectroscopic analysis and chemical methods.

Separation and determination of gentiopicroside and swertiamarin in Tibetan medicines by micellar electrokinetic electrophoresis.[Pubmed: 14872543]

Micellar electrokinetic electrophoresis was employed to determine two active components, gentiopicroside (GE) and swertiamarin (SW) in one Tibetan preparation medicine named shiweilongdankeli, two Tibetan herbal medicines named Gentiana rhodantha and Gentiana kitag and three other Chinese Gentiana medicines named Gentiana scabra, Gentiana rigescens and Gentiana macrophylla. The dissociation constants of gentiopicroside and swertiamarin determined by MEKC were 7.71 and 6.25. The optimum buffer system was 70 mm borate-10 mm sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) -6% (v/v) ispropanol (pH 9.0). The voltage was 15 kV and detection was at 254 nm. The lower limits of detection (defined as a signal-to-noise ratio of about 3) were approximately 3.86 mg L(-1) for GE and 5.88 mg L(-1) for SW. The relative standard deviation of the migration time and peak area of the GE and SW were 2.33, 2.47 and 1.27, 2.19%, respectively and the recoveries of the two compounds were 96-104% for GE and 92-102% for SW.