• Natural Product Sciences
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.64-69
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• 2016

A method for simultaneously identifying antioxidative compounds was developed using time-based LC-MS coupled with DPPH assay regardless of the time consuming process. The methanolic extract of Polygonum aviculare (Polygonaceae) showed significant DPPH radical scavenging activity. Time-based DPPH assay for simultaneous identification of active compounds from the extracts of P. aviculare was used. Major peaks of ethyl acetate fraction of P. aviculare showed high DPPH radical scavenging activity. A simple phenolic compound (1) and six flavonoids (2-7) were isolated from the ethyl acetate fraction of P. aviculare by silica gel and sephadex LH-20 column chromatography. The structures of seven compounds were determined to be protocatechuic acid (1), catechin (2), myricitrin (3), epicatechin-3-O-gallate (4), avicularin (5), quercitrin (6), and juglanin (7) based on the analysis of the $^1H$-NMR, $^{13}C$-NMR and ESI-MS data. All compounds exhibited significant antioxidant activity on DPPH assay and active compounds were well correlated with predicted one.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.34 no.4
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• pp.153-159
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• 2021

In this study, we describe the development of a new high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method for the simultaneous analysis of six bioactive compounds (including gallic acid, epicatechin 3-gallate, quercitrin, afzelin, quercetin, and kaempferol) from Orostachys japonicus. The extraction method was investigated and optimization of the extraction time (min), solvent composition (%), and solvent to material ratio were conducted. As a result, 30 min extraction with 50% methanol and 40:1 mL/g of solvent: material ratio achieved the highest extraction efficiency with a yield of 3.32 mg/g. Furthermore, the developed HPLC method was validated and the correlation coefficient (R) values were within the satisfactory range of 0.9995-0.9999 over the linearity range of 1.53-417 ㎍/mL. The limit of detection and limit of quantification for the six active components were between 0.03-0.08 ㎍/mL and 0.08-0.26 ㎍/mL, respectively. With these newly optimized and developed methods, four batches of O. japonicus were analyzed to confirm the high extraction efficiency of the method and the feasibility of an application.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.162-169
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• 2015

Hamamelis japonica (Hamamelidaceae), widely known as Japanese witch hazel, is a deciduous flowering shrub that produces compact clumps of yellow or orange-red flowers with long and thin petals. As a part of our ongoing search for phenolic constituents from this plant, eleven phenolic constituents including six flavonol glycosides, a chalcone glycoside, two coumaroyl flavonol glycosides and two galloylated compounds were isolated from the flowers. Their structures were elucidated as methyl gallate (1), myricitrin (2), hyperoside (3), isoquercitrin (4), quercitrin (5), spiraeoside (6), kaempferol 4'-O-β-glucopyranoside (7), chalcononaringenin 2'-O-β-glucopyranoside (8), trans-tiliroside (9), cis-tiliroside (10), and pentagalloyl-O-β-D-glucose (11), respectively. These structures of the compounds were identified on the basis of spectroscopic studies including the on-line LCNMR-MS and conventional NMR techniques. Particularly, directly coupled LC-NMR-MS afforded sufficient structural information rapidly to identify three flavonol glycosides (2 - 4) with the same molecular weight in an extract of Hamamelis japonica flowers without laborious fractionation and purification step. Cytotoxic effects of all the isolated phenolic compounds were evaluated on HCT116 human colon cancer cells, and pentagalloyl-O-β-D-glucose (11) was found to be significantly potent in inhibiting cancer cell growth.