化橘红果实生长发育过程中类黄酮的动态变化

该研究建立了化橘红(Citrus grandis cv.‘Tomentosa’)果实中4种类黄酮成分的提取分离、HPLC定量和指纹图谱分析方法,利用该方法测定了果实生长发育过程中类黄酮的动态变化。结果表明,用60%乙醇超声辅助提取果实干燥粉末2小时,柚皮苷提取率达到98%以上。用HPLC分离和测定提取物中柚皮苷、野漆树苷、柚皮素和芹菜素的含量及其指纹图谱。结果显示,15–60天不同果龄的果实中类黄酮含量(占果实干重)随着果龄的增大而降低,柚皮苷、野漆树苷、柚皮素和芹菜素分别从52.5%、0.74%、0.57%和0.23%降低至16.1%、0.11%、0.06%和0.03%;每果中类黄酮总量则随着果龄的增加而大幅提高,从15天的0.55 g提高至60天的7.99 g。上述研究结果表明,果龄对化橘红类黄酮含量、产量及药材质量均有很大的影响。该研究为化橘红的工业生产和质量监控提供了重要依据。     

经典名方温胆汤物质基准总黄酮、柚皮苷和新橙皮苷含量测定

目的：研究并建立紫外分光光度法（UV）和高效液相色谱法（HPLC）分别测定温胆汤物质基准中总黄酮、柚皮苷和新橙皮苷含量。方法：以柚皮苷为对照品，采用紫外-可见分光光度法测定总黄酮的含量并采用HPLC法测定柚皮苷和新橙皮苷的含量。结果：采用直接测定法测定总黄酮类成分在284 nm处有较强吸收，柚皮苷在20.22～80.88μg/mL范围内与吸光度呈良好的线性关系，平均加样回收率为98.33%。柚皮苷和新橙皮苷分别在0.01～0.51 mg/mL和0.01～0.50 mg/mL范围内有良好的线性关系，精密度、稳定性、重复性的RSD均小于5.0%，加样回收率分别为97.11%和102.72%；温胆汤物质基准中总黄酮的平均含量为15.03%，柚皮苷、新橙皮苷的平均含量分别为22.78 mg/g和9.75 mg/g。结论：建立的温胆汤物质基准总黄酮、柚皮苷和新橙皮苷含量测定方法简单、稳定、重复性好，为温胆汤及其相关制剂进一步研究和开发提供实验基础。     

HPLC-Q-TOF/MS分析脐橙果实中的类黄酮

采用高效液相色谱分离、串联四极杆-飞行时间质谱正离子模式检测‘红肉脐橙’和‘清家脐橙’果实黄皮层、白皮层、囊衣和汁胞中的主要类黄酮。根据保留时间、精确质荷比、二级质谱以及标准品化合物验证,确定了脐橙不同组织中含量较高的甜橙黄酮、川陈皮素等13种类黄酮。依据峰面积比较相对含量,认为脐橙黄皮层中类黄酮含量丰富,白皮层和囊衣中类黄酮含量次之,汁胞中类黄酮相对含量较少。黄皮层中以甜橙黄酮、川陈皮素和橘皮素等多甲氧基黄酮为主,而白皮层、囊衣和汁胞中的类黄酮以橙皮苷、柚皮苷为主。脐橙相同组织如白皮层、囊衣和汁胞中类黄酮的相对含量在品种间无显著差异,但橙皮苷、3,5,6,7,3',4'-六甲氧基黄酮和橘皮素在两品种的黄皮层中相对含量差异显著。研究结果为进一步研究和综合利用脐橙的活性物质提供了科学依据。     

HPLC-Q—TOF／MS分析脐橙果实中的类黄酮

采用高效液相色谱分离、串联四极杆-飞行时间质谱正离子模式检测‘红肉脐橙’和‘清家脐橙’果实黄皮层、白皮层、囊衣和汁胞中的主要类黄酮。根据保留时间、精确质荷比、二级质谱以及标准品化合物验证,确定了脐橙不同组织中含量较高的甜橙黄酮、川陈皮素等13种类黄酮。依据峰面积比较相对含量,认为脐橙黄皮层中类黄酮含量丰富,白皮层和囊衣中类黄酮含量次之,汁胞中类黄酮相对含量较少。黄皮层中以甜橙黄酮、川陈皮素和橘皮素等多甲氧基黄酮为主,而白皮层、囊衣和汁胞中的类黄酮以橙皮苷、柚皮苷为主。脐橙相同组织如白皮层、囊衣和汁胞中类黄酮的相对含量在品种间无显著差异,但橙皮苷、3,5,6,7,3’,4’-六甲氧基黄酮和橘皮素在两品种的黄皮层中相对含量差异显著。研究结果为进一步研究和综合利用脐橙的活性物质提供了科学依据。     

不同规格青皮药材UPLC特征图谱和多指标成分含量对比研究CSCD

建立个青皮、四花青皮超高效液相色谱(UPLC)特征图谱,结合多成分含量测定,为完善不同规格青皮药材的质量控制提供参考。采用Waters ACQUITY UPLC HSS T3(100 mm×2.1 mm,1.8μm)色谱柱,流动相为乙腈-0.1%甲酸溶液,流速为每分钟0.30 mL,梯度洗脱,检测波长为275 nm,柱温为40℃,进样量为1μL;建立15批个青皮和15批四花青皮的特征图谱,通过对照品比对并结合光谱分析,对共有峰进行鉴定;借助中药色谱指纹图谱相似度评价系统对15批个青皮和15批四花青皮的特征图谱进行相似度评价,通过聚类分析(HCA)、主成分分析(PCA)和正交偏最小二乘法-判别分析(OPLS-DA)比较两种规格青皮的差异,寻找差异性成分;并对两种规格青皮药材5种有效成分含量进行对比研究。结果显示,个青皮和四花青皮特征图谱均有7个共有峰,指认出其中5个峰,分别为辛弗林、芸香柚皮苷、橙皮苷、川陈皮素和橘皮素;HCA和PCA将青皮药材按规格不同大致分为两类,OPLS-DA发现3个差异性标志物,分别为峰1(辛弗林)、峰4和峰2(橙皮苷)。含量测定研究结果显示,个青皮中辛弗林和橙皮苷的含量高于四花青皮,四花青皮中川陈皮素的含量高于个青皮,差异具有统计学意义(P<0.05)。该方法可以有效鉴别不同规格的青皮药材质量的差异性,为其质量控制提供参考。     

HPLC法同时测定陈皮降气颗粒中橙皮苷、新橙皮苷和柚皮苷含量的可行性研究

目的 建立陈皮降气颗粒中柚皮苷、橙皮苷和新橙皮苷的含量测定法.方法 采用高效液相色谱法,以Inertsil ODS-SP柱(150 mm×4.6 mm,5μm)为色谱柱,以乙腈-0.1％磷酸溶液(18:82)为流动相,检测波长为284 nm,流速为1 ml·min-1,柱温30℃.结果 柚皮苷、橙皮苷和新橙皮苷的进样浓...     

崇左金花茶花朵和叶片类黄酮UPLC-Q-TOF-MS分析

以崇左金花茶（Camellia chuangtsoensis）为材料,利用超高效液相色谱-四极杆-飞行时间质谱（UPLC-Q-TOF-MS）联用技术定性定量分析其花朵（花瓣、雄蕊）和叶片（老叶、新叶）中类黄酮成分与含量。结果表明,崇左金花茶中共检测到14种类黄酮成分,木犀草素、木犀草素-7-O-芸香糖苷、槲皮素-3,7-O-二葡萄糖苷、芸香柚皮苷、圣草素和染料木苷为山茶属金花茶组植物中首次发现,其中槲皮素-3,7-O-二葡萄糖苷、芸香柚皮苷、圣草素和染料木苷主要存在于花朵中,木犀草素和木犀草素-7-O-芸香糖苷在花朵中含量高于叶片,雄蕊中高于花瓣;槲皮素-3-O-葡萄糖苷、槲皮素-7-O-葡萄糖苷、槲皮素-3-O-芸香糖苷和山柰酚-3-O-葡萄糖苷为金花茶组植物叶片中首次发现,其叶片中含量远低于花朵,老叶中远低于新叶,雄蕊中远低于花瓣;儿茶素和表儿茶素在花朵中含量高于叶片,雄蕊中高于花瓣;槲皮素和山萘酚在花朵和叶片中含量均较低。崇左金花茶花瓣和雄蕊中含量较高的类黄酮为儿茶素类、木犀草素类和槲皮素类,主要是表儿茶素、木犀草素和槲皮素-3-O-葡萄糖苷;叶片中为儿茶素类和木犀草素类,主要是表儿茶素、木犀草素和木犀草素-7-O-芸香糖苷。崇左金花茶花瓣和雄蕊中儿茶素类、木犀草素类及类黄酮总量均高于叶片,且雄蕊高于花瓣;花瓣和雄蕊中槲皮素类远高于叶片,且花瓣中远高于雄蕊。     

五种金花茶组植物类黄酮成分及其与花色关系

以金花茶、小果金花茶、扶绥金花茶、龙州金花茶和陇瑞金花茶等五种金花茶组植物为试验材料,按照CIE L*a*b*表色系法测量其花色,利用超高效液相色谱-四极杆-飞行时间质谱(UPLC-Q-TOF-MS)联用技术定性定量分析其花中类黄酮成分与含量,运用多元线性回归方法研究花色与类黄酮成分之间的关系。结果表明:5种金花茶组植物花中共检测到8种类黄酮成分,其中天竺葵素-3-O-葡萄糖苷(Pg3G)、木犀草素-7-O-芸香糖苷(Lu7R)、芸香柚皮苷和圣草素为金花茶组植物中首次发现;槲皮素-3-O-葡萄糖苷(Qu3G)、槲皮素-7-O-葡萄糖苷(Qu7G)、槲皮素-3-O-芸香糖苷(Qu3R)和山柰酚-3-O-葡萄糖苷(Km3G)为扶绥金花茶和小果金花茶中首次发现;金花茶花中类黄酮成分总量最高,其次是扶绥金花茶和小果金花茶,陇瑞金花茶和龙州金花茶较低;金花茶和小果金花茶主要类黄酮成分为Qu3G、Qu3R和Pg3G,扶绥金花茶为Qu3G和Qu7G,陇瑞金花茶和龙州金花茶为圣草素和芸香柚皮苷; Qu3G和Qu3R是决定金花茶组植物花瓣呈现黄色的主要成分,圣草素与花瓣红晕显著正相关,Pg3G影响花色鲜艳程度。     

柚果实不同部位的柚皮苷含量分析

用HPLC方法测定柚果实中柚皮苷含量的结果表明:果皮中柚皮苷含量最高,占总含量的92%以上,果肉高于种子。果皮中柚皮苷合成和积累主要在膨大期之前,而果肉和种子中柚皮苷在幼果期至膨大期间大量积累。果实趋于成熟时,不同品种间柚皮苷含量变化趋势不同,贮藏期的柚皮苷含量减少。     

三种山茶属金花茶组植物花朵类黄酮成分研究

该研究以山茶属金花茶组的金花茶、凹脉金花茶和崇左金花茶为材料,利用超高效液相色谱-四极杆-飞行时间质谱联用技术定性定量分析其花朵中类黄酮成分与含量。结果表明:三种植物中检测到15种类黄酮,其中天竺葵素-3-O-葡萄糖苷、木犀草素、木犀草素-7-O-芸香糖苷、槲皮素-3,7-O-二葡萄糖苷、芸香柚皮苷、圣草素和染料木苷为金花茶组首次发现;槲皮素-3-O-葡萄糖苷、槲皮素-7-O-葡萄糖苷、槲皮素-3-O-芸香糖苷和山萘酚-3-O-葡萄糖苷为凹脉金花茶和崇左金花茶中首次发现。儿茶素、表儿茶素、槲皮素-3-O-葡萄糖苷、槲皮素-7-O-葡萄糖苷、槲皮素-3-O-芸香糖苷和山萘酚-3-O-葡萄糖苷为三个物种主体成分;天竺葵素-3-O-葡萄糖苷为金花茶特有,槲皮素-3,7-O-二葡萄糖苷为崇左金花茶特有;木犀草素-7-O-芸香糖苷主要存在于金花茶和崇左金花茶;木犀草素主要存在于凹脉金花茶和崇左金花茶。类黄酮类型主要为儿茶素类、槲皮素类、木犀草素类和山萘酚类;崇左金花茶中槲皮素类、木犀草素类及类黄酮总量远高于金花茶和凹脉金花茶,凹脉金花茶和崇左金花茶儿茶素类高于金花茶,金花茶和崇左金花茶山萘酚类高于凹脉金花茶。     

High-performance liquid chromatography methods for the analysis of adrenergic amines and flavanones in Citrus aurantium L. var. amara

Reverse-phase HPLC coupled with photodiode array detection was used for the simultaneous separation and determination of naturally occurring adrenergic amines (octopamine, synephrine and tyramine) in fruits and dry extracts of Citrus aurantium L. var. amara and in herbal medicines derived therefrom. Synephrine was the main component in fruits (0.10-0.35%) and in dry extracts (3.00-3.08%) and was present in the range 0.25-0.99% in herbal medicines. Flavanones were analysed in the same samples using a reverse-phase HPLC technique which allowed the identification and quantification of neoeriocitrin, narirutin, naringin, hesperidin, neohesperidin, naringenin and hesperetin. C. aurantium fruits and derivatives contained mainly glycosylated flavanones: in particular, naringin and neohesperidin were found to be the major flavonoids and their concentrations ranged from 1.80 to 26.30 and from 3.90 to 14.71 mg/g, respectively. The levels of aglycones were very low in all samples tested.     

Validated high-performance liquid chromatographic method utilizing solid-phase extraction for the simultaneous determination of naringenin and hesperetin in human plasma

Naringenin and hesperetin, the aglycones of the flavanone glucosides naringin and hesperidin occur naturally in citrus fruits. They exert a variety of pharmacological effects such as antioxidant, blood lipid-lowering, anticarcinogenic and inhibit selected cytochrome P-450 enzymes resulting in drug interactions. A specific, sensitive, precise, and accurate solid-phase extraction high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) assay for the simultaneous determination of naringenin and hesperetin in human plasma was developed and validated. After addition of 7-ethoxycoumarin as internal standard, plasma samples were incubated with beta-glucuronidase/sulphatase, and the analytes were isolated from plasma by solid-phase extraction using C(18) cartridges and separated on a C(8) reversed phase column with methanol/water/acetic acid (40:58:2, v/v/v) as the eluent at 45 degrees C. The method was linear in the 10-300 ng/ml concentration range for both naringenin and hesperetin (r>0.999). Recovery for naringenin, hesperetin and internal standard was greater than 76.7%. Intra- and inter-day precision for naringenin ranged from 1.4 to 4.2% and from 1.9 to 5.2%, respectively, and for hesperetin ranged from 1.3 to 4.1% and from 1.7 to 5.1%, respectively. Accuracy was better than 91.5 and 91.3% for naringenin and hesperetin, respectively.     

Variations of Flavonoid Composition and Antioxidant Properties among Different Cultivars,Fruit Tissues and Developmental Stages of Citrus Fruits

A large number of biologically active compounds are present in ripe citrus fruits. However, few studies have been focused on the changes in flavonoids and the evolution of antioxidant activity during citrus fruit growth. In this study, fruits of five citrus cultivars cultivated in China were sampled at 60–210 days post‐anthesis (DPA) at intervals of 30 days. The amounts of main flavonoids in the peel and pulp were analyzed by HPLC and their activities were studied by DPPH, ABTS and FRAP. The results showed that the contents of hesperidin, diosmin, eriodictyol, rutin and nobiletin increased before 90 DPA and then decreased with the growth and development of fruits, but an opposite tendency was observed for naringin and narirutin. The antioxidant activities in citrus peel and pulp were found to be significantly correlated with some flavonoids. The results may be of guiding values in citrus production and utilization of citrus fruit by‐products.     

Carboxymethylated cyclosophoraose as a novel chiral additive for the stereoisomeric separation of some flavonoids by capillary electrophoresis

A carboxymethylated cyclosophoraose (CM-Cys) was synthesized by the chemical modification of neutral Cys, which was isolated from Rhizobium trifolii TA-1. CM-Cys was successfully applied as a novel chiral selector for the separation of some flavonoids including catechin, 3,5,7,3′,4′-pentahydroxyflavanone, hesperidin, hesperetin, isosakuranetin, naringenin, naringin, and eriodictyol. The effects of pH, chiral additive concentration, and temperature on resolution and migration time were also studied.     

Flavonoids in Citrus Hybrids

The occurrence and distribution of flavanone glycosides in the leaves and fruits of many kinds of artificial citrus hybrid plants were investigated by polyamide thin-layer chromatography. The citrus hybrids can be divided into two broad categories, a) those containing rutinosyl glycosides, b) those containing neohesperidosyl glycosides in accordance with the case of natural citrus species. The fiavonoid patterns of rutinosyl glycosides are classified into the following groups, a) hesperidin, b) narirutin, c) hesperidin and narirutin, d) didymin and narirutin, e) hesperidin, narirutin and eriocitrin and f) hesperidin and eriocitrin, while the pattern of neohesperidosyl glycosides fall into six groups, a) naringin, b) neohesperidin and naringin, c) neohesperidin, naringin and neoeriocitrin, d) neohesperidin and neoeriocitrin, e) naringin and neoeriocitrin, and f) poncirin, neohesperidin, naringin and neoeriocitrin. It is worthy of note that a hybrid (accession number 1088) between C. unshiu and C. hassaku contains only narirutin. Among the ninty-four hybrids examined, fifty-three varieties were obviously different from female parents in their flavonoid pattern and could be judged as true hybrids by fiavonoids but the others could not.

Additionally, a survey of fiavonoids in newly found natural pummelo- and Daidai hybrids were carried out in connection with their origin.     

Effect of adding extracted hesperetin, naringenin and pectin on egg cholesterol, serum traits and antioxidant activity in laying hens

In this study three feed additives (hesperetin, naringenin and pectin) for laying hens were investigated on their influence on the egg yolk cholesterol, serum traits and antioxidant activities in hens. Additives were extracted from citrus and grapefruit peels and contained 31.5% crude hesperetin, 39% crude naringenin and 60% galacturonic acid (pectin). Eighty 30-week-old Leghorn laying hens were randomly assigned to four groups and received, for two months, a control diet or diets with 0.05% hesperetin, 0.05% naringenin or 0.5% pectin. All additives reduced the egg yolk cholesterol level significantly. Feeding diets with added flavonoids (hesperetin and naringenin) increased the yolk weight and the ratio of yolk weight/egg weight and the blood serum superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity was elevated. Total antioxidation capacity, the level of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances and superoxide scavenging capacity in the naringenin group were greater than in the control group. Supplemented flavonoids reduced the serum cholesterol level significantly, while serum triglyceride concentration in the naringenin and pectin groups was reduced. Addition of flavonoids resulted in an enhanced cholesterol level in excreta. The results of this study indicated that intake of hesperetin, naringenin and pectin extracted from citrus and grapefruit peel in laying hens diet, may exhibit positive effects.     

New potent antioxidative hydroxyflavanones produced with Aspergillus saitoi from flavanone glycoside in citrus fruit

Potent antioxidative hydroxyflavanones were produced with Aspergillus saitoi from hesperidin or naringin, which are flavanone glycosides in citrus fruit with weak antioxidative activity. The hydroxyflavanone produced from hesperidin was identified as 8-hydroxyhesperetin (8-HHE), a novel substance, and those from naringin were identified as carthamidin (6-hydroxynaringenin) and isocarthamidin (8-hydroxynaringenin) by FAB-MS, 1H-NMR and 13C-NMR analyses. The antioxidative activity of these hydroxyflavanones was examined by using the free radical-scavenging system of 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and the methyl linoleate oxidation system. The hydroxyflavanones (8-HHE, carthamidin, and isocarthamidin) exhibited stronger activity than the flavanone glycosides (hesperidin or naringin) and their aglycones (hesperetin or naringenin). The activity of 8-HHE and isocarthamidin was comparable to that of alpha-tocopherol, and that of carthamidin was weaker than that of isocarthamidin. The hydroxyflavanones, which were hydroxylated on A ring of flavanone by Aspergillus saitoi, were obtained as potent antioxidants.     

Determination of naringin and naringenin in human urine by high-performance liquid chromatography utilizing solid-phase extraction

An HPLC method for determining a flavonoid naringin and its metabolite, naringenin, in human urine is presented for application to the pharmacokinetic study of naringin. Isocratic reversed-phase HPLC was employed for the quantitative analysis by using hesperidin for naringin or hesperetin for naringenin as internal standard and solid-phase extraction using a strong anion exchanger, Sep-Pak Accell QMA cartridge. The HPLC assay was carried out using an Inertsil ODS-2 column (250×4.6 mm I.D., 5 μm particle size). The mobile phases were acetonitrile–0.1 M ammonium acetate–acetic acid (18:81:1, v/v; pH 4.7) for naringin and acetonitrile–0.1 M ammonium acetate–triethylamine (25:75:0.05; v/v; pH 8.0) for naringenin. The flow-rate was 1.0 ml min⁻¹. The analyses were performed by monitoring the wavelength of maximum UV absorbance at 282 nm for naringin and at 324 nm for naringenin. The lower limits of quantification were ca. 25 ng/ml for naringin and naringenin with R.S.D. less than 10%. The lower limits of detection (defined as a signal-to-noise ratio of about 3) were approximately 5 ng for naringin and 1 ng for naringenin. A preliminary experiment to investigate the urinary excretion of naringin, naringenin and naringenin glucuronides after oral administration of 500 mg of naringin to a healthy volunteer demonstrated that the present method was suitable for determining naringin and naringenin in human urine.     

A New Proteolytic Enzyme from Achromobacter lyticus M497-1

Potent antioxidative hydroxyflavanones were produced with Aspergillus saitoi from hesperidin or naringin, which are flavanone glycosides in citrus fruit with weak antioxidative activity. The hydroxyflavanone produced from hesperidin was identified as 8-hydroxyhesperetin (8-HHE), a novel substance, and those from naringin were identified as carthamidin (6-hydroxynaringenin) and isocarthamidin (8-hydroxynaringenin) by FAB-MS, ¹H-NMR and ¹³C-NMR analyses. The antioxidative activity of these hydroxyflavanones was examined by using the free radical-scavenging system of 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and the methyl linoleate oxidation system. The hydroxyflavanones (8-HHE, carthamidin, and isocarthamidin) exhibited stronger activity than the flavanone glycosides (hesperidin or naringin) and their aglycones (hesperetin or naringenin). The activity of 8-HHE and isocarthamidin was comparable to that of α-tocopherol, and that of carthamidin was weaker than that of isocarthamidin. The hydroxyflavanones, which were hydroxylated on A ring of flavanone by Aspergillus saitoi, were obtained as potent antioxidants.     

Tissue distribution of hesperetin in rats after a dietary intake

Hesperetin, the aglycone of hesperidin present in citrus fruits, possesses various biological activities. We assessed the tissue distribution of hesperetin in rats fed with a 0.2% hesperetin diet for 4 weeks. Its highest concentration was found in the liver, and the second highest was in the aorta. The aorta is assumed to be one of the main target tissues of hesperetin for exerting its functions.