Hongkai Xie,Wenhua Ji,Dahui Liu,Wei Liu,Daijie Wang,Ruimin Lv,Xiao Wang
In this work, surface molecularly imprinted polymers with dummy templates were developed as the selective sorbents for preparation of dencichine from the extract of Panax notoginseng for the first time. The polymers were characterized by scanning electron microscopy and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The performances of molecularly imprinted and non-imprinted polymers were evaluated, which included selective recognition, adsorption isotherms and adsorption kinetics. Optimization of various parameters affecting molecularly imprinted solid phase extraction, such as sample loading pH and flow rate, the composition and volume of the eluting solvent and the composition and volume of the washing solvent were investigated. Compared with NISPE, MISPE displayed improved specific adsorption performance. Dencichine with a purity of 98.7% was obtained from the aqueous extract of Panax notoginseng with the average recovery of 83.7% (n = 3).
Chenglong Sun,Shuangshuang Ma,Lili Li,Daijie Wang,Wei Liu,Feng Liu,Lanping Guo,Xiao Wang
Background Panax notoginseng is a highly valued medicinal herb used widely in China and many Asian countries. Its root and rhizome have long been used for the treatment of cardiovascular and hematological diseases. Imaging the spatial distributions and dynamics of metabolites in heterogeneous plant tissues is significant for characterizing the metabolic networks of Panax notoginseng , and this will also provide a highly informative approach to understand the complex molecular changes in the processing of Panax notoginseng . Methods Here, a high-sensitive MALDI-MS imaging method was developed and adopted to visualize the spatial distributions and spatiotemporal changes of metabolites in different botanical parts of Panax notoginseng . Results A wide spectrum of metabolites including notoginsenosides, ginsenosides, amino acids, dencichine, gluconic acid, and low-molecular-weight organic acids were imaged in Panax notoginseng rhizome and root tissues for the first time. Moreover, the spatiotemporal alterations of metabolites during the steaming of Panax notoginseng root were also characterized in this study. And, a series of metabolites such as dencichine, arginine and glutamine that changed with the steaming of Panax notoginseng were successfully screened out and imaged. Conclusion These spatially-resolved metabolite data not only enhance our understanding of the Panax notoginseng metabolic networks, but also provide direct evidence that a serious of metabolic alterations occurred during the steaming of Panax notoginseng .