Background: Although chromatography and spectrometry-based methods have been used to analyse phenolic acids in Chinese traditional medicine Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (SMB), quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance (qNMR) has never previously been used to analyse fresh SMB root extracts.
Objective: To establish a fast and simple method of quantitating danshensu, lithospermic acid, rosmarinic acid, and salvianolic acid B content in fresh SMB root using 1H-NMR spectroscopy. Method: Fresh SMB root was extracted using a 70% methanol aqueous solution and quantitatively
analysed for danshensu, lithospermic acid, rosmarinic acid, and salvianolic acid B using 1H-NMR spectroscopy. Different internal standards were compared and the results were validated using highperformance liquid chromatography. Results: The established method was accurate
and precise with good recovery. The LOD and LOQ indicated the excellent sensitivity of the method. The robustness was testified by the modification of four different parameters, and the differences among each parameter were all less than 2%. Conclusion: qNMR offers a fast, reliable, and accurate
method of identifying and quantifying danshensu, lithospermic acid, rosmarinic acid, and salvianolic acid B in fresh SMB root extracts.
Yang Shi-Xuan,Fan Zi-Yu,Zhang Feng-Yu,Li Si-Hao,Wu Yi-Xian
The random copolymers of isobutylene (IB) with polar comonomers of 4-acetoxystyrene (ACS) or 4- tert -butoxystyrene (TBO), P(IB- co -ACS) and P(IB- co -TBO), could be successfully synthesized via cationic copolymerization with FeCl 3 -based initiating system. The kinetics of the cationic copolymerization process was in situ investigated by inserting a diamond probe into the reaction system by ATR-FTIR spectroscopy. The chemical structure and incorporation content of polar comonomers in the copolymers were characterized by GPC with RI/UV dual detectors and 1 H-NMR spectroscopy. The corresponding functionalized random copolymers of IB with vinyl phenol P(IB- co -POH) carrying phenolic hydroxyl side groups could be further prepared via the complete hydrolysis of acetoxyl side groups in P(IB- co -ACS) or tert -butoxyl side groups in P(IB- co -TBO) copolymers. The functionalized P(IB- co -POH) copolymers became hydrophilic with water contact angle (WCA) of ca . 80° for the self-assembly in hot water, compared to the hydrophobic polyisobutylene with WCA of ca . 110°. The functionalized P(IB- co -POH) copolymers also displayed an excellent self-healing property due to the interaction of intermolecular hydrogen bonding and formation of three dimentional supramolecular networks from phenolic hydroxyl side groups. Furthermore, P(IB- co -POH) copolymers also provided a good matrix for the homogeneous dispersion for silica nanoparticles due to the formation of hydrogen bonding between copolymer chains and silica nanoparticles.