Separation and Purification of Two Minor Compounds from Radix isatidis by Integrative MPLC and HSCCC with Preparative HPLC

Abstract

Radix isatidis has been widely used as a Chinese traditional medicine for its antivirus and anticancer activities where the minor components may contribute to these beneficial pharmaceutical effects. In order to enrich the target minor compounds effectively and rapidly, extraction, medium-pressure liquid chromatography (MPLC), high-speed countercurrent chromatography (HSCCC), and preparative high-performance liquid chromatography (pre-HPLC) were integratively used for separation and purification of two target minor compounds indole-3-acetonitrile-6-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (target 1) and clemastanin B (target 2) in the present study. Radix isatidis was dried, pulverized, and extracted with 50% methanol at room temperature, then concentrated, and subjected to pretreatment with D-101 macroporous resin chromatography and extraction by MPLC. The first target compound was separated by MPLC at the purity raised to 70–80%, but without the second minor compounds which were irreversibly adsorbed by C18 solid support. Therefore, the second target compound in the crude extract was directly separated by HSCCC at a purity of 80–90%. Finally, these refined samples were further separated by pre-HPLC to obtain a high purity at 98–99%. The chemical structure identification of each target compound was carried out by infrared radiation (IR), electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS), and ¹H-NMR.

Keywords:

• HPLC
• HSCCC
• macroporous resin
• MPLC
• pre-HPLP
• Radix isatidis

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