Separation and purification of five alkaloids from Aconitum duclouxii by counter‐current chromatography. Issue 13 (19th June 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wang, Yarong; Cai, Shining; Chen, Yang; Deng, Liang; Zhou, Xumei; Liu, Jia; Xu, Xin; Xia, Qiang; Lin, Mao; Zhang, Jili; Huang, Weili; Wang, Wenjun; Xiang, Canhui; Cui, Guozhen; Du, Lianfeng; He, Huan; Qi, Baohui
• Is Part Of: Journal of separation science. Volume 38:Issue 13(2015:Jul.)
• Page Start: 2320
• Page End: 2326
• Publication Date: 2015-06-19
• Subjects: Separation (Technology) -- Periodicals; Chromatographic analysis -- Periodicals; 543.089
• DOI: 10.1002/jssc.201500059
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1615-9306

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>C<sub>19</sub>‐diterpenoid alkaloids are the main components of <italic>Aconitum duclouxii</italic> Levl. The process of separation and purification of these compounds in previous studies was tedious and time consuming, requiring multiple chromatographic steps, thus resulted in low recovery and high cost. In the present work, five C<sub>19</sub>‐diterpenoid alkaloids, namely, benzoylaconine (<bold>1</bold>), <italic>N‐</italic>deethylaconitine (<bold>2</bold>), aconitine (<bold>3</bold>), deoxyaconitine (<bold>4</bold>), and ducloudine A (<bold>5</bold>), were efficiently prepared from <italic>A. duclouxii</italic> Levl (<italic>Aconitum</italic> L.) by ethyl acetate extraction followed with counter‐current chromatography. In the process of separation, the critical conditions of counter‐current chromatography were optimized. The two‐phase solvent system composed of <italic>n</italic>‐hexane/ethyl acetate/methanol/water/NH<sub>3</sub>·H<sub>2</sub>O (25%) (1:1:1:1:0.1, v/v) was selected and 148.2 mg of <bold>1</bold>, 24.1 mg of <bold>2</bold>, 250.6 mg of <bold>3</bold>, 73.9 mg of <bold>4, </bold> and 31.4 mg of <bold>5</bold> were obtained from 1 g total <italic>Aconitum</italic> alkaloids extract, respectively, in a single run within 4 h. Their purities were found to be 98.4, 97.2, 98.2, 96.8, and 96.6%, respectively, by ultra‐high performance liquid chromatography analysis. The presented separation and purification method was simple, fast, and efficient, and the obtained highly pure alkaloids are suitable for biochemical and toxicological investigation.</p> </abstract>