• 생약학회지
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.70-75
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• 2018

Acer tegmentosum Maxim (ATM) has been used to treat hepatic disorders in traditional oriental medicine. However, there is little information about phytochemical constituents for quality control of ATM. In this study, we developed and established a simultaneous analytical method of the 10 marker compounds (three coumarins, 3 flavonoids, 1 lignan, 3 phenolics) in ATM using ultra-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS). Chromatographic separation of ten target analytes was achieved with a Waters Acquity UPLC BEH $C_{18}$ analytical column ($2.1{\times}100mm$, $1.7{\mu}m$), using a mobile phase of 0.1% (v/v) formic acid in water and acetonitrile with gradient elution. Identifications and quantitation of all analytes were performed using a Q-Exactive UPLC-MS/MS system. Correlation coefficients of the calibration curve for all analytes were ${\geq}0.9986$. The values of limits of detection and quantification of all analytes were 0.5-10.0 and 5.0-50.0 ng/mL, respectively. The established UPLC-MS/MS method successfully identified all target analytes in ATM, and the phytochemicals were 0.01-67.98 mg/g in its lyophilized water extract.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.276-282
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 UPLC를 이용하여 시네프린과 n-메틸티라민을 단시간에 동시 분석할 수 있는 새로운 방법을 개발한 후 시험법에 대한 평가를 수행하였으며, 확립된 방법으로 21종의 오렌지 및 감귤 주스와 5종의 오렌지 및 감귤에서 시네프린과 n-메틸티라민을 정량 분석을 실시하였다. UPLC를 이용하여 분석한 결과 HPLC에 비해 분석시간을 3배 이상 단축하여 15분 이내에 분석하였고, 각 성분의 감도가 월등히 높아져 UPLC로 분석 시 시간적, 경제적인 면에서 효율적으로 두 성분의 동시 분석이 가능하였다. UPLC 분석 시 검출한계는 시네프린과 n-메틸티라민이 각각 0.02 mg/L과 0.01 mg/L, 정량한계는 시네프린과 n-메틸티라민이 각각 0.06 mg/L과 0.04 mg/L로 설정되었다. 시네프린과 n-메틸티라민의 회수율은 각각 96.4%와 100.9%로 분석되었다. 확립된 분석법으로 시중에서 판매하는 오렌지 및 감귤의 과육과 과피에서 시네프린과 n-메틸티라민을 분석한 결과 모두 과육보다 과피에서 7-12배 이상 높은 함량을 나타내었다. 시판 오렌지 및 감귤 주스를 분석한 결과 시네프린 함량이 14.61-120.39 mg/kg으로 분석되었으며, n-메틸티라민은 불검출에서 3.34 mg/kg으로 분석되었다. 감귤 주스 중 과육보다 약간 높은 수준의 샘플이 있었으나 이는 천연 유래 범위 이내로 판단하였다. 따라서 본 연구에서 확립된 UPLC 분석법은 시네프린과 n-메틸티라민을 신속하고 효과적으로 동시 분석하는데 이용될 수 있을 것이며, 본 실험에 사용된 시중에 판매하고 있는 오렌지 및 감귤 주스는 자연에서 유래되는 허용 범위 내 함량을 나타내어 안전성에 문제가 없음을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.59-65
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• 2014

Discriminating between two herbal medicines (Panax ginseng and Panax quinquefolius), with similar chemical and physical properties but different therapeutic effects, is a very serious and difficult problem. Differentiation between two processed ginseng genera is even more difficult because the characteristics of their appearance are very similar. An ultraperformance liquid chromatography-quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-QTOF MS)-based metabolomic technique was applied for the metabolite profiling of 40 processed P. ginseng and processed P. quinquefolius. Currently known biomarkers such as ginsenoside Rf and F11 have been used for the analysis using the UPLC-photodiode array detector. However, this method was not able to fully discriminate between the two processed ginseng genera. Thus, an optimized UPLC-QTOF-based metabolic profiling method was adapted for the analysis and evaluation of two processed ginseng genera. As a result, all known biomarkers were identified by the proposed metabolomics, and additional potential biomarkers were extracted from the huge amounts of global analysis data. Therefore, it is expected that such metabolomics techniques would be widely applied to the ginseng research field.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.1133-1138
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• 2014

Ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-ESI- MS/MS) provides a high-speed method to screen a large number of samples for small molecules with specific properties. In this study, UPLC-ESI-MS/MS with multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) was employed to screen urinary phospholipid (PL) content for biomarkers of prostate cancer. From lists of urinary PLs structurally identified using nanoflow LC-ESI-MS/MS, 52 PL species were selected for quantitative analysis in urine samples between 22 cancer-free urologic patients as controls and 45 prostate cancer patients. Statistical treatment of data by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis yielded 14 PL species that differed significantly in relative concentrations (area under curve (AUC) > 0.8) between the two groups. Among PLs present at higher levels in prostate cancer urine, phosphatidylcholines (PCs) and phosphatidylinositols (PIs) constituted the major head group PLs (3 PCs and 7 PIs). For technical reasons, PL species of low abundance may be underrepresented in data from UPLC-ESI-MS/MS performed in MRM mode. However, the proposed method enables the rapid screening of large numbers of plasma or urine samples in the search for biomarkers of human disease.

• 생약학회지
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.15-22
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• 2018

The aim of this study was to develop a UPLC method for simultaneous analysis of 8 phenolic compounds including gallic aicd (1), protocatechuic acid (2), methyl gallate (3), ellagic acid (4), kaempferol-3-arabinofranosyl-7-rhamnoside (5), kaempferitrin (6), afzelin (7) and kaempferol-7-rhamnoside (8) isolated from Geranium thunbergii which has been traditionally used as anti-diarrheal agent. The UPLC method was optimized and validated using Halo C18 column ($4.6{\times}100mm$, $2.7{\mu}m$) consisting of MeOH and 0.1% formic acid at 260 nm in 25 minutes. In quantitative analysis of 8 compounds in MeOH extract of G. thunbergii, contents of 4-6 were 12.39, 20.52 and 21.45 mg/g, respectively. These compounds were measured as major phenolic compounds in G. thunbergii and can be useful as marker compounds for its quality control. These results suggest that the UPLC method can be contributed as basic data for quality evaluation of herbal preparations.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.158-165
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• 2012

A UPLC method for the simultaneous determination of seven compounds was established for the quality control in H. cordata. The UPLC was performed on a $C_{18}$ HSS T3 $2.1{\times}100$ mm, 1.8 ${\mu}m$ column during a 13 minute gradient elution of 0.2% aqueous acetic acid and acetonitrile with the flow rate of 0.2 mL/min at $30^{\circ}C$. The UPLC method was validated according to the ICH guideline of analytical procedures with respect to precision, accuracy, and linearity. The limit of determination and quantitation for the seven compounds were 0.01-0.09 and 0.03-0.28 ${\mu}g/mL$, respectively. The calibration curves of all seven compounds showed good linearity ($r^2$ > 0.999). The intra-day and inter-day the RSD values used to evaluate the precision of analysis were less than 0.9%. The recoveries of quantified compounds ranged from 98.63 to 103.85%. The developed UPLC method was found to be effective, convenient and sensitivity for quantitative analysis of seven compounds in H. cordata. This work could be provided a baseline source for quality control of H. cordata.

• 분석과학
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.99-105
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• 2013

염모제품 중 유효성분의 품질검사는 식품의약품안전청의 "의약외품에 관한 기준 및 시험방법"에 따라 제품에 표기된 산화염료들을 박층크로마토그래프법(TLC방법)으로 확인시험을 하도록 되어있다. 그러나 TLC방법은 원료분량이 미량이거나, $R_f$ 값이 비슷한 성분들이 존재하면 확인시험이 어려운 문제점이 있다. 본 연구에서는 미량성분 검출이 용이하며 분석시간이 짧다고 보고된 UPLC를 이용하기 위한 시료 전처리 및 분석조건을 탐색하였다. 유효성분들을 분석할 수 있는 검출한계는 6.7-77.9 ${\mu}g/L$, 정량한계는 22.3-259.7 ${\mu}g/L$ 이었으며, 회수율은 ${\alpha}$-naphthol를 제외하고는 96.2-101.5%로 양호하였다. 유효성분 추출하기 위한 시료 전처리에는 헥산-증류수를 사용하였다. 시료 전처리 시 복잡한 추출과정을 거치지 않고, UPLC방법은 빠르고 정확하게 염모제품에 함유되어 있는 유효성분들을 동시에 분석 할 수 있었다.

• 생약학회지
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• 제47권2호
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• pp.186-191
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• 2016

A new UPLC-DAD method for simultaneous determination of p-coumaric acid and trans-cinnamic acid in propolis was developed using Halo-C18 column and step gradient elution of MeCN and $0.1%H_3PO_4$ in 8 min. The method was validated by specificity, linearity, limit of detection, limit of quantification, precision(intra- and inter-day variability) and recovery tests. The validated method was sufficiently applicable for quantitative analysis of propolis products as well as propolis collected from different regions in Korea. The established method is simple, appropriate and efficient, and can be used for quality assessment of Korean propolis.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.197-203
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• 2014

A rapid, accurate and precise method for the determination of 22 amino acids in Isatidis Radix by Hydrophilic Interaction Ultra-High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Coupled with Triple-Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry (HILIC-UPLC-MS/MS) was established. Chromatographic separation was carried out on a Acquity UPLC BEH Amide column ($2.1mm{\times}100mm$, $1.7{\mu}m$) with gradient elution of acetonitrile (containing 0.05% formic acid and 2 mM ammonium formate) and water (containing 0.15% formic acid and 10 mM ammonium formate) at a flow rate of 0.4 mL/min; Waters Xevo$^{TM}$ TQ worked in multiple reaction monitoring mode. All components were separated in 17 min. All calibration curves were linear ($R^2$ > 0.991) over the tested ranges. The limits of detection (LOD) and limits of quantitation (LOQ) for these compounds were 0.21-79.55 and 0.72-294.23 ng/mL, respectively. The average recoveries were in the range of 93.75-104.16% with RSD value less than 6.56%. Therefore, this method could be an alternative assay for the determination of 22 amino acids in Isatidis Radix due to its rapidness, sensitivity, less sample and solvent consumption.

• Translational and Clinical Pharmacology
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.134-140
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• 2018

This study aimed to develop a UPLC-MS/MS method for determining plasma levels of L-aspartic acid and L-asparagine and the activity of L-asparaginase. L-aspartic acid, L-asparagine, and L-aspartic acid-2,3,3-$d_3$ were extracted from human plasma by protein precipitation with sulfosalicylic acid (30%, v/v). The plasma samples were analyzed using an Imtakt Intrada amino acid analysis column with 25 mM ammonium formate and 0.5% formic acid in acetonitrile as the mobile phase with step gradient method at a flow rate of 0.5 mL/min. The injection volume was $5{\mu}L$, and the total run time was 15 min. Inter- and intra-batch accuracies (%) ranged from 96.62-106.0% for L-aspartic acid and 89.85-104.8%, for L-asparagine, and the coefficient of variation (CV%) did not exceed 7%. The validation results for L-aspartic acid and L-asparagine satisfied the specified criterion, however, the results for L-asparaginase activity assay showed a borderline validity. This study could be a foundation for further development of therapeutic drug monitoring systems using UPLC-MS/MS.