Simultaneous quantification and inhibitory effect on LDL oxidation of the traditional Korean medicine, Leejung-tang

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Hyeun-Kyoo Shin¹  Yeji Kim¹  Ohn Soon Kim¹  Chang-Seob Seo¹ 

[1] Herbal Medicine Formulation Research Group, Herbal Medicine Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Yuseongdae-ro 1672, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 305-811, Korea

关键词: Traditional Korean medicine;    LDL oxidation;    HPLC–PDA;    Leejung-tang;    Simultaneous quantification;   

Others  :  1220396
DOI  :  10.1186/1472-6882-14-3

 received in 2013-05-07, accepted in 2013-12-05,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Leejung-tang (LJT) is a traditional Korean herbal medicine for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders. In this study, we performed quantification analysis of five marker components, liquiritin (1), ginsenoside Rg1 (2), ginsenoside Rb1 (3), glycyrrhizin (4), and 6-gingerol (5) in LJT using a high performance liquid chromatography-photodiode array (HPLC–PDA). In addition, we investigated the inhibitory effect on low-density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidation by the LJT sample.

Methods

Compounds 1–5 were separated within 35 min using a Gemini C₁₈ column. The mobile phase used gradient elution with 1.0% (v/v) aqueous acetic acid (A) and 1.0% (v/v) acetic acid in acetonitrile (B). The flow rate was 1.0 mL/min and the detector was a photodiode array (PDA) set at 203 nm, 254 nm, and 280 nm. The inhibitory effect on LDL oxidation conduct an experiment on thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS) assay, relative electrophoretic mobility (REM) assay, and electrophoresis of ApoB fragmentation of LJT.

Results

Calibration curves of compounds 1–5 showed good linearity (r² ≥0.9995) in different concentration ranges. The recoveries of compounds 1–5 were in the range of 98.90–103.39%, with relative standard deviations (RSD) below 3.0%. The RSDs (%) of intra-day and inter-day precision were 0.10–1.08% and 0.29–1.87%, respectively. The inhibitory effect of LJT on Cu²⁺-induced LDL oxidation was defined by TBARS assay (IC₅₀: 165.7 μg/mL) and REM of oxLDL (decrease of 50% at 127.7 μg/mL). Furthermore LJT reduced the fragmentation of ApoB of oxLDL in a dose-dependent manner.

Conclusions

The established HPLC-PDA method will be helpful to improve quality control of LJT. In addition, LJT is a potential LDL oxidation inhibitor.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Seo et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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