High throughput screening and antioxidant assay of dibenzo[a,c]cyclooctadiene lignans in modified-ultrasonic and supercritical fluid extracts of Schisandra chinensis Baill by liquid chromatography--mass spectrometry and a free radical-scavenging method

J Sep Sci. 2008 May;31(8):1322-32. doi: 10.1002/jssc.200700443.

Abstract

Dibenzo[a,c]cyclooctadiene lignans of Schisandra chinensis Baill are well known because of their hepatoprotective activity, antioxidant activity, and anticancer effect. For the isolation of the dibenzo[a,c]cyclooctadiene lignans of Schisandra chinensis Baill two extraction methods were used: modified-ultrasonic extraction and supercritical fluid extraction. A specific and fast analytical method for structure identification is established for quality control because structure elucidation could be accomplished by means of liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) technologies. The separation and identification of the compounds were completed by: (i) a water-acetonitrile gradient system using a C18 reversed-phase column; (ii) UV detection at 225 nm; (iii) MS/MS experiments with electrospray ionization interface (ESI) ion trap mass spectrometry in the positive mode. Normalized collision energy was used to obtain fragment ions of structural relevance in the LC-MS/MS. These results provided a reliable LC-MS/MS method for the determination of the dibenzo[a,c]cyclooctadiene lignans from Schisandra chinensis Baill. Finally, we also detected 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) scavenging effects (%) of the modified-ultrasonic and supercritical fluid extracts of Schisandra chinensis Baill compared with 6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchroman-2-carboxylic acid (Trolox). The antioxidant activities of the modified-ultrasonic and supercritical fluid extracts were lower than that of trolox.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antioxidants / analysis*
  • Antioxidants / chemistry
  • Antioxidants / isolation & purification*
  • Biphenyl Compounds / chemistry
  • Carbon Dioxide / chemistry
  • Chromans / analysis
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / methods
  • Chromatography, Liquid / methods*
  • Chromatography, Supercritical Fluid / methods*
  • Cyclooctanes / analysis*
  • Cyclooctanes / isolation & purification*
  • Free Radical Scavengers
  • Free Radicals
  • Hydrazines / chemistry
  • Lignans / chemistry*
  • Mass Spectrometry / methods*
  • Picrates
  • Schisandra / metabolism
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
  • Ultrasonics

Substances

  • Antioxidants
  • Biphenyl Compounds
  • Chromans
  • Cyclooctanes
  • Free Radical Scavengers
  • Free Radicals
  • Hydrazines
  • Lignans
  • Picrates
  • dibenzo(a,c)cyclooctadiene
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl
  • 6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchroman-2-carboxylic acid