HPLC/MS Fingerprint Analysis of Tangshenosides

摘要

Radix codonopsis(党参)，which is derived fromCodonopsis pilosula, C.pilosula subsp. Modesta andC. Tangshen(ChP,2000),has been used as a remedy fora decrease of appetite, psychoneurosis, fatigue, dyspepsiaetc.or as a substitute for Panax ginseng in traditionalChinese medicine. Relating to the constituents of theseherbs, triterpenes, phytosterols, furaldehyde, sesquitesand some phenolic glycosides have been reported, butnone of these compounds seems to be responsible for thebiological activities of this drug. As regards the quality evaluation of Radix Codonopsis, a HPLC analysis of atractylenolide Ⅲ has been described, but this sesquiterpene lactone exists in a very low content and is difficultfor conventional analysis. The determination of polysaccharide also met limitation because of its non-specialization. In this paper, we report the HPLC/MS fingerprintsanalysis of phelolic glycosides from Radix Codonopsis including three species.