In order to study the accumulation of Fritillaria thunbergii cultivar, peimine content in Xiaye, Kuanye, Duozi and Xiaosanzi bulbs of different sizes and parts was determined by HPLC-ELSE. The results indicated that the peimine content varied significantly with the cultivar type, the size and part of bulb. The distribution laws of peimine were as follow: Xiaosanzi > Duozi > Xiaye > Kuanye, small-size bulb > big-size bulb, core bud > scale. The peimine yield per plant in Duozi was the highest.
Cevanes ; analysis ; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid ; Fritillaria ; chemistry ; growth & development

To study the chemical constituents of Fritillaria monanth Migo, the constituents were separated and purified by column chromatography on silica gel, and the structures were identified by NMR, MS spectral data. Six compounds were isolated and identified as ent-kauran-15-en-17-ol (I), entkauran-15-en-3alpha, 17-diol (II), fritillaziebinol (III), ent-kauran-16a, 17-diol (IV), ent-kauran-3alpha, 16alpha,17-triol (V), ent-16,17-epoxy-kauran-3alpha-ol (VI). All the compounds were isolated from this plant for the first time, and VI is named as ent-16,17-epoxy-kauran-3alpha-ol, which is a new compound.
Diterpenes, Kaurane ; chemistry ; isolation & purification ; Fritillaria ; chemistry ; Molecular Structure ; Plant Roots ; chemistry ; Plants, Medicinal ; chemistry

OBJECTIVETo develop a high performance liquid chromatography coupled with a photodiode array detector (HPLC-DAD) method for simultaneous determination of 7 nucleosides and nucleobases in Fritillaria taipaiensis.

METHODThe analyses were performed on an Agilent Zorbax-SB-Aq-C18 column (4.6 mm x 250 mm, 5 microm) eluted with water and methanol in gradient mode. The flow rate was 1.0 mL x min(-1). The detection wavelength was 260 nm. The temperature of sample manager was set at 25 degrees C, and the injection volume was 20 microL.

RESULTThe investigated compounds including uracil, cytidine, uridine, guanosine, thymidine, adenosine and adenine were shown good linearity (r > or = 0.999 8) over the tested ranges. The average recoveries were within 96.96% - 103.5% with RSD < or = 3.8%.

CONCLUSIONThe accuracy, stability, repeatability and average recovery of the method are satisfying, and the seven nucleosides and nucleobases components in F. taipaiensis can be rapidly and accurately quantified by HPLC-DAD. This work provided helpful information for comprehensive quality evaluation of F. taipaiensis.

Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; chemistry ; Fritillaria ; chemistry ; Nucleosides ; analysis ; Reproducibility of Results ; Water ; chemistry

A high-performance liquid chromatography method was developed for determination of five nucleotides in Bulbus Fritillariae. The five nucleotides were uridine, adenine, guanosine, thymidine, adenosine, respectively. A Welch materials XB-C18 column (4.6 mm x 250 mm, 5 microm) was used and the chromatographic separation was achieved using 5 mmoL x L(-1) ammonium acetate-acetic acid buffer solution (pH 4.30, B) and methanol (A) as mobile phases, the gradient elution program: 0-10 min, 0%-1% A, 10-20 min, 1%-5% A, 20-25 min, 5% A, 25-35 min, 5%-30% A, 35-37 min, 30%-0% A, 37-40 min, 0% A with a flow rate of 1 mL x min(-1) and monitored at 260 nm, the injection volume was 20 microL. The peak areas of nucleotides and the concentrations showed a good linear relation ranged from 0.24 to 13.60 mg x L(-1), r > 0.9983. The intra- and inter-day pecision results were adequate with the RSDs of 2.1% or below. The repeatability was good and the RSD were smaller than 5.5%. The recoveries of nucleosides were in the range of 93.55% and 101.9%, RSD < 3.0%; The order of nucleotides contents in different Bulbus Fritillariae was F. hupehensis > F. thunberqii > F. cirrhosa approximately F. ussuriensis. The method is simple, convenient and accurate. It can be used for the determination of nucleosides and supplying evidence for exploiting and applying of Bulbus Fritillariae.
Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid ; methods ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; chemistry ; Fritillaria ; chemistry ; Nucleotides ; chemistry ; Reproducibility of Results

OBJECTIVETo establish quality standard of Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae by determining and comparing alkaloids and saponins in various Beimus.

METHODAlkaloids in beimus were determined with two-phase titration and saponins in Beimus were determined with weight method.

RESULT AND CONCLUSIONThe contents of alkaloids and saponins in 4 species of Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae (each specie including 3 samples) Zhe Beimu, Yi Beimu and Pin Beimu (each specie including 2 samples) were determined.

Alkaloids ; analysis ; Fritillaria ; chemistry ; classification ; Plants, Medicinal ; chemistry ; Quality Control ; Saponins ; analysis ; Species Specificity

The paper reviews the recent developments in germplasm, identification, ecological factors and cultivation of bulbus fritillariae cirrhosae. During past years, new methods for identification such as mass spectrometry (MS), polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) and DNA chips have been invented and identification works became easier. The relationship between ecological factors such as climate, soil, community types and the quality of bulbus fritillariae cirrhosae has been revealed, thus a new cultivation model "semi-wild cultivation" have been developed and it is beneficial to material conservation. The present problems and the future research direction on bulbus fritillariae cirrhosae were also discussed.
Conservation of Natural Resources ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; chemistry ; Environmental Monitoring ; Fritillaria ; chemistry ; genetics ; growth & development

In order to reveal the relationship between the amount of soil microorganisms and the quality of Fritillaria taipaiensis, both cultivated and wild F. taipaiensis were collected from Chongqing, Wuxi at different stages of their growth as objects of the research. The mycorrhizal infection rate and colonization intensity, peimisine and total alkaloid content in bulbs, the amount of microorganisms and biomass carbon content in rhizospheric soil were all determined using common methods. The results showed that the typical arbuscular-vesicle roots were formed after the AM fungi infected the F. taipaiensis roots which were collected from different origins. The mycorrhizal infection rates were ranged from 78.74% to 98.68% and the colonization intensities were ranged from 13.29% to 37.06%. The rhizospheric microorganisms of F. taipaiensis showed abundant resources. The distribution rule of them in the rhizospheric soil was as follows: the amount of bacteria>the amount of actinomycetes>the amount of fungi. The rhizospheric bacteria, decomposition inorganic phosphorus bacteria, decomposition organic phosphorus bacteria, actinomycetes amount and the total number of microbes increased first and then decreased with the increase of years, while decomposition potassium bacteria showed decreasing trend and fungi showed gradual increasing trend. The soil microbial flora content in the soil changed from "bacterial type" with a high fertility to "fungal type" with a low fertility. The mass fraction of peimisine and total alkaloid content increased first and then decreased with the increase of over the years, the same trend of culturable rhizosphere soil bacteria and actinomycetes indicated that the growth years affected the quality of soil and medicinal materials on different levels. Therefore, the diversity of microbial communities in rhizosphere soil reduced with the increase of years leading to the continuous cropping obstacles and the destruction of medicinal quality of F. taipaiensis.
Alkaloids ; analysis ; Fritillaria ; chemistry ; microbiology ; Mycorrhizae ; Plant Roots ; Rhizosphere ; Soil Microbiology

Fritillaria thunbergii is a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine, which has the effects of clearing heat and resolving stagnation, eliminating phlegm and relieving cough. At present, it is mostly produced by cultivation, and the cultivation process requires application of base fertilizer, winter fertilizer, seedling fertilizer and late top dressing. Now farmyard manure or organic fertilizer can be used to replace the base fertilizer and winter fertilizer, but the research on the replacement of organic fertilizer has not been completed for the late top dressing. Potassium fulvate is a kind of fulvate fertilizer, which can not only regulate the growth of crops but also supplement potassium necessary for the growth of crops. In this paper, using F. thunbergii as a model plant with mature cultivation techniques, the effect of potassium fulvate on the quality and yield of rhizome traditional Chinese medicine F. thunbergii was systematically studied for the first time. HPLC-ELSD was used to determine the contents of peimine A and peimine B, hot dip method was used to determine the content of alcohol extract, and the SPAD-502 Plus chlorophyll meter was used to detect SPAD value. The results showed that applying 1.5 to 2.25 kg·hm~(-2) of potassium fulvic acid per hectare could effectively improve the yield of F. thunbergii and there was significantly difference between potassium phosphate monobasic and potassium fulvic acid in terms of quality. After the application of range 1.5 to 2.25 kg·hm~(-2) of potassium fulvic acid per hectare, the content of alcohol soluble extract of F. thunbergii was ranged 21.61% to 22.27%, the total amount of peimine A and peimine B were ranged 0.09% to 0.10%. Applying 1.5 to 2.25 kg·hm~(-2) of potassium fulvic acid per hectare could replace the conventional pure chemical fertilizer potassium phosphate monobasic, which could be used as top dressing fertilizer for the cultivation of F. thunbergii.
Benzopyrans/administration & dosage* ; Fertilizers ; Fritillaria/chemistry* ; Phytochemicals/analysis* ; Potassium/administration & dosage*

OBJECTIVETo provide a simple method to identify different of herbal drugs of Fritillaria.

METHODThe X-ray diffraction spectra of five Fritillaria powders were obtained by X-ray diffractometry (XRD).

RESULTBy analyzing the diffraction peaks of starch over the 2theta diffraction angle in the range of 10 degrees-30 degrees, we concluded that the crystal type of starch in F. thunbergii, F. ussurensis, F. pallidifloca and F. hupehensis was B-type. However, the crystal type of starch in F. cirrhosa was CB-type. The degree of crystallinity of starch was 42.1%, 43.6%, 37.7%, 35.9% and 30.8%, corresponding to F. thunbergii, F. ussurensis, F. pallidiflcoca,F. cirrhosa and F. hupehensis.

CONCLUSIONBased on the differences of crystallinity of starch and X-ray diffraction spectra of Fritillaria powders, different species of Fritillaria can be identified.

Crystallization ; Fritillaria ; chemistry ; classification ; Plant Roots ; chemistry ; Plants, Medicinal ; chemistry ; classification ; Species Specificity ; Starch ; analysis ; X-Ray Diffraction

AIMTo determine peimine and peiminine in Fritillaria drug simultaneously by RP-HPLC-ELSD.

METHODSHPLC was carried out with a Waters Alliance, Model 2690, equipped with XTerra RP18 column (150 mm x 3.9 mm ID, 5 microm) and evaporated light scattering detector. The mobile phase (acetonitrile-10 mmol.L(-1) NH4HCO3 adjusted to pH 10.10 by ammonia solution) was eluted in gradient mode.

RESULTSThe recoveries of peimine and peiminine were 98.96% (n = 4), with RSD 1.01% and 98.40% (n = 4), with RSD 2.63%, respectively.

CONCLUSIONThe method is simple, sensitive and reliable. It can be used for quantitative determination of Fritillaria drug.

Cevanes ; analysis ; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid ; methods ; Fritillaria ; chemistry ; classification ; Plant Roots ; chemistry ; Plants, Medicinal ; chemistry ; Quality Control ; Reproducibility of Results