A reverse-phase high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) method with evaporative light scattering detection (ELSD) has been developed for the quantitative analysis of hupehenine in the total alkaloids from Fritillaria hupehensis. Samples were analyzed on a reverse-phase column (Hypersil C-18) with a mobile phase of methanol:water:chloroform: triethylamine (85:15:1:0.6). The ELSD was set at the drift tube temperature of 68.3℃ and gas flow rate of 1.8 L/min. Hupehenine's retention time was 13.7 min with an asymmetry factor of 1.2. The validity of the method has been verified with linearity, limit of detection, accuracy and precision. The logarithmic linear curve was obtained from 8.936 to 134.04 μg/mL (r=0.9993). The detection limit (S/N＞3) of hupehenine was 1.79 μg/mL on the column. Intra-day RSD was 1.42% and inter-day RSD was 2.26% (3 days within a week). The average recovery of hupehenine was 101.50%, and RSD was 1.62%.

A phytochemical investigation of the whole plant of Parasenecio rubescens(S.Moore)Y.L.Chen yielded 14 previ-ously undescribed,highly oxidized bisabolane-type sesquiterpenoids,named pararunines L-Y,along with one known oplopane-type sesquiterpenoid.The structural elucidation of these compounds was accomplished through comprehensive spectroscopic analysis,in-cluding nuclear magnetic resonance(NMR)and high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry(HR-ESI-MS)techniques.Motivated by traditional uses and previous studies on this genus,all isolated compounds were subjected to in vitro cytotoxicity assays against four human cancer cell lines(MCF-7,Hela,HCT116,and HT-29).Considering that the reported chemical constituents of nu-merous other species within this genus primarily consist of eremophilane-type sesquiterpenoids,our findings not only expand the struc-tural diversity of bisabolane-type sesquiterpenoids but also contribute valuable scientific evidence to the chemotaxonomy of this genus.