Chromatographic and mass spectrometric fingerprinting analyses of Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels-derived dietary supplements

Anal Bioanal Chem. 2013 May;405(13):4477-85. doi: 10.1007/s00216-012-6668-1. Epub 2013 Jan 15.

Abstract

Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels ("Danggui" in Chinese) is one of the most commonly used traditional Chinese medicines. It has been used to invigorate blood circulation for the treatment of anemia, hypertension, chronic bronchitis, asthma, rheumatism, and cardiovascular diseases. There are a number of A. sinensis-derived dietary supplements in the US markets. However, no study have been conducted to investigate the quality of these dietary supplements. In this paper, high-performance liquid chromatographic and flow-injection mass spectrometric fingerprints were both evaluated to assess the consistency of A. sinensis-derived dietary supplements. Similarity analysis was carried out on the high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) fingerprints. Meanwhile, principal component analysis (PCA) was performed on the data obtained from flow-injection mass spectrometric (FIMS) fingerprints, which can analyze each sample in 2 min, compared with 30 min required for the chromatographic fingerprint. Both methods show significant chemical differences between samples that may be due to differences in growing locations, growing conditions, harvesting times, and/or botanical processing. The loading plots obtained from PCA singled out the discriminatory ions that were responsible for chemical differences of A. sinensis-derived dietary supplements.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Angelica sinensis / chemistry*
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / methods
  • Dietary Supplements / analysis*
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / analysis*
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / chemistry
  • Flow Injection Analysis / methods
  • Flow Injection Analysis / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Mass Spectrometry / methods
  • Principal Component Analysis

Substances

  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal