Two-step separation of nostotrebin 6 from cultivated soil cyanobacterium (Nostoc sp.) by high performance countercurrent chromatography

Molecules. 2014 Jun 25;19(7):8773-87. doi: 10.3390/molecules19078773.

Abstract

High performance countercurrent chromatography (HPCCC) was successfully applied for the separation of nostotrebin 6 from cultivated soil cyanobacteria in a two-step operation. A two-phase solvent system composed of n-hexane-ethyl acetate-methanol-water (4:5:4:5, v/v/v/v) was employed for the HPCCC separation. In the first-step operation, its neutral upper phase was used as stationary phase and its basic lower phase (1% NH3 in lower phase) was employed as mobile phase at a flow rate of 1 mL/min. In the second operation step, its neutral upper phase was used as stationary phase, whereas both its neutral lower phase and basic lower phase were employed as mobile phase with a linear gradient elution at a flow rate of 0.8 mL/min. The revolution speed and temperature of the separation column were 1,000 rpm and 30 °C, respectively. Using HPCCC followed by clean-up on Sephadex LH-20 gel, 4 mg of nostotrebin 6 with a purity of 99% as determined by HPLC/DAD-ESI-HRMS was obtained from 100 mg of crude extract. The chemical identity of the isolated compound was confirmed by comparing its spectroscopic data (UV, ESI-HRMS, ESI-HRMS2) with those of an authentic standard and data available in the literature.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetates / chemistry
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors / chemistry
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors / isolation & purification*
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Countercurrent Distribution
  • Cyclopentanes / chemistry
  • Cyclopentanes / isolation & purification*
  • Hexanes / chemistry
  • Methanol / chemistry
  • Nostoc / chemistry*
  • Soil Microbiology
  • Solvents / chemistry
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
  • Water / chemistry

Substances

  • Acetates
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors
  • Cyclopentanes
  • Hexanes
  • Solvents
  • nostotrebin 6
  • Water
  • n-hexane
  • ethyl acetate
  • Methanol