Deciphering the mysteries of Aconitum pendulum: Unique identification of various processed products and characteristic chemical markers

Arabian Journal of Chemistry
2024.0

Abstract

Aconitum pendulum, a member of the Aconitum genus within the Ranunculaceae family, is known for its remarkable anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor, and analgesic properties. However, the application of Aconitum pendulum in traditional medicine is often restricted by its inherent toxicity, necessitating specific processing methods to ensure safe usage. Tibetan medicine utilizes distinctive processing techniques such as the barley wine, Hezitang, and zanba frying systems to render the herb safe for medicinal use. Despite the known pharmacological importance, scant research exists on how these processing methods affect the phytochemical profile of Aconitum pendulum, indicating a necessity for comparative analysis of the resulting concoctions. In this study, we employed( 1)H nuclear magnetic resonance (H-1 NMR) spectroscopy and ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole time of flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-Q-TOF-MS) to explore the metabolomic variations among different processed products of Aconitum pendulum. Multivariate data analysis techniques, including pattern recognition, allowed us to investigate the intricacies of the compound profiles. To discover signature chemical markers that can differentiate the various processed products, we conducted paired t-tests and generated heat maps highlighting the detected differences. Our integrated analysis of the H-1 NMR and UPLC-Q-TOF-MS data revealed distinct chemical signatures unique to each method of Aconitum pendulum processing. By employing chemometric analysis with variable importance in projection (VIP) scores greater than 1.0, and coupled with the statistical rigor of paired t-tests (P < 0.05), we successfully identified significant chemical markers in various processed products, including ferulic acid (FA), caffeic acid (CA), 3-acetylaconitine (AAC) and benzoylaconitine (BAC). Our findings provide a rapid and robust analysis of the chemical constituencies within raw and processed Aconitum pendulum. The discovery of potential chemical markers through an array of advanced pattern recognition techniques offers a substantial contribution to the pharmaceutical analysis. The results of this research pave the way for future comparative studies and facilitate the recognition of distinctively processed Aconitum pendulum products in traditional medicine.

Knowledge Graph

Similar Paper

Deciphering the mysteries of Aconitum pendulum: Unique identification of various processed products and characteristic chemical markers
Arabian Journal of Chemistry 2024.0
Profiling alkaloids in Aconitum pendulum N. Busch collected from different elevations of Qinghai province using widely targeted metabolomics
Phytochemistry 2022.0
Structural characterization and screening of chemical markers of alkaloids in Aconiti lateralis radix Praeparata and its processed products by UHPLC/Q‐TOF‐MS/MS and GNPS combining multivariate statistical methods based on the clinic
Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 2024.0
Study on the Alkaloids in Tibetan Medicine<i>Aconitum pendulum</i>Busch by HPLC–MS<i><sup>n</sup></i>Combined with Column Chromatography
Journal of Chromatographic Science 2016.0
Aconitum pendulum and Aconitum flavum: A narrative review on traditional uses, phytochemistry, bioactivities and processing methods
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2022.0
2D-HPLC-MS Technology Combined with Molecular Network for the Identification of Components in Tibetan medicine &lt;em&gt;Aconitum pendulum&lt;/em&gt;
Journal of Visualized Experiments 2023.0
Rapid Differentiation of Aconiti Kusnezoffii Radix from Different Geographic Origins Using Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography Coupled with Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry
World Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2021.0
An efficient high-performance liquid chromatography combined with electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry method to elaborate the changes of components between the raw and processed radix Aconitum kusnezoffii
Pharmacognosy Magazine 2016.0
The global profiling of alkaloids in Aconitum stapfianum and analysis of detoxification material basis against Fuzi
Journal of Chromatography A 2021.0
High‐performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole time‐of‐flight tandem mass spectrometry for profiling diterpenoid alkaloids in Aconitum species
SEPARATION SCIENCE PLUS 2023.0