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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research Vol. 6(12), pp. 2520-2525, 30 March, 2012<br />

Available online at http://www.academicjournals.org/JMPR<br />

DOI: 10.5897/JMPR11.513<br />

ISSN 1996-0875 ©2012 <strong>Academic</strong> <strong>Journals</strong><br />

Full Length Research Paper<br />

Isolation and purification of terpenoids from Celastrus<br />

aculeatus Merr. by high-speed counter-current<br />

chromatography<br />

Yang Xie 1 , Zongbao Ding 2 , Wenjun Duan 2 and Qingsheng Ye 1 *<br />

1 School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, People’s Republic of China.<br />

2 School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, People’s Republic of China.<br />

Accepted 9 May, 2011<br />

Following an initial clean-up step on a silica gel column, preparative high-speed counter-current<br />

chromatography (HSCCC) method was successfully established by using n-hexane–ethyl acetate–<br />

methanol–water (2.3:2:2:1.3, v/v) as the two phases solvent system to isolate and purify terpenoids from<br />

the stem and root bark of Celastrus aculeatus Merr. The isolation was done in less than 260 min and 2.5<br />

mg of nimbidiol (I) and 3 mg of pristimerin (I I) were yielded from 250 mg of the crude extract with the<br />

purity of 95.0 and 97.1%, respectively, as determined by high-performance liquid chromatography<br />

(HPLC). Their structures were identified by using spectroscopic methods including ultraviolet (UV),<br />

electron ionization mass spectrometry (EI-MS), hydrogen nuclear magnetic resonance 1 (HNMR) and<br />

13 CNMR. Nimbidiol and pristimerin were isolated from C. aculeatus Merr for the first time.<br />

Key words: High-speed counter-current chromatography, terpeniods, nimbidiol, pristimerin, Celastrus<br />

aculeatus Merr.<br />

INTRODUCTION<br />

Celastrus aculeatus Merr.(Celastrus) (Guo et al., 2004;<br />

Kim et al., 1998; Jin et al., 2002; Westerheide et al.,<br />

2004) is a Chinese medicine that belongs to the family<br />

Celastraceae and the genus Celastrus. For centuries,<br />

roots, stems and leaves of C. aculeatus have been used<br />

to treat rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, lower back<br />

pain and so on. However, up to now, few phytochemical<br />

studies on this plant have been described in the<br />

literature. In order to find out the bioactive components,<br />

we have studied the chemical components of C.<br />

aculeatus Merr. Some of the bioactive components are<br />

difficult to separate because of their low contents.<br />

Although preparative HPLC or silica gel column makes<br />

the isolation and purification much easier than before, the<br />

considerable loss of herbal material requires more<br />

efficient methods to provide bioactive components.<br />

*Corresponding author. E-mail: Ye-lab@scnu.edu.cn. Tel:<br />

862085212021. Fax: 862085212021.<br />

Compared to conventional liquid-solid methods, HSCCC<br />

without a solid phase has more advantages. A supportfree<br />

liquid-liquid partition chromatographic technique<br />

eliminates such adsorption problems (Ito, 1981) has been<br />

widely used in preparative separation of natural products<br />

(Yang et al., 2009). In the present study, the HSCCC<br />

method was developed for the separation and purification<br />

of nimbidiol and pristimerin from C. aculeatus Merr. Their<br />

structures were elucidated with EI-MS, 1 HNMR and<br />

13 CNMR. As far as we know, the two compounds were<br />

obtained from C. aculeatus Merr for the first time.<br />

METHODOLOGY<br />

Materials<br />

The roots and stems of C. aculeatus Merr.(were collected from<br />

Guangdong province of China). TBE-300 A high speed countercurrent<br />

chromatograph (Shanghai Tauto Biotech Company). HX-<br />

1050 constant-temperature circulation implements (Beijing<br />

Byoikang Lab. Instrument Company). Waters symmetry C18 column

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