1. A new ionic liquid–water–organic solvent three phase microextraction for simultaneous preconcentration flavonoids and anthraquinones from traditional Chinese prescription
- Author
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Xuan Chen, Qing-Shan Li, Shuang Hu, Li-Sha Zhang, and Xiao-Hong Bai
- Subjects
Flavonoids ,Chromatography ,Aqueous solution ,Liquid Phase Microextraction ,Chemistry ,Clinical Biochemistry ,Extraction (chemistry) ,Ionic Liquids ,Water ,Pharmaceutical Science ,Anthraquinones ,High-performance liquid chromatography ,Analytical Chemistry ,Solvent ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Phase (matter) ,Drug Discovery ,Emulsion ,Ionic liquid ,Solvents ,Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid ,Spectroscopy ,Drugs, Chinese Herbal - Abstract
A novel technique, ionic liquid-water-organic solvent three phase microextraction (ILWOS-3p-ME) was developed and introduced for simultaneous preconcentration and determination of flavonoids and anthraquinones in Chinese herbal formula and its preparations. This technique was performed in one step by using a syringe. High performance liquid chromatography with an UV-detector (HPLC/UV) was subsequently conducted. Two solvents with different densities (organic solvent and ionic liquid with densities less than and higher than water, respectively) were separately placed in a syringe, which was used as an extraction device. A cloudy emulsion was formed by manually shaking the syringe. The mixture was allowed to stand for several minutes; afterward, the emulsion readily separated into three phases: an upper organic solvent extraction phase; a middle aqueous sample phase; and a lower ionic liquid extraction phase. Both the upper and lower layers were transferred to a small Eppendorf (EP) tube. Conducting ILWOS-3P-ME with HPLC/UV, we simultaneously determined the bioactive components of flavonoids and anthraquinones in traditional Chinese medicine. ILWOS-3P-ME is a simple, rapid, practical, and effective method to extract and preconcentrate of different types of trace bioactive components from traditional Chinese medicine simultaneously.
- Published
- 2013