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Polyporus umbellatus is a well-known and important medicinal fungus in Asia. Its polysaccharides possess interesting bioactivities such as antitumor, antioxidant, hepatoprotective and immunomodulatory effects. A qualitative and quantitative method has been established for the analysis of 12 monosaccharides comprising polysaccharides of Polyporus umbellatus based on high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with electrospray ionization−ion trap−time of flight−mass spectrometry. The hydrolysis conditions of the polysaccharides were optimized by orthogonal design. The results of optimized hydrolysis were as follows: neutral sugars and uronic acids 4 mol/L trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), 6 h, 120 °C; and amino sugars 3 mol/L TFA, 3 h, 100 °C. The resulting monosaccharides derivatized with 1-phenyl-3-methyl-5-pyrazolone have been well separated and analyzed by the established method. Identification of the monosaccharides was carried out by analyzing the mass spectral behaviors and chromatography characteristics of 1-phenyl-3-methyl-5-pyrazolone labeled monosaccharides. The results showed that polysaccharides in Polyporus umbellatus were composed of mannose, glucosamine, rhamnose, ribose, lyxose, erythrose, glucuronic acid, galacturonic acid, glucose, galactose, xylose, and fucose. Quantitative recoveries of these monosaccharides in the samples were in the range of 96.10−103.70%. This method is simple, accurate, and sensitive for the identification and quantification of monosaccharides, and can be applied to the quality control of Polyporusumbellatus as a natural medicine.

To evaluate the quality of Polyporus umbellatus, we established a simple, repeatable and reliable method based on high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) for specific chromatogram and fingerprint analysis, which was applied to analyze samples of medicinal materials and decoction pieces collected from different regions. Finally, ten characteristic peaks were designated in the specific chromatograms and applied to the authenticate identification of P. umbellatus samples. Nine common peaks were designated in the fingerprints, and then the similarities between 32 batches of samples were calculated. Among them, eight compounds were identified by HPLC-APCI-IT-TOF-MSn, four of which were identified in specific chromatograms and four in fingerprints. In the present study, we, for the first time, combined HPLC specific chromatograms and fingerprints for the species identification and quality evaluation of P. umbellatus. Collectively, our findings provided a new method for establishing a comprehensive quality standard of P. umbellatus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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