PMID- 17161980 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20070724 LR - 20070430 IS - 1570-0232 (Print) IS - 1570-0232 (Linking) VI - 850 IP - 1-2 DP - 2007 May 1 TI - The study on the chromatographic fingerprint of Fructus xanthii by microwave assisted extraction coupled with GC-MS. PG - 241-8 AB - The chromatographic fingerprint of Fructus xanthii, a kind of Traditional Chinese Medicines (TCMs), was studied by microwave assisted extraction (MAE) coupled with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The optimized conditions of MAE were examined. The method of MAE was evaluated in contrast to heat reflux extraction (HRE) method and by the validation tests of precision and repeatability. The relative standard deviations (RSDs) of retention time and peak area of each component were less than 0.2% and 6%, respectively. Twenty-five different batches of samples collected from different producing areas and the toasting process of F. xanthii were studied. The characteristic differences in the producing areas and the chemical variances in the toasting process were obtained and studied by principal components analysis (PCA) and similarity analysis. The trends of main varying components were attempted to be described in order to specify the related pharmacology and toxicology in crude and toasted samples. The results suggest that the chromatographic fingerprint developed by MAE coupled with GC-MS provides useful information to reveal the quality of F. xanthii and evaluate the quality changes in the producing process. FAU - Ruan, Gui-Hua AU - Ruan GH AD - School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P.R. China. FAU - Li, Gong-Ke AU - Li GK LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20061211 PL - Netherlands TA - J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci JT - Journal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences JID - 101139554 SB - IM MH - Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry/*methods MH - *Microwaves MH - Xanthium/*chemistry EDAT- 2006/12/13 09:00 MHDA- 2007/07/25 09:00 CRDT- 2006/12/13 09:00 PHST- 2006/08/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2006/11/09 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2006/11/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2006/12/13 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/07/25 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/12/13 09:00 [entrez] AID - S1570-0232(06)00993-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jchromb.2006.11.036 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2007 May 1;850(1-2):241-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2006.11.036. Epub 2006 Dec 11.