PMID- 27313153 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170516 LR - 20170516 IS - 1099-1565 (Electronic) IS - 0958-0344 (Linking) VI - 27 IP - 3-4 DP - 2016 May TI - Simultaneous Quantification of Seven Bioactive Flavonoids in Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium by Ultra-Fast Liquid Chromatography Coupled with Tandem Mass Spectrometry. PG - 168-73 LID - 10.1002/pca.2612 [doi] AB - INTRODUCTION: Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium (CRP) is a commonly-used traditional Chinese medicine with flavonoids as the major bioactive components. Nevertheless, the contents of the flavonoids in CRP of different sources may significantly vary affecting their therapeutic effects. Thus, the setting up of a reliable and comprehensive quality assessment method for flavonoids in CRP is necessary. OBJECTIVE: To set up a rapid and sensitive ultra-fast liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (UFLC-MS/MS) method for simultaneous quantification of seven bioactive flavonoids in CRP. METHODS: A UFLC-MS/MS method coupled to ultrasound-assisted extraction was developed for simultaneous separation and quantification of seven flavonoids including hesperidin, neohesperidin, naringin, narirutin, tangeretin, nobiletin and sinensetin in 16 batches of CRP samples from different sources in China. RESULTS: The established method showed good linearity for all analytes with correlation coefficient (R) over 0.9980, together with satisfactory accuracy, precision and reproducibility. Furthermore, the recoveries at the three spiked levels were higher than 89.71% with relative standard deviations (RSDs) lower than 5.19%. The results indicated that the contents of seven bioactive flavonoids in CRP varied significantly among different sources. Among the samples under study, hesperidin showed the highest contents in 16 samples ranged from 27.50 to 86.30 mg/g, the contents of hesperidin in CRP-15 and CRP-9 were 27.50 and 86.30 mg/g, respectively, while, the amount of narirutin was too low to be measured in some samples. CONCLUSION: This study revealed that the developed UFLC-MS/MS method was simple, sensitive and reliable for simultaneous quantification of multi-components in CRP with potential perspective for quality control of complex matrices. Copyright (c) 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. CI - Copyright (c) 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. FAU - Zhao, Lian-Hua AU - Zhao LH AD - Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, 130118, China. AD - Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100193, China. FAU - Zhao, Hong-Zheng AU - Zhao HZ AD - Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, 130118, China. AD - Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100193, China. FAU - Zhao, Xue AU - Zhao X AD - Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, 130118, China. AD - Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100193, China. AD - Jilin Agriculture Science and Technology College, Jilin, 132101, China. FAU - Kong, Wei-Jun AU - Kong WJ AD - Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100193, China. FAU - Hu, Yi-Chen AU - Hu YC AD - Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100193, China. FAU - Yang, Shi-Hai AU - Yang SH AD - Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, 130118, China. FAU - Yang, Mei-Hua AU - Yang MH AD - Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100193, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - Phytochem Anal JT - Phytochemical analysis : PCA JID - 9200492 RN - 0 (Drugs, Chinese Herbal) RN - 0 (Flavonoids) SB - IM MH - China MH - Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid/*methods MH - Citrus/*chemistry MH - Drugs, Chinese Herbal/*chemistry MH - Flavonoids/*chemistry MH - Medicine, Chinese Traditional MH - Molecular Structure MH - Reproducibility of Results MH - Tandem Mass Spectrometry/*methods OTO - NOTNLM OT - Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium OT - UFLC-MS/MS OT - bioactive flavonoids OT - simultaneous quantification OT - ultrasound-assisted extraction EDAT- 2016/06/18 06:00 MHDA- 2017/05/17 06:00 CRDT- 2016/06/18 06:00 PHST- 2015/05/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/12/30 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2016/01/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/06/18 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/06/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/05/17 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1002/pca.2612 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Phytochem Anal. 2016 May;27(3-4):168-73. doi: 10.1002/pca.2612.