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    Study on chemical fingerprinting of crude and processed Atractylodes macrocephala from different locations in Zhejiang province by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with hierarchical cluster analysis

    Hao Cai2,3,5★, Zhiwei Xu4, Sucai Luo4, Wenwen Zhang4, Gang Cao4, Xiao Liu2,3,5, Yajing Lou2,3, Xiaoqing Ma2,3, Kunming Qin2,3, Baochang Cai2,3,4,5★ Corresponding author

    1. 1Department of Chinese Materia Medica, College of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing - 210046, China.
    2. 2Engineering Center of State Ministry of Education for Standardization of Chinese Medicine Processing, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing - 210029, China.
    3. 3Research Center of TCM Processing Technology, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou - 310053, China.
    4. 4National First-Class Key Discipline for Science of Chinese Materia Medica, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing - 210046, People’s Republic of, China.

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    Hao Cai

    Engineering Center of State Ministry of Education for Standardization of Chinese Medicine Processing, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing - 210029, China.

    bccai@126.com

    Received: 30-09-2011; Revised: 12-10-2011.

    Volume 8, Issue 32 · pp. 300–307 · PUBLISHED 22 November 2012 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.103659

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    Background: In China, Atractylodes macrocephala is mainly distributed in Zhejiang province. It is, therefore, desirable to determine a reliable and accurate methodology to differentiate the samples collected from Zhejiang province. Although some studies on the fingerprints of Atractylodes macrocephala using HPLC have been published, none of them compared the processed product of Atractylodes macrocephala from different areas of Zhejiang province. Materials and Methods: Reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) coupled with hierarchical cluster analysis was employed in the fingerprint analysis of Atractylodes macrocephala from Zhejiang province, China. The LC assay was performed on a reversed-phase C18 column with linear gradient elution using water and acetonitrile. The LC data showed considerable variation of chemical constituents among Atractylodes macrocephala populations. Results: 21 and 22 characteristic peaks in the 14 grants of Atractylodes macrocephala and its processed product were determined in samples from different habitats of Zhejiang province, respectively. Their chromatographic patterns were generally consistent although their contents of chemical compositions were greatly different. The results of hierarchical cluster analysis showed that the samples could be divided into four groups; it was able to select excellent resources from the groups. Conclusion: This was the first report of hierarchical cluster analysis of crude and processed Atractylodes macrocephala according to their chemical fingerprints and could be applied to the intrinsic quality control of crude and processed Atractylodes macrocephala. The processing technique of Atractylodes macrocephala through the pilot-scale experiment was first studied and is simple and suitable for prepared yin pian of Atractylodes macrocephala industrial manufacture.

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      Cai, H., Xu, Z., Luo, S., Zhang, W., Cao, G., Liu, X., Lou, Y., Ma, X., Qin, K., & Cai, B. (2012). Study on chemical fingerprinting of crude and processed Atractylodes macrocephala from different locations in Zhejiang province by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with hierarchical cluster analysis. Pharmacognosy Magazine, 8(32), 300–307. https://doi.org/10.4103/0973-1296.103659