Name Indirubin
Appearance Red crystal
CAS No. 479-41-4
Formulae
Molecular Weight 262.267
Natural Resources
Bioactivities
Identification Melting point >400°C
1HNMR
Analytical Method
INSTRUMENT Silica gel 60F plates (Merck)
MOBILE PHASE Dichloromethane: hexane: methanol = 7: 4: 0.3, v/v/v
DETECTION Compare with commercial standard
INSTRUMENT Agilent 1100 liquid chromatography system (Agilent technologies Inc., Waldbronn, Germany)
COLUMN Thermo Hypurity-Advence C18 (5 μm, 250 mm × 3 mm i.d.) (USA) column and a Phenomenex Luna Security Guard Cartridge C18 (5 μm, 4 mm × 2.0 mm i.d.)
MOBILE PHASE A: water with 0.005% trifluoroacetic acid TFA, B: ACN containing 0.005% TFA, 0min 60% A, 0-25min 50% A, after elution the column was washed: 10 min 100% B, 7 min 60% A, 0.4 mL/min
DETECTION Atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) source on a quadrupole ion trap instrument (Thermo Finnigan LCQ, San Jose, CA, USA), Positive ion mode; sheath gas: 0.3 L/min; aux gas: 0 L/min, discharge: 5.5 μA, Vaporization temperature: 575°C, capillary: 200°C, capillary: 10 V, tube lens offset: 0 V, injection time: 500 ms
INSTRUMENT ACQUITY UPLC™ system (Waters Corp., Milford, MA, USA)
COLUMN Waters UPLC HSS T3 column (100 mm × 2.1 mm i.d.; 1.8 μm) (Waters Corp., Milford, MA, USA)
MOBILE PHASE A: 0.1% Formic acid in water, B: 0.1% formic acid in acetonitrile, 0-0.5 min 2% B, 0.5-2 min 2-100% B, 2-2.5 min 100% B, 2.5-2.6 min 100-2% B, 2.6-4 min 2% B, 0.5 mL/min
DETECTION Capillary voltage: 3.5 kV, 150°C ; Cone voltage: 47 V, 400°C ; collision energy: 20 eV; multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode, 0.161 s
INSTRUMENT Agilent 1100 liquid chromatography system (Agilent technologies Inc., Waldbronn, Germany)
COLUMN Thermo Hypurity-Advence C18 (5 μm, 250 mm × 3 mm i.d.) (USA) column and a Phenomenex Luna Security Guard Cartridge C18 (5 μm, 4 mm × 2.0 mm i.d.)
MOBILE PHASE A: 0.1% Formic acid in water, B: 0.1% formic acid in acetonitrile, 0-0.5 min 2% B, 0.5-2 min 2-100% B, 2-2.5 min 100% B, 2.5-2.6 min 100-2% B, 2.6-4 min 2% B; 0.5 mL/min
DETECTION Positive ionization mode (ESI+), 25 L/h and 1000 L/h, Argon, collision gas 5.0 × 10−3 mbar, capillary voltage of 3.5 kV, 150°C, desolvation: 400°C, cone voltage: 47 V, collision energy: 20 eV
Sample Preparation
METHOD 1
Extracted three times with 70% ethanol (EtOH) by sonication for 3 hours. Dried and loaded onto a Daion HP-20 open column (100 cm 10 cm; the volume of the column was 7.8 L) and sequentially eluted with a methanol gradient beginning with 100% water and increasing to 30, 65 and finally 80% methanol. 80 g high polar compounds (sugar) were eluted with water and 30% MeOH. Enriched ginsenoside fractions were eluted with 65% methanol (PPT 1.9 g) and 80% methanol (PPD 3.4 g)
TBE-300A multilayer coil planet centrifuge for performing standard HSCCC (Shanghai Tauto Biotechnique Company, China), equipped with three preparative coils connected in series (internal diameter of polytetrafluoroethylene tube, 1.6 mm; total volume, 260 mL) and a 20mL sample loop.
n-hexane: ethyl acetate: ethanol: water = 1: 1: 1: 1, v/v
1.5 mL/min, 850 rpm
Agilent 1100 system (Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA, USA), equipped with a G1311A quatPump, a sample injector with a 20 mL injection loop, a G1314A UV detector and an Agilent temperature control module. Agilent Eclipse XDB-C18-column (150 mm 4.6 mm, i.d. 5 mm), 30°C. Mobile phase is methanol: water: acetic acid = 55: 44.55: 0.45, v/v/v, 1 mL/min, UV λ280 nm
METHOD 2
Fresh plant materials cut into small piece and soaked in water with Ca(OH)2 pH11 twice. Precipitate overnight, removed upper solution and passed through drum dryer to get powder. Suspended in methanol, pooled and filtered the red dye methanol solution, obtained powder after drying. Re-extracted the powder with methanol for six times.
Introduced into silica gel 60 glass column (2.5 x 54 cm) and eluted with dichloromethane: hexane: methanol (7: 4: 0.3, v/v/v) (240 ml). The fractionated eluates were performed using RP-HPLC with ZORBAX ODS (9.4 x 250 mm) column. Mobile phase is A: 5% v/v acetonitrile, 0.1% v/v trifluoroacetic acid, B: 95% v/v acetonitrile, 0.1% v/v trifluoroacetic acid, 0-5min 20-50% B, 5-30min 50-100% B, 2mL/min, UV λ552 nm
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