Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2014, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (11): 2317.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20140641

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Conversion Rule of Rare Ginsenosides Produced from Major Ginsenosides by Confined Microiwave Promoted Degradation Method

YAO Hua1, JIN Yongri1, YANG Jie1, LI Lanjie1, SUN Ting1, SHI Xiaolei2,*(), LI Xuwen1,*()   

  1. 1. College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
    2. College of Quartermaster Technology, Jilin University, Changchun 130052, China
  • Received:2014-07-07 Online:2014-11-10 Published:2014-10-21
  • Contact: SHI Xiaolei,LI Xuwen E-mail:xlshi@jlu.edu.cn;xwli@jlu.edu.cn
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    † Supported by the National Key Technology R & D Program of China(No.2007BAI38B05).

Abstract:

In order to prepare the rare ginsenosides which were considered to have higher bioactivities, confined microwave method to promote the degradation of 7 kinds of major ginsenosides(Rb1, Rb2, Rb3, Rc, Rd, Re, Rg1) to rare ginsenosides were adopted. Comparing with the degradation products of non-microwave method at the same condition, the rules of conversion about the structures and ingredients of degradation products were concluded by HPLC analysis. The results indicated that confined microwave method can completely degrade all the major ginsenosides, while nearly no major ginsenosides can be degraded under the same condition of non-microwave method. Protopanaxadiol-type ginsenosides were easily deglycosylated at C20, where the conformational changes would take place. It would generate 20(S)-Rg3 and 20(R)-Rg3 among which the R-type was the superior configuration. Dehydration effect of the hydroxyl at C20 made 20(S/R)-Rg3 convert to Rk1 and Rg5, meanwhile the losing of glucose of 20(S/R)-Rg3 at C3 position made the generation of 20(S/R)-Rh2. After further dehydration at C20 position, 20(S/R)-Rh2 converted to Rk2 and Rh3. Moreover, the configurations of glycosyls at C20 of ginsenosides would affect the proportion and composition of rare ginse-nosides in degradation products, but Rg5 reached highest content in all confined microwave degradation products of 7 kinds of protopanaxadiol-type ginsenosides. Protopanaxatriol-type ginsenosides had similar rules with protopanaxadiol-type ginsenosides by the confined microwave degradation method, and the products of Re and Rg1 were determined in the highest content of Rh4.

Key words: Microwave degradation, High performance liquid chromatography(HPLC), Rare ginsenoside, Conversion

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