화학공학소재연구정보센터
Electrophoresis, Vol.41, No.5-6, 379-385, 2020
Development of a mesoporous silica based solid-phase extraction and ultra-performance liquid chromatography-MS/MS method for quantifying lignans in Justicia procumbens
Justicia procumbens is a food and medicine homologous variety, popularly used for making vegetable soups. In this study, a novel mesoporous silica was synthesized and used as the sorbent of SPE for the purification of lignans from J. procumbens. A laboratory-made SPE cartridge was packed with 100 mg of mesoporous silica, which was washed with 10% methanol and eluted using 0.8 mL acetonitrile after sample loading. Afterward, the extract was analyzed by ultra-performance liquid chromatography (UPLC) and MS/MS. All the lignans were efficiently separated in 6 min with the noise level in the range of 50-150 cps. 6 '-Hydroxy justicidin B, 6 '-hydroxy justicidin A, justicidin B, chinensinaphthol methyl ether, justicidin C, and neojusticdin A were identified to be the dominant molecular species in J. procumbens with contents of 0.065-0.37 mg/g in three tested sample batches from different geographic origins. In conclusion, the proposed mesoporous silica based SPE UPLC-MS/MS method is efficient in linearity (R-2 = 0.9989-0.9996), sensitivity (LOD <= 0.13 mu g/kg and LOQ <= 0.42 mu g/kg), precision (RSDintra-day <= 3.12 and RSDinter-day <= 4.56), and recovery (83.42-96.11%, RSD <= 2.88%).