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Bai H, Teng G, Zhang C, Yang J, Yang W, Tian F. Magnetic materials as adsorbents for the pre-concentration and separation of active ingredients from herbal medicine. J Sep Sci 2024; 47:e2400274. [PMID: 39073301 DOI: 10.1002/jssc.202400274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2024] [Revised: 07/07/2024] [Accepted: 07/12/2024] [Indexed: 07/30/2024]
Abstract
Herbal medicine (HM) is crucial in disease management and contains complex compounds with few active pharmacological ingredients, presenting challenges in quality control of raw materials and formulations. Effective separation, identification, and analysis of active components are vital for HM efficacy. Traditional methods like liquid-liquid extraction and solid-phase extraction are time-consuming and environmentally concerning, with limitations such as sorbent issues, pressure, and clogging. Magnetic solid-phase extraction uses magnetic sorbents for targeted analyte separation and enrichment, offering rapid, pressure-free separation. However, inorganic magnetic particles' aggregation and oxidation, as well as lack of selectivity, have led to the use of various coatings and modifications to enhance specificity and selectivity for complex herbal samples. This review delves into magnetic composites in HM pretreatment, specifically focusing on encapsulated or modified magnetic nanoparticles and materials like silica, ionic liquids, graphene family derivatives, carbon nanotubes, metal-organic frameworks, covalent organic frameworks, and molecularly imprinted polymers.
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- Hezhao Bai
- State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, P. R. China
- Haihe Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, P. R. China
- Haihe Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, P. R. China
- Haihe Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, P. R. China
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- College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, P. R. China
- Haihe Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, P. R. China
- Haihe Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, P. R. China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of TCM Chemistry and Analysis, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, P. R. China
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Chen LX, Yang FQ. Applications of magnetic solid-phase extraction in the sample preparation of natural product analysis (2020-2023). J Sep Sci 2024; 47:e2400082. [PMID: 38819785 DOI: 10.1002/jssc.202400082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2024] [Revised: 05/16/2024] [Accepted: 05/21/2024] [Indexed: 06/01/2024]
Abstract
Sample preparation, including extraction, separation, and purification, is a vital process for natural product analysis. As an attractive sample pretreatment method, magnetic solid-phase extraction (MSPE) has gained plenty of attention, mainly due to its simpler operation, less consumption of organic solvents, and shorter processing time than traditional SPE. This updated review is devoted to summarizing the applications of MSPE based on different magnetic nanomaterials in the analysis of various natural products in complex matrixes, such as biological samples, plants, and Chinese herbal preparations in the past four years (2020-2023). The preparation and fabrication of different materials are briefly introduced. Furthermore, the extraction mechanism and interaction forces between adsorbent and analytes are elaborated, and the advantages and disadvantages of different adsorbents coupled with various analytical methods for MSPE of different natural products are summarized. Moreover, the future trends and opportunities for MSPE in the natural product analysis are discussed. It is expected that this work can provide updated information for future research on the applications of MSPE in such fields.
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- Ling-Xiao Chen
- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, P. R. China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, P. R. China
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Min K, Deng S, Shu Z, Li Y, Chen B, Ma M, Liu Q, Jiang G. Monitoring the adsorption of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances on carbon black by LDI-MS capable of simultaneous analysis of elemental and organic carbon. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. PROCESSES & IMPACTS 2023; 25:1311-1321. [PMID: 37525938 DOI: 10.1039/d3em00129f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/02/2023]
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Elemental carbon (EC) and organic carbon (OC) exist ubiquitously and interact mutually in the environment. Simultaneous analysis of EC and OC will greatly advance our understanding of the behavior and fate of EC and OC, but is however still a great challenge due to the lack of suitable analytical tools. Here, we report a matrix-free laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (LDI-MS) method capable of simultaneous analysis of EC and OC by monitoring two independent groups of specific MS fingerprint peaks. We found that EC itself can generate carbon cluster peaks in the low mass range under laser excitation, and meanwhile it can also serve as a matrix to assist the ionization of OC in LDI-MS. By using per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) as a typical set of OC and carbon black (CB) as a model EC, we successfully monitored the adsorption process of PFASs on CB enabled by LDI-MS. We show that hydrophobic interaction dominates the sorption of PFASs to CB, which was affected by the functional groups and carbon chain length of PFASs. Furthermore, environmental substances in water such as humic acid (HA) and surfactants can significantly affect the adsorption of PFASs on CB probably by changing the adsorption sites of CB. Overall, we demonstrate that LDI-MS offers a versatile and high-throughput tool for simultaneous analysis of EC and OC species in real environmental samples, which makes it promising for investigating the environmental behaviors and ecological risks of pollutants.
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- Ke Min
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China.
- Key Laboratory of Phytochemical R&D of Hunan Province, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology & Traditional Chinese Medicine Research, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China.
- National Engineering Laboratory for Applied Forest Ecological Technology in Southern China, Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Phytochemical R&D of Hunan Province, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology & Traditional Chinese Medicine Research, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Phytochemical R&D of Hunan Province, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology & Traditional Chinese Medicine Research, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China.
- Taishan Institute for Ecology and Environment (TIEE), Jinan 250100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China.
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Li Y, Zhang J, Zhang C, Dang W, Xue L, Liu H, Cheng H, Yan X. Facile and selective separation of anthraquinones by alizarin-modified iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles. J Chromatogr A 2023; 1702:464088. [PMID: 37230053 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2023.464088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Revised: 05/17/2023] [Accepted: 05/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Anthraquinones are widely distributed in higher plants and possess broad biological activities. The conventional separation procedures for isolating anthraquinones from the plant crude extracts require multiple extraction, concentration, and column chromatography steps. In this study, we synthesized three alizarin (AZ)-modified Fe3O4 nanoparticles (Fe3O4@AZ, Fe3O4@SiO2-AZ, and Fe3O4@SiO2-PEI-AZ) by thermal solubilization method. Fe3O4@SiO2-PEI-AZ showed strong magnetic responsiveness, high methanol/water dispersion, good recyclability, and high loading capacity for anthraquinones. To evaluate the feasibility of using Fe3O4@SiO2-PEI-AZ for separating various aromatic compounds, we employed molecular dynamics simulations to predict the adsorption/desorption effects of PEI-AZ for various aromatic compounds in different methanol concentrations. The results showed that the anthraquinones could be efficiently separated from the monocyclic and bicyclic aromatic compounds by adjusting the methanol/water ratio. The Fe3O4@SiO2-PEI-AZ nanoparticles were then used to separate the anthraquinones from the rhubarb extract. At 5% methanol, all the anthraquinones were adsorbed by the nanoparticles, thus allowing their separation from other components in the crude extract. Compared with the conventional separation methods, this adsorption method has the advantages of high adsorption specificity, simple operation, and solvent saving. This method sheds light on the future application of functionalized Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles to selectively separate desired components from complex plant and microbial crude extracts.
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- Yuexuan Li
- State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China
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- Chemical Engineering Research Center, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Component-based Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China.
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Guo S, Ren D, Huang Y, Wang Z, Zhang S, Zhang X, Gong X. A novel carbonized derivative of Fe-Cu bimetallic organic framework (Fe-Cu-MOF@C): preparation and optimization. WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY : A JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON WATER POLLUTION RESEARCH 2022; 86:2701-2717. [PMID: 36450681 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2022.363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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A carbon derivative with Fe-Cu bimetallic organic framework (Fe-Cu-MOF@C) was prepared by microwave synthesis and pyrolysis. Using potassium persulfate (PS) as oxidant and 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) as target pollutant, the optimal preparation conditions of Fe-Cu-MOF@C were studied. The factors affecting the synthesis of Fe-Cu-MOF include microwave power, microwave time, microwave temperature, the molar ratio of metal ions to organic ligands, the molar ratio of iron and copper, etc. In addition, the influence of pyrolysis temperature on the performance of Fe-Cu-MOF@C cannot be ignored. The results show that Fe-Cu-MOF@C has the best catalytic performance when the microwave time is 30 min, the microwave power is 600 W, the microwave temperature is 150 °C, the molar ratio of (Fe2+ + Cu2+)/H2BDC is 10:3, the molar ratio of Fe2+/Cu2+ is 10:1, and the pyrolysis temperature is 700 °C. After 90 min of reaction, 2,4-DCP was completely removed. Repeatable experiments show that Fe-Cu-MOF@C has good stability and its service life can be restored by heat treatment. In this study, a heterogeneous catalyst with strong catalytic capacity, high stability and easy recovery was prepared by a simple and efficient process, which is conducive to the development of advanced oxidation technology and the progress of water environmental protection.
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- Shengxuan Guo
- Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China E-mail:
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- Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China E-mail:
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- Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China E-mail:
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- Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China E-mail:
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- Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China E-mail:
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- Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China E-mail:
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- Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China E-mail:
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Selective adsorption of epigallocatechin gallate onto highly reusable gallium doped mesoporous TiO2 nanoparticles adsorbent. J INDIAN CHEM SOC 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jics.2022.100576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Zhao M, Zhang Y, Qin W, Guo J. First‐principles study of the adsorption of flavonoids on graphene oxide. J PHYS ORG CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/poc.4411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Meilian Zhao
- College of Medical Technology Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Chengdu P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry Mianyang Normal University Mianyang P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry Sichuan University Chengdu P. R. China
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- College of Medical Technology Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Chengdu P. R. China
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Liu Y, Min K, Yang R, Xie X, Nie X, Zhou N, Chen S, Ma M, Chen B. Selective adsorption of triterpene acids on cerium oxide nanoparticles. J Chromatogr A 2022; 1674:463141. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2022.463141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2022] [Revised: 04/27/2022] [Accepted: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Mesoporous polystyrene-based microspheres with polar functional surface groups synthesized from double emulsion for selective isolation of acetoside. J Chromatogr A 2021; 1662:462720. [PMID: 34902717 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2021.462720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2021] [Revised: 11/16/2021] [Accepted: 11/26/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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In this study, a series of the functionalized mesoporous polystyrene-based microspheres (FMPMs) with different functional comonomers (acrylamide, AM; ethyleneglycol dimethacrylate, EGDMA; hydroxyethyl methacrylate, HEMA) and ratios of styrene (St) to divinylbenzene (DVB) were designed and synthesized by a double emulsion interface polymerization method. Among them, St and DVB existed in the oil phase, forming the skeleton structure of FMPMs. AM, EGDMA or HEMA in the water phase formed functional layers on the inner and outer surfaces of FMPMs. The experimental results indicated that the optimal functional comonomers and the ratio of St to DVB were AM (provided the hydrophilic -CONH2 groups) and 1:1, respectively. Thus, A-FMPMs-2 exhibited the highest adsorption capacity of 108.95 ± 8.13 mg/g and the selectivity of 5.14 ± 0.17. These results were attributed to the hydrophilic -CONH2 groups on A-FMPMs-2, and these groups were beneficial to ACT molecules diffusion driven by concentration gradient, improving the adsorption performance. Furthermore, hydrophilic -CONH2 groups on the inner and outer surfaces of A-FMPMs-2 acted as hydrophilic sites that had a high-affinity interaction with ACT molecules, thus increasing the adsorption selectivity. In addition, A-FMPMs-2 had the highest specific surface area and largest pore volume, resulting in the highest adsorption capacity and adsorption selectivity. Therefore, the development of adsorbents with adjustable pore structure and a large number of hydrophilic sites will provide a new strategy for selective separation of bioactive components from natural products.
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