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Changes of the content of the toxic component senkirkine in crude and alkali processing Farfarae Flos and preliminary risk assessment*

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  • Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences &Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, China

Received date: 2022-11-10

  Online published: 2024-06-24

Abstract

Objective: To compare the changes of the contents of toxic component Senkirkine in crude and alkali processing Farfarae Flos using UPLC-MS/MS method. The preliminary risk assessment was carried out based on the results. Methods: Based on the previous research, UPLC-MS/MS analysis method was optimized. The alkaline treatment process of Farfarae Flos was established. Through single factor experiment and orthogonal experimental design, the amount of alkaline water, heating temperature and heating time were investigated with SK content as the evaluation index, and the best process was selected. The optimized method was compared with traditional honey roasting method. Results: The linear ranges of SK were 1.00-500 ng·mL-1 (r>0.999); the average sample recovery rate was 93.8%, and the RSD was 3.0%. The alkali treatment process was as follows: the water bath was heated at 80 ℃, the reaction time was 120 min, and the volume ratio of 5% Na2CO3(reaction solution-alkali volume)was 2∶1, the hydrolysis rate of SK in 16 batches of Farfarae Flos reached more than 90%. The decreasing rate of SK content in 4 batches of honey-processing Farfarae Flosis about 40%. Conclusion: Compared with the raw product, the content of toxic alkaloids in 16 batches of Farfarae Flos treated by this method showed a significant decreasing trend, and the 16 batches of Farfarae Flos before processing were all at risk level. Through this concocting method, 5 batches were transferred to the no-risk level, and 11 were transferred to the low-risk level. Although the honey roasting method can also reduce the content of SK, the 4 batches of honey-processing Farfarae Flos still belong to the risk grade medicine compared with the alkali preparation method, which provided possible guidance for the safe medication of Farfarae Flos.

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DONG Ai-jun, ZHANG Meng, WANG Hua-xiang, ZHENG Qi, WANG Jun-chi, SI Jian-yong . Changes of the content of the toxic component senkirkine in crude and alkali processing Farfarae Flos and preliminary risk assessment*[J]. Chinese Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis, 2023 , 43(9) : 1603 -1611 . DOI: 10.16155/j.0254-1793.2023.09.18

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