[A new isoflavone derivative from Rosa Damascena and its antibacterial activity].

A new isoflavone derivative was isolated from Rosa damascena by using various chromatographic techniques including silica gel, Sephadex LH-20, and preparative RP-HPLC separation. Its structure was identified as 4'-hydroxy-7-(3-hydroxypropanoyl)-6-methoxy-isoflavone using combined examinations of their UV, IR, MS, and NMR spectroscopic data. Biological activity test showed that this compound showed prominent antibacterial activity with MIC90 value of (46±4) mg·L⁻¹ for methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) strain. This value is close to that of levofloxacin [with MIC90 value (53±5) mg·L⁻¹].

Determination of transition metal ions in tobacco as their 2-(2-quinolinylazo)-5-dimethylaminophenol derivatives using reversed-phase liquid chromatography with UV-VIS detection.

This paper reports the utilization of solid-phase extraction and the reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography for the determination of six important transition metal ions: iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc and manganese in tobacco with 2-(2-quinolinylazo)-5-dimethylaminophenol (QADMAP) as chelating reagent. Iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc and manganese ions react with QADMAP to form colored chelates in the medium of acetic acid-sodium acetate buffer solution (pH 4.0). These chelates can be enriched by solid-phase extraction with Waters Sep-Pak-C18 cartridge, and eluted the retained chelates from cartridge with tetrahydrofuran. The chelates were separated on a Waters Nova-Pak-C18 column (150x3.9 mm, 5 microm) by gradient elution with methanol (containing 0.5% of acetic acid) and 0.05 mol/l pH 4.0 acetic acid-sodium acetate buffer solution as mobile phase at a flow-rate of 0.5 ml/min. The detection limits of iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc and manganese are 10, 12, 8, 13, 17 and 22 ng/l, respectively. This method had been applied to the determination of iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc and manganese in tobacco with good results.

Study on the determination of polyphenols in tobacco by HPLC coupled with ESI-MS after solid-phase extraction.

A high-performance liquid chromatography method coupled with electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry for the determination of polyphenols in tobacco is studied. The polyphenols are extracted from a tobacco sample by being refluxed in a boiling water bath with 80% methanol and purified by solid-phase extraction with a C18 cartridge. The chlorogenic acid, rutin, scopoletin, caffeic acid, scopolin, and other polyphenols are satisfactorily separated on a Nova-Pak C18 chromatographic column (3.9 x 150 mm) with methanol and 0.05 mol/L potassium dihydrogen phosphate buffer solution gradient elution as mobile phase at a flow rate of 0.5 mL/min. Each of the polyphenols is monitored by photodiode array detector at its maximum wavelength: chlorogenic acid, 326.1 nm; rutin, 354.8 nm; scopoletin, 344.0 nm; caffeic acid, 323.7 nm; and scopolin, 365.2 nm. The limits of detection are: 100 ng/mL for chlorogenic acid, 125 ng/mL for rutin, 60 ng/mL for scopoletin, 50 ng/mL for caffeic acid, and 100 ng/mL for scopolin. The key polyphenols in tobacco are identified by comparing the retention time, the UV-spectrum, and the mass spectra with those of the standards. The recovery of tobacco polyphenols is 94-105%, and the relative standard deviations are 1.28-1.49%. This method is successfully applied to qualitatively and quantitatively analyze the polyphenols in tobacco with good results.

Study of 2-(2-quinolinylazo)-5-dimethylaminobenzoic acid as a new chromogenic reagent for the spectrophotometric determination of cobalt.

2-(2-Quinolinylazo)-5-dimethylaminobenzoic acid (QADMAB) is proposed as a new sensitive and selective chromogenic reagent for spectrophotometric determination of cobalt. The QADMAB reacts with cobalt in the presence of cetyl trimethylammonium bromide (CTMAB) medium to form a violet complex of molar ratio 1:2 (cobalt to QADMAB) in the pH range 3.2-5.2. The molar absorptivity of the complex is 1.28x10(5) L mol(-1) cm(-1) at 625 nm. Beer's law is obeyed in range 0.01-0.32 micro g mL(-1). The relative standard deviation for eleven replicate samples of 0.2 micro g mL(-1) is 0.76%. This method was applied to the determination of cobalt in biological samples, Vitamin B(12), alloys and water with good results.