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OBJECTIVE To establish the methods for simultaneous determination of rutin， forsythiaside A， （+）-pinoresinol-4- O-β-D-glucopyranoside， forsythin and forsythigenin in Forsythia suspensa flower. METHODS UPLC method was adopted. The determination was performed on ACQUITY UPLC HSS T3 C18 column with mobile phase consisted of acetonitrile-0.1% phosphoric acid solution （gradient elution） at the flow rate of 0.3 mL/min. The detection wavelengths were set at 275 nm （0-8 min），330 nm （8-10.5 min），275 nm （10.5-32 min）， respectively. The column temperature was 25 ℃， and sample size was 1 μL. Taking rutin as reference， the content of each component was determined by quantitative analysis of multi-components by single-marker （QAMS） method， and then compared with external standard method. RESULTS The contents of forsythiaside A， （+）-pinoresinol-4-O-β-D- glucopyranoside， forsythin and forsythigenin by QAMS were 7.472-7.671， 2.919-2.986， 1.439-1.486， 1.523-1.566 mg/g； the results obtained by the external standard method were 7.454-7.664， 2.913-2.996， 1.444-1.484， 1.519-1.562 mg/g， respectively. There was no significant difference in the measurement results between the two methods， with a relative deviation less than 1.0%. CONCLUSIONS This study successfully establishes the UPLC-QAMS method for simultaneous determination of five components in F. suspensa flower， and the results obtained by this method are not significantly different from those obtained by the external standard method. It can be used for quality control of F. suspensa flower.
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AIM:To investigate protective effect of ethanol extract of Forsythia suspensa flower(FFE)on mitochondrial injury induced by free radicals,antioxidation and superoxide anion(O ?-__2)scavenging activities and anti-aging mechanism.METHODS:Thiobarbituric acid(TBA)colorimetric method was used to determine malondialdehyde(MDA).Spectrometric method was used to measure the swelling of mitochondria and activities of scavenging O ?-__2 which was produced by reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide(NADH)-4-Nitrobluetetrazolium chloride(NBT)-N-Methylphenazonium methyl sulfate(PMS)system.The neck back of mice were injected subcutaneously with D-galactose to induce aging model at a dose of 100 mg/(kg?d)for 7 weeks.The effects of FFE on the activities of catlase(CAT),surperoxide dismutase(SOD)and glutathione peroxidase(GSH-Px)and anti-hydroxyl radical were assayed by ammonium molybdate colorimetry,xanthine oxidase method,dithiodinitrobenzoic acid colorimetry and Fenton reaction colorimetry in vivo respectively.RESULTS:FFE could inhibit mitochondrial injury and swelling induced by Fe 2+-L-Cys in a concentration-dependent manner and also had significant O ?-__2 scavenging effect.Moreover,the activities of CAT,SOD,GSH-Px and anti-hydroxyl radical in mice liver homogenate were increased significantly by FFE.CONCLUSION:FFE protects mitochondria by scavenging reactive oxygen species,and increasing the activities of antioxidase.So FFE has the pharmaceutical values of antioxidant and anti-aging.