Oligosaccharide-based quality evaluation of Atractylodis rhizome and a strategy for simplifying its quality control

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Abstract
Atractylodis rhizoma, is the dried rhizomes of Atractylodes lancea (Thunb.) DC. or A. chinensis (DC.) Koidz. Both of two are pharmacologically and economically important, while with differences in efficacy. Therefore, an authentication system is vital for evaluation the quality and discrimination adulteration of Atractylodis rhizoma. Fructooligosaccharides (FOS), which are regarded as functional ingredients in Atractylodis rhizoma, have not been used for quality control of Atractylodis rhizoma for shortage of reference compounds. A HPLC-ELSD method was developed for the quantification of FOS in Atractylodis rhizoma. And chemometrics analysis showed that 2 markers including content of degree of polymerization (DP) 12 and total content of DP 3-15 could be used as the main distinctive elements for quality evaluation of Atractylodis rhizome. Actually, the separation and purification of high DP FOS, such as DP 12, is still a challenge because of high polarity. Then DP 5-based qualification evaluation was investigated for quality control of Atractylodis rhizoma. The results showed that A. lancea and A. chinensis could be clearly separated. DP 5-based quantification method was credible and effectively adopted for solving the shortage of reference compounds and improving the quality control of Atractylodis rhizoma
Funding Information
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 81603290)
  • Project of Qiangwei Youth Medical Talent of Jiangsu Provincial Commission of Health and Family Planning (QNRC2016594)
  • Natural Science Foundation of Science and Technology Department of Jiangsu Province (BK20161594)
  • National Key R&D Program of China (2018YFC1603400, 2017YFC1600404)

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