Triterpenoid fractions chromatography

Furthermore, the isolation of the active substancc(s) from the acidic fraction of the triterpenoid fractions, was performed using the Matrigel-implanted angiogenesis assay, and seven fractions were obtained from the acidic fraction by silica gel column chromatography. 

The MeOH extract of the freshly collected whole plant of S. officinalis was suspended in water and partitioned successively with EtOAc and n-BuOH. The aqueous part, on chromatography over Diaion HP-20 followed by repeated MPLC and HPLC purification afforded two major triterpenoid saponins, saponariosides A and B. Similarly, the -BuOH soluble fraction afforded six triterpenoid saponins designated as saponariosides C-H. Investigation of the plant material collected from different geographical locations led to the isolation of previously reported saponariosides C, E, F and G along with five more new saponins, saponariosides I-M (Fig. 7), from which two new sapogenins have been characterized as VIII and XII (Fig. 1). However, saponarioside D, the major constituent of the -BuOH soluble fraction as reported previously by us [21], could not be detected. 

In addition to H and NMR analysis, TLC coupled in an offline manner with electrospray mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) and high-resolution ESI Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FTICR) MS for isolation and characterization of two novel lupane triterpenoids from Paullinia pinnata L. 6P-(3 -methoxy-4 -hydroxybenzoyl)-lup-20(29)-ene-one and 6P-(3 -methoxy-4 -hydroxybenzoyl)-lup-20(29)-ene-ol, which are suspected to play a crucial role in the plant s wound healing effects [32]. The extract from Paullinia pinnata L. was subjected to an exhaustive isolation procedure starting with two consecutive column chromatography purifications on silica gel different ratios of chloroform-methanol were used as eluent. The triterpenoid-containing fraction was purified on preparative silica gel TLC plate with chloroform-methanol (9 1, v/v) as a developing solvent. The two resulting lupane bands were finally submitted to MS analyses. 

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