HPLC와 GC/MS를 활용한 약용식물 유래 phytochemicals 분석

Abstract

Oriental herbs are reported as having potent functions for preventing many types of diseases. They also appearto have positive effects and potential capabilities for skin care. Among the many oriental herbs that are available, we choseto analyze four medicinal herbs, Korean red ginseng, Artemisia capillaries Thunb, Schizonepeta tenuifolia Briq, andFoeniculum vulgare Mill, because all are popular and considered as favorite medicinal plants in Korea. Extracts of theherbs were obtained by various methods such as using distilled water, ethyl ether, methanol, ethanol, benzene, 1-butanol,limonene, anethole, estragole, and fenchone, which reportedly have multi-functionalities. All phytochemicals were analyzedquantitatively by various chromatographic techniques such as HPLC and gas chromatography-mass (GC-MS) spectrometry.This article also presents the optimum conditions for extracting these 9 targeted phytochemical compounds that werederived from 4 popular oriental herbs, which could be useful for the efficient preparation of each phytochemical.