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Isolation of Sutherlandioside B from Sutherlandia frutescens by Spiral Countercurrent Chromatography
Korey J Brownstein1, George E Rottinghaus2, Martha Knight3
1Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
Abstract:
The introduction of spiral countercurrent chromatography in the last few years using new separation columns such as the spiral tubing support rotor has enabled the application of more polar volatile solvent systems for natural products separation. This method can be applied to water soluble compounds and their metabolites. We have used spiral countercurrent chromatography with the spiral tubing support rotor to fractionate n-butanol extracts of an African plant Sutherlandia frutescens and have determined conditions by which the predominant cycloartane glycoside (sutherlandioside B) can be purified in good yield. A solvent system of ethyl acetate, methanol, and water was modified by adding n-butanol to separate sutherlandioside B from other compounds. With the optimal amount of n-butanol in the two-phase solvent system with the lower aqueous phase mobile, the target compound was eluted well separated from the other components. The purity of sutherlandioside B was determined by high performance liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry analysis and the yield compares favorably with the content in bulk material.
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