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Chemical profiling, quantitation, and bioactivities of Du-Zhong tea
Xiqing Shi1, Shengbo Luo1, Kan Zhong1
1The MOE Key Laboratory for Standardization of Chinese Medicines and the Shanghai Key Laboratory for Compound Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201210, China.
Abstract:
Du-Zhong tea is a health beverage produced from Eucommia ulmoides leaves (EUL) as raw materials using traditional tea processing and Chinese herbal pieces processing methods. To evaluate the differences between tender leaves and mature leaves of Du-Zhong tea, UPLC-Q-TOF MS was used to analyze the constituents in EUL collected in April and August. A total of 52 compounds, including iridoids, phenylpropanoids, flavonoids, lignans, and other types of compounds were identified. The contents of nine ingredients in the tender and mature leaves of E. ulmoides were determined by HPLC-DAD analysis. The results show that the average contents of the compounds in tender leaves were significantly higher than those in mature leaves. Lastly, the antioxidant and antipancreatic lipase activities of commercial Du-Zhong tea made by leaves of different maturity were evaluated. Du-Zhong tea with d-grade exhibited relatively higher antioxidant, while C-grade exhibited greater lipase inhibitory activities.
