Table 3 Metabolic profiling of Si-Ni decoction analogous formulae in rat plasma.

From: Chemical and Metabolic Profiling of Si-Ni Decoction Analogous Formulae by High performance Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

No.

Rta (min)

Formula

Metabolic pathway

Error (ppm)

Prototype

Group

Fold change of intensity

M1

14.26b

C22H35O5N

Demethylation

0.7

Isotalatizidine

G1

15.10

   

Deethylation

 

Talatizamine

  

M2

15.11b

C20H23O3N

Alcohol to ketone

0.2

Hetisinone

G2

5.70

   

Loss of O

 

Fuzitine

  
   

Alcohols dehydration

 

Delbidine

  

M3

18.15b

C22H31O6N

Hydrolysis

0.3

Guan fu base Y

G1

7.73

M4

19.75b

C24H37O6N

Hydroxylation + desaturation

0.9

Talatizamine

G1

8.67

   

Alcohol to ketone

 

Neoline

  
   

Demethylation

 

Coldephnine

  
   

Deethylation

 

14-acetyl-8-O-methyltalatizamine

  

M5

28.94b

C26H33O8N

Hydroxylation

0.5

Guan fu base G

G1

25.48

M6

29.29b

C26H33O9N

2 × hydroxylation

−0.1

Guan fu base G

G1

5.12

M7

29.57b

C25H37O6N

Alcohol to ketone

0.8

Coldephnine

G2

13.46

M8

33.30b

C25H39O5N

Loss of O

−0.8

Coldephnine

G1

5.09

   

Hydroxymethylene loss

 

14-acetyl-8-O-methyltalatizamine

  

M9

34.99

C15H10O5

Hydroxylation + desaturation

0.4

Liquiritigenin

G2

30.23

M10

39.64b

C22H20O11

Demethylation to carboxylic acid

0.5

Ononin

G1

9.48

M11

40.63b

C28H37O8N

Hydroxylation

0.3

Ouvrardiantine A

G1

16.77

M12

41.18

C26H30O12

Loss of O

4.9

Liquiritin apioside isomer

G1

34.68

   

Loss of O

 

Liquiritin apioside

  
   

Loss of O

 

Isoliquiritin apioside

  
   

Loss of O

 

Isoliquiritin apioside isomer

  

M13

42.06b

C26H33O6N

Alcohol to ketone

−0.1

Guan fu base F

G1

8.78

   

Loss of O

 

Guan fu base G

  

M14

42.20b

C15H12O5

Hydroxylation

0.8

Liquiritigenin

G1

4.98

M15

42.20b

C21H20O11

Hydroxylation + glucuronide conjugation

0.2

Liquiritigenin

G1

43.90

   

Demethylation + 2 × hydroxylation

 

Ononin

  

M16

42.55b

C22H22O11

2 × hydroxylation

0.4

Ononin

G1

83.02

M17

42.56b

C16H14O5

Hydroxylation +methylation

0.7

Liquiritigenin

G1

27.74

M18

43.27b

C27H35O7N

Demethylation

0.8

Ouvrardiantine A

G1

11.40

   

Methylation

 

Guan fu base G

  
   

Acetylation

 

Racemulosine A

  

M19

44.36

C15H12O7S

Sulfate conjugation

1.0

Liquiritigenin

G2

21.13

M20

47.13b

C22H20O10

Hydroxylation + desaturation

0.5

Ononin

G1

13.79

M21

49.07b

C21H20O10

Hydroxylation + desaturation

0.7

Liquiritin isomer

G1

80.87

   

Hydroxylation + desaturation

 

Liquiritin

  
   

Hydroxylation + desaturation

 

Isoliquiritin

  
   

Glucuronide conjugation

 

Liquiritigenin

  

M22

50.71b

C15H10O4

Alcohol to ketone

0.4

Liquiritigenin

G1

8.22

M23

50.79

C17H14O5

Acetylation

0.8

Liquiritigenin

G2

7.72

M24

54.90b

C34H42O19

Acetylation

4.3

Glucoisoliquiritin apioside

G2

33.37

M25

55.67b

C28H37O12N

Hydroxylation + glucuronide conjugation

4.7

Guan fu base Y

G1

7.54

M26

55.95

C22H22O10

hydroxylation

−0.8

Ononin

G1

22.37

M27

56.00b

C16H14O4

Methylation

0.6

Liquiritigenin

G1

10.21

M28

56.42

C32H51O11N

Glucuronide conjugation

−0.9

Glycohyodeoxycholic acid

G2

15.58

   

Glucuronide conjugation

 

Glycochenodeoxycholic acid

  

M29

65.44b

C26H41O4N

Alcohols dehydration

0.6

Glycohyodeoxycholic acid

G2

11.65

   

Alcohols dehydration

 

Glycochenodeoxycholic acid

  

M30

69.09b

C26H41O5N

Alcohol to ketone

0.8

Glycohyodeoxycholic acid

G1

8.82

   

Alcohol to ketone

 

Glycochenodeoxycholic acid

  
   

Alcohols dehydration

 

Glycohyocholic acid

  

M31

70.91

C50H77O22N

Glycine conjugation

2.9

Yunganoside G1

G2

8.21

   

Taurine conjugation

 

Yunganoside J1 or L1

  

M32

72.90

C23H32O10

Hydroxylation + glucuronide conjugation

−2.2

6-Shogaol

G2

7.92

M33

74.64

C31H47O13N

Hydroxylation + glucuronide conjugation

0.4

Coldephnine

G2

11.76

M34

75.56

C26H43O5NS

Alcohols dehydration

−0.9

Taurohyodeoxycholic acid

G1

17.01

   

Alcohols dehydration

 

Taurochenodeoxycholic acid

  

M35

76.37

C28H45O6N

Acetylation

−0.6

Glycohyodeoxycholic acid

G2

12.57

   

Acetylation

 

Glycochenodeoxycholic acid

  

M36

80.29

C30H48O5

Hydrolysis

−3.3

Glycyrrhizic acid aglycone isomer

G2

5.04

   

Hydrolysis

 

Glycyrrhizic acid aglycone

  

M37

80.43

C31H46O5

Hydroxylation + methylation

−0.8

Uralenolide

G2

6.87

M38

81.14

C31H48O5

Hydroxylation + methylation

0.7

Glycyrrhizic acid aglycone isomer

G2

6.68

   

Hydroxylation + methylation

 

Glycyrrhizic acid aglycone

  

M39

83.58

C31H48O4

Methylation

−2.2

Glycyrrhizic acid aglycone isomer

G2

12.38

   

Methylation

 

Glycyrrhizic acid aglycone

  
  1. aThe retention time of FSIN were used as a standard one; the retention time of those peaks that were not appeared in FSIN were from the ZSIN.
  2. bThe retention time in positive base peak of high resolution mass spectrum.