Application of delayed luminescence measurements for the identification of herbal materials: a step toward rapid quality control

Sun, Mengmeng; Sheng-peng, Wang; Ji, Yong; Li, Li; He, Min; Jia, Yusheng; Wijk, Eduard van; Wang, Yitao; Wang, Zhihong; Wang, Mei

doi:10.1186/s13020-019-0269-2

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“…Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), Raman and infrared spectroscopy are usually combined with chromatographic fingerprint in herbal quality control [11,12]. Recently, delayed luminescence (DL) has been used to study the features of dry powders prepared from Chinese herbal materials [13][14][15][16][17]. DL is the long-term decay of weak photon emissions from various materials (e.g., cell, organism, food, seed, plants and heavy metal contaminate etc.)…”

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Integrated assessment of medicinal rhubarb by combination of delayed luminescence and HPLC fingerprint with emphasized on bioactivities based quality control

Sun

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Chin Med

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Background: To promote herbal medicine depends largely on its quality. Chromatographic fingerprint is a frequent approach for quality assessment of herbs however with challenges on robust and reproducibility. To develop rapid, cheap and comprehensive measurements as complementary tools for herbal quality control are still urgently needed. Moreover, biological activities are essential for herbal quality, and should be taken into consideration with emphasized in quality control. Methods: In this research, HPLC fingerprint and delayed luminescence (DL, a rapid and systematic tool) were used to measure the rhubarb samples of multiple species. Statistics were explored to classify these rhubarb samples using data obtained from two analytic methods. In addition, DL properties were linked to specific chemical components which may reflect bioactivities of rhubarb using Spearman's rank correlation. Moreover, mice model was used to evaluate the cathartic effect between rhubarb samples stratifying by two analytic methods. Results: We found that there was no significant difference of chemical fingerprints and DL signals among the different species of medicinal rhubarb. However, our results show a high similarity between HPLC fingerprint analysis and DL measurements in classification of these rhubarb samples into two subgroups. In addition, the two subgroups of rhubarb samples that may have different cathartic activities. Conclusion: This approach provides new leads for development of herbal quality assessment based on bioactivity. In conclusion, integrated assessment by measuring HPLC fingerprint and DL with emphasized on bioactivity may provide novel strategy for herbal quality control.

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Integrated assessment of medicinal rhubarb by combination of delayed luminescence and HPLC fingerprint with emphasized on bioactivities based quality control

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Chin Med

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“…Especially when there is a limited amount of herbal material available for testing, DL technique gives us support and solution from an analytic point of view. As DL has already applied to identify different processing methods [24] and determination of authenticity [25], the novelty of the present study is the analysis of aged herbal materials, which provides unique opportunities to understand the effect of long term storage on herbal materials.…”

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“…Recently, various researchers have successfully applied DL in herbal medicine to identify specific properties of herbal materials or to detect variations in the material due to variation in environmental growth conditions [22], different processing methods [23,24] and determination of authenticity [25]. Differences detected by DL in herbal materials are also reflected by their chemical profiling [24,26] as well as therapeutic activities [27].…”

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A comparative study of aged and contemporary Chinese herbal materials by using delayed luminescence technique

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Background: Investigation of aged Chinese herbal materials will help us to understand their use and sources in ancient time and broaden the historical perspective of Chinese material medica. To reach this aim, the basic understanding of aged herbal materials, including physical and chemical characters, is of great importance. Delayed luminescence (DL) technique was developed as a rapid, direct, systemic, objective and sample loss-free tool to characterize the properties of Chinese herbal materials. In this study, we measured DL values in aged Chinese herbal materials that were transported from Asia to Europe during the 20th century and stored in Naturalis Biodiversity Center and the Utrecht University museum, and compared these with modern material of the same species. Methods: A hyperbolic function was used to extract four properties from the DL curves of Chinese herbal material from 1900, the 1950s and recently harvested products. Statistical tools, including the Student's t test, One-way analysis of variance and Principal Component Analysis, were used to differentiate the DL properties of aged and contemporary collections of Glycyrrhiza spp. Curcuma aromatica Salisb., Zingiber officinale Roscoe, Alpinia officinarum Hance and Acorus calamus L. Results: Our results showed that DL properties were significantly different between historical and contemporary Chinese herbal materials. Changes in DL values were species-dependent: the effects of storage time of DL properties were specific for each species. These outcomes help us not only in the identification of historical Chinese medicine products but also provides valuable data of the effect of storage time on herbal materials. Conclusion: The simple, direct, rapid, and inexpensive measurements offered by DL provide a novel tool to assess the taxonomic identity of Chinese and other herbal materials and assess the differences in chemical properties with increasing storage time. Our results contribute to the further development of novel digital tools for the quality control of herbal materials.

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“…Currently, the evaluation of UPE as a robust, realtime, inexpensive, nondestructive, and noninvasive tool to monitor oxidative reactions among several scientific fields, such as medical, pharmaceutical, biological, environmental, agricultural, and food products, is the point of interest. A probable correlation between UPE and food quality indices can be proposed (Gałązka-Czarnecka et al, 2019;Sun et al, 2019). Therefore, the UPE as a diagnostic tool to monitor agriculture processes can be considered for further developments (Cifra and Pospíšil, 2014;Guo et al, 2017;Inagaki et al, 2008;Moraes et al, 2012;Prasad and Pospíšil, 2011).…”

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Ultra-weak photon emission: a nondestructive detection tool for food quality and safety assessment

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A new aspect covering interactions between cells and their surroundings via electromagnetic waves was introduced by applying ultra-weak photon emission (UPE). The UPE originates from the relaxation of electronically excited species resulting from oxidative metabolic processes and oxidative stress associated with reactive oxygen species (ROS). The ROS plays a critical role in the quality of foods, and their determination is of extreme importance. The ROS and the intensity of the UPE have significantly correlated. The UPE can be effectively monitored by specific instruments such as photomultiplier tube and charged-coupled devices. The current review is devoted to providing an overview of the quality of food products by the aid of UPE via evaluating the correlations between UPE and food quality indices. In this regard, the UPE can be utilized in food quality as a real-time, noninvasive, and nondestructive technique without complex instruments. However, the implementation of the UPE method for evaluation of food quality needs further investigations.

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Application of delayed luminescence measurements for the identification of herbal materials: a step toward rapid quality control

Cited by 14 publications

References 44 publications

Integrated assessment of medicinal rhubarb by combination of delayed luminescence and HPLC fingerprint with emphasized on bioactivities based quality control

Integrated assessment of medicinal rhubarb by combination of delayed luminescence and HPLC fingerprint with emphasized on bioactivities based quality control

A comparative study of aged and contemporary Chinese herbal materials by using delayed luminescence technique

Ultra-weak photon emission: a nondestructive detection tool for food quality and safety assessment

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