NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ›› 2025, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (8): 1522-1534. doi: 10.16333/j.1001-6880.2025.8.014 cstr: 32307.14.1001-6880.2025.8.014

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Determination of multiple components in Huangqi decoction and its spectrum-effect relationship against non-alcoholic liver disease

ZHAO Li-zhu1,2,3,CAO Hui-ling1,2,3,YU Da-hai1,3,SUN Xiang-ming1,3,ZOU Xiang2,3*,LI Wen-lan1*   

  1. 1College of Pharmacy,Harbin University of Commerce;2Engineering Research Center of Natural Anti-cancer Drugs,Ministry of Education;3Heilongjiang Key Laboratory of Preventive and Therapeutic Drug Research of Senile,Harbin 150076,China
  • Online:2025-08-25 Published:2025-08-25

Abstract:

This study aims to establish the content of multiple components in Huangqi decoction by High-performance liquid chromatography coupled with diode array and evaporative light scattering detectors (HPLC-DAD-ELSD), and discuss the therapeutic effects of Huangqi decoction on non-alcoholic liver disease. The contents of 8 active evaluation. Next, oleic acid-induced HepG2 were used as the model of lipid accumulation in vitro. The composition-activity relationship between active ingredients and the ingredients were determined by HPLC-DAD-ELSD. Non-alcoholic liver injury model was induced by a high-fat diet for efficacy cells lipid-lowering activity of Huangqi decoction was constructed by bivariate correlation analysis and gray relational analysis to screen pharmacodynamic substance. The content of the eight compounds were determined as follows: calycosin-7-O-β-D-glycoside (0.711±0.316 mg/g), liquiritin (0.403±0.451 mg/g), ononin (0.385±0.181 mg/g), liquiritigenin (0.053±0.071 mg/g), calycosin (0.037±0.015 mg/g), formononetin (0.037±0.004 mg/g), glycyrrhizic acid (13.37±3.544 mg/g), and astragaloside IV (0.110±0.051 mg/g). A total of nine compounds (astragaloside IV, glycyrrhizic acid, formononetin, calycosin-7-O-β-D-glycoside, ononin, liquiritin apioside, liquiritigenin, calycosin, and liquiritin) related to the lipid-lowering effect of Huangqi decoction. The established method for the determination of multi-component content of Huangqi Decoction in the treatment of non-alcoholic liver disease is accurate and efficient. Huangqi Decoction has a good effect on the treatment of non-alcoholic liver disease, which can be used as reference for the development of Huangqi decoction related health care products.

Key words: Huangqi decoction, Astragali Radix, Glycyrrhizae Radix, pharmacodynamics, spectrum-effect relationship

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