High-speed counter-current chromatography (HSCCC) was used to separate and purify two isoflavones for the first time from Hericium erinaceum (H. erinaceum) mycelium using a two-phase solvent system composed of chloroform-dichloromethane-methanol-water (4:2:3:2, v/v/v/v). These two isoflavones were identified as genistein (4',5,7-trihydroxyisoflavone, C15H10O₅) and daidzein (4',7-dihydroxyisofla...

The bioactive compound syringin along with edgeworoside C were separated from the n-butanol extract of the stems and barks of Edgeworthia chrysantha Lindl (E. papyrifera) by high-speed counter-current chromatography (HSCCC) while it was difficult to purify each compound by silica gel column chromatography. Syringin was isolated from this plant for the first time. The two-phase solvent system us...

Preparative high-speed counter-current chromatography (HSCCC) coupled with evaporative light scattering detection (ELSD) was employed for the isolation and purification of alkaloids from the roots of Aconitum coreanum (Lèvl.) Rapaics. The two-phase solvent system used in HSCCC was n-hexane-ethyl acetate-methanol-0.2M HCl (1:3.5:2:4.5, v/v/v/v). Six alkaloids were obtained and yielded 10.4 mg of...

The capability of high-speed countercurrent chromatography (HSCCC) has been investigated for enrichment and determination of metal ions at trace levels. Separation of selected divalent metal ions was performed using a small coiled column. A hexane solution of 2-ethylhexylphosphonic acid mono-2-ethylhexyl ester (EHPA) was employed as the stationary phase. Loaded divalent metal ions such as Ni, C...

Four iridoid glucosides, shanzhiside methyl ester, phloyoside II, chlorotuberside, and penstemonoside, were isolated and purified from an herbal medicinal plant for the first time by high-speed counter-current chromatography (HSCCC) using a two-phase solvent system composed of ethyl acetate-n-butanol-water (5:14:12, v/v/v). A total of 37mg of shanzhiside methyl ester, 29mg of phloyoside II, 27m...

Sesquiterpenes lactones including costunolide and dehydrocostus lactone, were isolated from Saussurea lappa roots, which had exhibited a wide range of biological activities such as anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, antiulcer, and immunomodulatory activities. High-speed counter-current chromatography (HSCCC) was applied for the rapid preparative isolation of sesquiterpenes lactones from <...

Sesquiterpenes lactones including costunolide and dehydrocostus lactone, were isolated from Saussurea lappa roots, which had exhibited a wide range of biological activities such as anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, antiulcer, and immunomodulatory activities. High-speed counter-current chromatography (HSCCC) was applied for the rapid preparative isolation of sesquiterpenes lactones from <...

A preparative high-speed counter-current chromatography (HSCCC) method for isolation and purification of baicalin and wogonoside from the Chinese medicinal plant Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi (Huang-qin in Chinese) was successfully established by using ethyl acetate-methanol-1% acetic acid water (5:0.5:5, v/v) as the two-phase solvent system. The upper phase of ethyl acetate-methanol-1% acetic...

Isomangiferin was isolated from Cyclopia subternata using a multi-step process including extraction, liquid-liquid partitioning, high-speed counter-current chromatography (HSCCC) and semi-preparative reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Enrichment of phenolic compounds in a methanol extract of C. subternata leaves was conducted using liquid-liquid partitioning with ethy...

High-speed countercurrent chromatography (HSCCC) was successfully applied to the isolation and purification of four flavonoids from Herba Salviae Plbeiae using stepwise and dual-mode elution with a pair of two-phase solvent systems. The systems composed of n-hexane-chloroform-methanol-water (0.5 : 4 : 3 : 2, v/v/v/v) and chloroform-methanol-water (4 : 3 : 2, v/v/v). Analytical HSCCC was used fo...