[Isolation and analysis of syringin in cell suspension cultures of Saussurea involucrata]

Yao Xue Xue Bao. 2009 Apr; 44(4): 436-9Chen RD, Zou JH, Jia JM, Dai JGSyringin is one of the main bioactive ingredients in Saussurea involucrata. In this study, various chromatographic techniques were employed to isolate and purify syringin in the polar extraction of cell suspension cultures of S. involucrata. The structure of syringin was characterized by the analysis of spectroscopic data. A quantitative analytical method for the content of syringin in cultures of S. involucrata was established with RP-HPLC. The method is convenient, accurate and reliable. All this results provided a basis for further studies on application of cell suspension cultures of S. involucrata for large-scale production of bioactive compound syringin.