Research Article

Investigation of the Chemical Changes from Crude and Processed Paeoniae Radix Alba-Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma Herbal Pair Extracts by Using Q Exactive High-Performance Benchtop Quadrupole-Orbitrap LC-MS/MS

Table 2

Major chemical constituents identified in crude and processed Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma and in crude and processed Paeoniae Radix Alba-Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma herbal pair.

No. (min)Compound nameFormulaAtractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma Paeoniae Radix Alba-Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma herbal pair
(Measured area)(Measured area)
CrudeProcessedCrudeProcessed

11.72Protocatechuic acid C7H6O4
22.67Protocatechuic acid isomer IC7H6O4
33.24Caffeic acidC9H8O4
43.73Protocatechuic acid isomer IIC7H6O4
54.21Dictamnoside A isomer IC21H36O9
64.70Dictamnoside A isomer IIC21H36O9
75.63ScopoletinC10H8O4
85.82Dictamnoside AC21H36O9
98.77AtracetylentriolC14H16O3
109.33Ferulic acidC10H10O4
1125.81Atractylenolide I isomerC15H18O2
1225.83Atractylenolide IIIC15H20O3
1326.1712-methylbutyryl-14-acetyl-2E,8EZ,10E-atractylentriol C21H26O5
1426.9512-methylbutyryl-14-acetyl-2E,8EZ,10E-atractylentriol isomerC21H26O5
1531.10Atractylenolide II isomerC15H20O2
1631.66Atractylenolide IIC15H20O2
1733.44AtractylodinC13H10O
1835.07Atractylenolide I isomerC15H18O2
1935.94Atractylenolide IC15H18O2
2039.0312-methylbutyryl-14-acetyl-2E,8EZ,10E-atractylentriol isomer IC21H26O5
2139.81Dibutyl phthalate C16H22O4
2240.0012-methylbutyryl-14-acetyl 2E,8EZ,10E-atractylentriol isomer IIC21H26O5
2340.26Dibutyl phthalate isomerC16H22O4
2441.5014-methylbutyryl-2E,8EZ,10Es-atractylentriolC19H24O4
2546.43SpinasterylC29H48O
2647.32Atractylon C15H20O
2747.37Biatractylolide C30H38O4
2847.96Linoleic acid C18H32O2
2948.25Linoleic acid isomerC18H32O2
3048.59Biepiasterolid isomerC30H38O4
3148.90Atractylon isomerC15H20O
3249.42Palmitic acidC16H32O2