Preparative isolation and purification of urolithins from the intestinal metabolites of pomegranate

Urolithins were separated from the intestinal metabolites of pomegranate ellagitannins by high-speed counter current chromatography in two steps using two solvent systems.

RESEARCH TITLE: Preparative isolation and purification of urolithins from the intestinal metabolites of pomegranate ellagitannins by high-speed counter-current chromatography

COUNTRIES: Taiwan, China

CONDUCTED BY: Beijing area major laboratory of peptide and small molecular drugs; Beijing Laboratory of Biomedical Materials; College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, of Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; Faculty of Biomedical Science and Environmental Biology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

PUBLISHED ON: Journal of Chromatography B

RESEACH:

Abstract

Urolithins were separated from the intestinal metabolites of pomegranate ellagitannins by high-speed counter current chromatography in two steps using two solvent systems composed of n-hexane-ethyl acetate-methanol-acetic acid-water (2.5:2:0.25:5, v/v/v/v/v) and n-hexane-ethyl acetate-methanol-acetic acid-water (2.5:0. 8:0.25:5, v/v/v/v/v) for the first time. Each injection of 100 mg extract yielded 21 mg of pure urolithin A and 10 mg of pure urolithin B. High-performance liquid chromatography analyses revealed that the purity of urolithin A and urolihtin B was over 98.5%. The structures of urolithin A and urolitihn B were identified by high resolution-MS, NMR and single crystal x-ray analysis. Urolithins reduced the oxidative stress status in colon cancer by decreasing the intracellular ROS and malondialdehyde levels, and increasing SOD activity in H₂O₂treated Caco-2 cells.

 YEAR: 2015