Rapid screening of hypoglycemic components in Cyclocarya paliurus using magnetic nanoparticle-immobilized α-glucosidase combined with UHPLC-Q-TOF/MS

  • ZHANG Qiyun ,
  • CHEN Zude ,
  • JIANG Li ,
  • LI Bingtao ,
  • ZHAI Xingying ,
  • SHU Rengeng ,
  • XU Guoliang
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  • 1(Research Center for Differentiation and Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Basic Theory, Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China)
    2(School of Pharmacy, Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China)
    3(Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of TCM Etiopathogenisis, Nanchang 330004, China)
    4(Key Laboratory of Pharmacology of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Jiangxi, Nanchang 330004, China)

Received date: 2025-04-11

  Revised date: 2025-05-07

  Online published: 2026-01-22

Abstract

α-Glucosidase is a key enzyme target for diabetes and obesity treatment.Inhibiting its activity can produce therapeutic effects.To efficiently discover natural product-derived α-glucosidase inhibitors, this study employed a strategy combining magnetic nanoparticles with α-glucosidase to selectively capture potential bioactive compounds, followed by rapid identification of captured components using ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole-time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-Q-TOF/MS).Single-factor experiments determined optimal immobilization conditions:15% glutaraldehyde concentration, 7 U/mL α-glucosidase concentration, and 4 h immobilization time, achieving maximum relative enzyme activity.This optimized immobilized enzyme system was used to screen and identify 14 compounds from Cyclocarya paliurus extracts, the IC50 values of 10 active compounds and acarbose are as follows:isochlorogenic acid A(870.3 μg/mL), myricetin-3-O-β-D-glucoside(123.9 μg/mL), quercetin-3-O-glucuronide(587.2 μg/mL), quercitrin(320.9 μg/mL), myricetin(25.7 μg/mL), hyperoside(394.1 μg/mL), afzelin(272.7 μg/mL), kaempferol-3-O-β-D-glucuronopyranoside(524.9 μg/mL), kaempferol(21.6 μg/mL), quercetin(31.0 μg/mL), acarbose(0.62 μg/mL).The results demonstrate that immobilized enzyme technology holds strong potential for efficiently discovering therapeutic compounds in medicinal plants.

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ZHANG Qiyun , CHEN Zude , JIANG Li , LI Bingtao , ZHAI Xingying , SHU Rengeng , XU Guoliang . Rapid screening of hypoglycemic components in Cyclocarya paliurus using magnetic nanoparticle-immobilized α-glucosidase combined with UHPLC-Q-TOF/MS[J]. Food and Fermentation Industries, 2026 , 52(1) : 269 -276 . DOI: 10.13995/j.cnki.11-1802/ts.042999

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