Purification and Characterization of Homoharringtonine from Cephalotaxus koreana

A new isolation and purification method was developed aiming at increasing yield and purity for homoharringtonine. This method was a simple andefficient procedures, for the isolation and purification of homoharringtonine from Cephalotaxus koreana, consisting of solvent extraction, adsorbent treatment, low-pressure chromatography, and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The crude homoharringtonine was efficiently pre-purified adequately to perform HPLC through a combination withadsorbent treatment and low-pressure chromatogaphy. The homoharringtonine can be simply obtained with high purity and yield from crude homoharringtonine by HPLC. Purified homoharringtonine was characterized.

한국산 개비자나무로부터 alkaloid계 항암 활성 물질인 Homoharringtonine의 분리 및 정제 공정을 개발하였다. 추출 용매로 메탄올을사용하여 biomass와 mthanol을 1:8의 비율로 분씩 3회 추출할 경우 개비자나무로부터 대부분(>99%)의 Homoharringtonine이 추출됨을 알 수 있었다. 흡착 공정에서는 활성 백토(active clay)를 사용하여 추출물에 포함되어 있는 식물유래 타르, 왁스 성분을 효과적으로 제거하였다. 크로마토그래피 공정을 통해서 52% 이상의 Homoharringtonine을 정제하였다.