In-line spectroscopy combined with multivariate analysis methods for endpoint determination in column chromatographic adsorption processes for herbal medicine

Abstract

Objective:In a chromatographic cycle, the adsorption process is a critical unit operation that has a significant impact on downstream processes and, ultimately, the quality of the final products. The development of a rapid method to determine the endpoints of adsorption processes in a large-scale manufacturing is of substantial importance for herbal medicine (HM) manufacturers.

Methods:In this study, the adsorption of saponins on a macroporous resin column chromatograph, a critical unit operation in Panax notoginseng (Burkill) F.H.Chen injection manufacturing, was considered as an example. The evaluation results of in-line ultraviolet and visible spectra combined with various multivariate analysis methods, including the moving block standard deviation (MBSD), difference between the moving block average and the target spectrum (DMBA-TS), soft-independent modeling of class analogy (SIMCA), and partial least-squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA), were compared.

Results:MBSD was unsuitable for adsorption processes. The relative standard errors of prediction between the predicted and experimental endpoints were 13.2%, 4.67%, and 5.71% using DMBA-TS, SIMCA, and PLS-DA, respectively.

Conclusions:Among the considered analysis methods, SIMCA and PLS-DA were more effective for endpoint determination. The results of this study provide a more comprehensive overview of the effectiveness of various multivariate analysis methods to facilitate the selection of the most suitable method. This study was also conducive to address the issues of the in-line detection of adsorption endpoints to guide practical HM manufacturing.

Keywords

Adsorption / Endpoint / Herbal medicine / Multivariate analysis / Ultraviolet and visible

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