Efficient and clean preparation of rare prosaikogenin D by enzymatic hydrolysis of saikosaponin B2 and response surface methodology optimization.

Prosaikogenin D, a rare secondary saponin in Radix Bupleuri, has much higher in vivo bioactivities than its original glycoside saikosaponin B2. Its preparation methods, such as conventional acid hydrolysis and column chromatograph, are unfriendly to environment with serious pollution and undesired products. The aim of this study was to establish an efficient and clean approach for convenient preparation of this rare steroid saponin based on the enzymatic hydrolysis. Cellulase was selected from four commercial enzymes due to its higher hydrolysis performance. Then the hydrolysis conditions were optimized by response surface methodology after preliminary investigation on affecting factors by single-factor experiments. The reaction system was constructed by 100 μg/mL of saikosaponin B2 and 8.00 mg/mL of cellulase, which was incubated in HAc-NaAc buffer (pH 4.7) at 60 °C for 33 h. Consequently, a high conversion ratio of the substrate has been achieved at 95.04 %. The newly developed strategy is an efficient and clean approach for the preparation of prosaikogenin D and it is a promising technology in industrial application. Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Mengru Wu, Man Wang, Yangyang Zhang, Jinwei Zhou, Lili Xu, Guohua Xia, Zhipeng Yan, Yuping Shen, Huan Yang. Efficient and clean preparation of rare prosaikogenin D by enzymatic hydrolysis of saikosaponin B2 and response surface methodology optimization. Enzyme and microbial technology. 2020 Dec;142:109690

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