ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE： To establish a method for simultaneous determination of matrine， oxymatrine， gallic acid， peoniflorin， costunolide and dehydrocostus lactone in Libiling tablets. METHODS： RP-HPLC method was adopted. The determination was performed on Agilent ZORBAX SB-C18 column with mobile phase consisted of methanol-0.1％ phosphoric acid （gradient elution） at the flow rate of 1.0 mL/min. The detection wavelengths were 210 nm （matrine， oxymatrine） and 225 nm （gallic acid， peoniflorin， costunolide， dehydrocostus lactone）. The column temperature was set at 30 ℃， and sample size was 5 μL. RESULTS： The linear ranges of matrine， oxymatrine， gallic acid， peoniflorin， costunolide， dehydrocostus lactone were 0.053-5.28 mg/mL（r＝0.999 8）， 0.125-12.54 mg/mL（r＝0.999 9）， 0.013-1.33 mg/mL（r＝0.999 8）， 0.169-16.94 mg/mL（r＝0.999 9）， 0.048-4.77 mg/mL（r＝0.999 8）， 0.072-7.16 mg/mL （r＝0.999 9）. The limits of quantitation were 4.08×10－4， 4.48×10－4， 3.12×10－4， 2.10×10－4， 1.36×10－4， 1.84×10－4 mg/mL， respectively. The limits of detection were 1.24×10－4， 1.50×10－4， 1.02×10－4， 6.20×10－5， 4.20×10－5， 6.40×10－5 mg/mL， respectively. RSDs of precision， stability and reproducibility tests were all lower than 2％ （n＝6）. The recoveries were 98.03％-101.43％ （RSD＝1.25％， n＝6）， 97.73％-102.26％ （RSD＝1.96％， n＝6）， 97.18％-101.41％ （RSD＝1.98％，n＝6）， 97.45％-102.11％ （RSD＝1.88％，n＝6）， 96.85％-101.07％ （RSD＝1.75％， n＝6）， 97.12％-102.64％ （RSD＝1.82％，n＝6）， respectively. CONCLUSIONS： Established method is simple， stable and rapid， and can be used for simultaneous determination of 6 components in Libiling tablets.