ABSTRACT
AIM To establish an HPLC-DAD method for the simultaneous content determination of six constituents in Maiwei Dihuang Pills (Ophiopogonis Radix,Schisandrae chinensis Fructus,Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata,etc.).METHODS The analysis of 50％ methanol extract of this drug was performed on a 35 ℃ thermostatic Agilent ZORBAX SB-C18column (4.6 mm × 150 mm,5 μm),with the mobile phase comprising of acetonitrile-water (containing 0.2％ phosphate acid) flowing at 0.8 mL/min in a gradient elution manner,and the detection wavelengths were set at 220,230,236 and 274 nm.RESULTS Deoxyschizandrin,schizandrin B,schisandrin,paeoniflorin,paeonol and loganin showed good linear relationships within the ranges of 10-70,6.5-45.5,33.5-234.5,17-119,31-217 and 34-238 μg/mL (r ＞0.990 0),whose average recoveries (RSDs) were 99.6％ (1.7％),100.4％ (1.8％),100.7％ (1.8％),102.9％ (1.7％),102.2％ (1.5％) and 99.7％ (1.2％),respectively.CONCLUSION This simple and reproducible method can be used for the rapid quality control of Maiwei Dihuang Pills.