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Object To compare the contents of chlorogenic acid in the different processed crude drugs of Lonicera fulvotomentosa Hsu et S.C. Cheng. Methods The contents of chlorogenic acid were deter mined by HPLC. Chromatographic conditions included Hypersil C 18 column and the mobile phase consisting of a mixture of acetonitrile 0 4% phosphoric acid (13∶87). Chlorogenic acid was detected at 327 nm wavelength. Results The contents of chlorogenic acid were 0 54%, 0 81%, 0 57% in the sun cured flower bud, white bloom, gold flower in L. fulvotomentosa and 2 14%, 1 65%, 2 04% in the steaming sun cured crude drugs, respectively. Conclusion The contents of chlorogenic acid in the steaming sun cured crude drugs are higher than those in the sun cured crude drugs.
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Object To determine the content of glycyrrihizic acid obtained when each individual ingredient in MAHUANG DECOCTION was decocted separately and then mixing the extracts with boiling water in comparison with that obtained by decocting the total composition together as a whole in the traditional way. Methods The contents of glycyrrhizic acid was determined by HPLC. Hypersil C 18 column was used, with acetonitrile∶0.1% acetic acid (33∶67) as the mobile phase and detected at the wavelength of 254 nm. Results The average recovery of glycyrrhizic acid when separately decocted was 102.43%, RSD=2.65%, while that of decoction in whole was 99.41%, RSD=3.11%. Conclusion The method was simple and accurate and was not interfered by other constituents in the prescription.
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Objective: To compare the contents of ferulic acid in single medicine decoction (preparing the refined granules of single traditional Chinese herb from the different kinds of medicinal materials separately then mixing the granules with boiling water) and mixed medicine decoction (decocting the all kinds of the medicinal materials together as the traditional method) of Tangkuei Blood Supplementing Decoction (composed of Radix Angelicae Sinensis and Radix Astragali). Methods: HPLC conditions: Hypersil C 18 column methanol -0.05% acetic acid solution (45∶55) as mobile phases, detection wavelength at 324 nm. Results: The average recovery of single medicine decoction was 100.86% with RSD =2.33%( n =6), and that of mixed medicine decoction was 101.37% with RSD =1.52%( n =6).Conclusion: The content of ferulic acid mixed medicine decoction was higher than that in single medicine decoction.