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Objective: To establish the HPLC characteristic spectrum of Lygodii Herba from different habitats in Guangxi Province, and to evaluate the difference of components in different parts of medicinal materials. Methods: HPLC was performed on Waters symmetry C18 (250 mm × 4.6 mm, 5 μm) column, with the mobile phase of acetonitrile-0.2% phosphoric acid at flow rate of 1.0 mL/min; Detection wavelength was 354 nm; The column temperature was 30 ℃ and the sample size was 20 μL. Twelve batches of Lygodii Herba samples were determined and the characteristic spectrum of those were established, and the content of rutin, isoquercetin, and astragalin were determined to evaluate the difference of chemical components in different parts of medicinal materials. Results: There were seven characteristic peaks identified in the characteristic spectra of Lygodii Herba samples. Peak 1 was caffeic acid, peak 2 was Rutin, peak 3 was Isoquercitrin and peak 5 was astragalin. The similarities of 11 batches of samples were proved to be higher than 0.900 and one batch of them was proved to be less than 0.900. The chemical component of stem was richer than that of leaves of Lygodii Herba, and the content of the component was higher in the stem than that of the leaves. Conclusion: The method is simple, accurate, and reproducible, which can provide the scientific evidence for controlling the internal quality standards effectively. The preferred harvest season of Lygodii Herba is autumn and winter.
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Objective: To establish a method for the determination of 7-hydroxy-4'-methoxyflavane and pterostilbene in Zhuang Medicine Dracaena cochinchinensis. Methods: The determination was developed on C18 column. Acetonitrile-0.2% phosphoric acid (36: 64) was used as mobile phase and the detective wavelength was set at 281 and 306 nm, respectively. Results: The linear ranges of 7-hydroxy-4'-methoxyflavane and pterostilbene were 0.4076-1.5285 μg (r = 0.9998) and 1.6408-6.1530 μg (r = 0.9997), respectively. The average recovery was 97.88% (RSD = 0.82%) and 97.10% (RSD = 0.59%), respectively. Conclusion: The method is simple and accurate, which could be used for the quality control of D. cochinchinensis and its extract.