ABSTRACT
AIM:To explore the effect on stability of hyperforin with different medicinal herbs and the changes of hyperforin content in herb combinations with Hypericum perforatum L.(HP).METHODS:Several common antidepressant medicinal herbs were selected separately to match with HP.The herbal samples consisted of HP group,HP with Curcuma wenyujin Y.H.Chen et C.Ling group,HP with Curcuma longa.L.group,HP with Epimedium brevicornum Maxim group and HP with Wuling powder(WY)group.The contents of hyperforin with each group were determined by reverse phase HPLC.RESULTS:The rates of extraction and retention of hyperforin in HP with Curcuma wenyujin Y.H.Chen et C.Ling group and HP with Curcuma longa.L.group were significantly lower than that of HP group.There were no obvious differences in the extraction rates of the HP group,HP with Epimedium brevicornum Maxim group and HP with WY group.The retention rate of hyperforin in HP group with WY powder was higher than that of HP group.The retention rate of hyperforin in HP with Curcuma wenyujin Y.H.Chen et C.Ling group,was lower than that of HP group.CONCLUSION:The results show that compatibility of HP with traditional Chinese medicine have effects on the stability of active herbal component.