ABSTRACT
Objective To establish an HPLC method for simultaneous determination of loganin, chiratin, secoxyloganin, rosmarinic acid and calceolarioside B in Shuangxiangpaishi granules. Method HPLC colunmn was Alltima C18 column (4.6 mm×250 mm, 5 μm); mobile phase consisted of acetonitrile-methanol (1: 3) (A) -0.1% phosphate acid solution (B) with gradient elution; the column temperature was 35°C; the flow rate was 1.0 ml/min; all the injection volume was 20 μl; loganin, chiratin and secoxyloganin were detected at 240 nm, rosmarinic acid and calceolarioside B were detected at 330nm. Results The above mentioned five main ingredients had linearity in the given concentration range at 5.91-118.20 μg/ml (r=0.9995), 4.10-82.00 μg/ml (r=0.9991), 8.13-162.60 μg/ml (r=0.9993), 12.57-251.40 μg/ml (r=0.9998), 4.95-99.00μg/ml (r=0.9997), respectively. The average recoveries (n=6) and RSD were 96.88 (1.31), 99.09 (1.47%), 98.29 (1.59), 98.82 (1.42) and 97.51 (0.86), respectively. Conclusion This dual-wavelength HPLC method could simultaneously determine the contents of the five ingredients in Shuangxiangpaishi granules and can be used to evaluate their quality. The method is simple, accurate, sensitive and repeatable. It could be used as an efficient strategy for systematic quality evaluation of Shuangxiangpaishi granules.