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AIM:To study the detection limits of aristolochic acid in Herba Asari preparation by HPLC. METHODS: Whether Asarum hetertropoides Fr.Schmidt ver.Mandshuricum(Maxim.) Kitag contained aristolochic acid A or not by HPLC and MS,and the difference in the reference substance and the sample solution was compared. RESULTS: Aristolochic acid A could not be found in A.hetertropoides Fr.Schmidt ver.Mandshuricum(Maxim.)Kitag by HPLC,but be found by MS. CONCLUSION:A.hetertropoides Fr.Schmidt ver.Mandshuricum (Maxim.)Kitag contained trace aristolochic acid,but it is difficult to measure aristolochic acid in Herba Asari by HPLC.The baseline noise of the sample solution can interfere with the detection limit of the trace compound compound
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AIM:To investigate the reasonableness test of different parts of Herba Asari.METHODS:HPLC method was used to determine aristolochic acid A content content in different parts of Herba Asari.RESULTS:Aristolochic acid A content in above-ground parts of Herba Asari was higher than that in the root,and aristolochic acid A was not detected ever in some Radix et Rhizoma Asari.CONCLUSION:It is more reasonable that the medicinal part of Herba Asari is selected from the root rather than whole herb,and it is coincident with medicinal literature.