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Objective To explore the effect of heating temperature and heating time on the dissolution characteristics of phenolic acids in water extract of Danshen Decoction. Methods The contents of tanshinol, protocatechuic aldehyde and salvianolic acid B in water extract of Danshen Decoction were determined by reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) . The changes of the contents were monitored by classic constant temperature acceleration method. Results Of the three components, the content of salvianolic acid was decreased with the increase of heating temperature and the prolongation of heating time, and the degradation characteristics of the salvianolic acid B met the first-order kinetics equation. Conclusion The water-soluble components have less stability in the water extracts of Danshen Decoction. Lignum Santali Albi and Fructus Amomi accelerate the degradation speed of Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae, suggesting that we should pay attention to the influence of heating temperature and heating time on the content of salvianolic acid B in the extraction and concentration process.
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Objective: To separate and determine two constituents of Danshensu and protocatechuic aldehyde in compound Danshen Dropping Pill. Methods: The chromatographic conditions were as follow: Nucleosil C18 column, a mixture of methanol-water-acetic acid glacial (19∶80∶1) as the mobile phase with a flow rate of 1 mL per minute and the detection wavelength at 279 nm. P-hydroxybenoic acid was used as internal standard. Results: The calibration curves were linear in the range of 10～80 mg/L (r=0.9995) for Danshensu and 2～16 mg/L (r=0.9996) for protocatechuic aldehyde . The average recovery of Danshensu and protocatechuic aldehyde were 99.4 %and 99.5 %respectively. Conclusion: This method is accurate, simple and convenient, rapid and reproducible and can be used for the quality control of compound Danshen Pill.