Content Determination of Four Index Components in Compound Baizhi Zhitong Capsules by QAMS Method / 中国中医药信息杂志

Objective To develop a new method for content determination of chlorogenic acid, ferulic acid, and isoimperatorin in Compound Baizhi Zhitong Capsules through quantitative analysis of multi-components by single-marker (QAMS) method by setting imperatorin as internal standard substance. Methods HPLC was adopted. The chromatographic column of Thermo Hypersil GOLD (4.6 mm×250 mm, 5 μm) was used; the mobile phase was composed of acetonitrile and 0.2％ formic acid in gradient elution; the flow speed was 1 m L/min; the detection wavelength were 320 nm (chlorogenic acid, ferulic acid) and 300 nm (imperatorin and isoimperatorin). The relative analysis correction factors of imperatorin to other three components were established by setting imperatorin as internal standard substance. Results The relative analysis correction factors of chlorogenic acid, ferulic acid, and isoimperatorin in Compound Baizhi Zhitong Capsules were 1.16, 2.00, and 1.00, which had a high reproducibility. There was no significant difference between QAMS and external standard method. Conclusion The QAMS method for Compound Baizhi Zhitong Capsules by setting imperatorin as internal standard substance is accurate and feasible, which can be used as a useful quality control method for Compound Baizhi Zhitong Capsules.

Study on HPLC fingerprint of Congrong Zonggan capsule / 中国中药杂志

HPLC fingerprint of Congrong Zonggan capsule was established in order to provide basis for quality evaluation. With acteoside as the reference, HPLC was adopted for fingerprint analysis on Congrong Zonggan capsule. The chromatographic conditions wereas follows. Waters C18 column (4.6 mm x 150 mm, 5 μm) was used, with methylalcohol-0.1% formic acid as the mobile phase for gradient elution at the flow rate of 1.0 mL x min(-1). The detection wavelength was 330 nm, and the column temperature was 30 °C. This method was highly accurate and reproducible. All of the 13 components in tested samples reached the baseline resolved peak, and 15 batches of finished products showed the similarity of above 0.95. The method was accurate and feasible and could be used as a simple and effective method to evaluate the quality of the traditional Chinese medicines.

HPLC fingerprint of liuwei dihuang soft capsule / 中国中药杂志

In order to establish HPLC fingerprint of Liuwei Dihuang soft capsule, and to provide certain reference for an quality control of it, the HPLC method was performed on an Agilent C18 (4.6 mm x 250 mm, 5 μm) column with acetonitrile-0.02% trifluoroacetic acid as mobile phase, gradient elution volume flow of 1.0 mL x min(-1), column temperature was 30 degrees C, detection wavelength: 0-60 min, 238 nm, 60-70 min, 210 nm. The software for chromatographic fingerprint was applied to analysis different batches of Liuwei Dihuang soft capsule samples. Sixteen mutual peaks were selected as the fingerprint peaks in 12 samples with loganin as the reference peak, and all of the detected peaks were separated effectively. Cluster analysis (HCA) and similarity analysis (SA) were done based on data of 12 samples clustering analysis of 12 batches of samples were divided into 2 categories. Including 7 for the first class, the rest was second, similarities calculated by SA were all above 0.92, indicating a good similarity between the reference and twelve batches of samples, also, the analysis results of HCA and SA basically the same. This method is simple with good precision, repeatability and stability, and provides the basis for Liuwei Dihuang soft capsule quality control.