Simultaneous determination of seven alkaloids in Cuyanhusuo Granule by RP-HPLC / 中草药

Objective: To establish HPLC method for the simultaneous determination of protopine, palmatine hydrochloride, berberine hydrochloride, dehydrocorydaline, tetrahydropalmatine, tetrahydroberberine, and corydaline in Cuyanhusuo Granule. Methods: The analysis was performed on Ultimate AQ-C18 column (250 mm×4.6 mm, 5 μm) by gradient elution of acetonitrile-0.1% phosphoric acid (adjust to pH 6.0 with triethylamine) (10:90). The UV detection wavelength was set at 280 nm and the flow rate was 1.0 mL/min. Results: The linear ranges of protopine, palmatine hydrochloride, berberine hydrochloride, dehydrocorydaline, tetrahydropalmatine, tetrahydroberberine, and corydaline were 6.8-119.0 (r=0.9999), 24.38-426.65 (r=0.9999), 8.88-155.40 (r=0.9999), 77.66-1359.05 (r=0.9999), 41.4-724.5 (r=0.9999), 6.70-117.25 (r=0.9999), and 25.50-446.25 ng (r=0.9999). The average recoveries (n=6) were 98.2% (RSD=2.0%), 99.6% (RSD=2.8%), 100.2% (RSD=1.3%), 99.0% (RSD=2.2%), 100.8% (RSD=2.6%), 98.7% (RSD=2.5%), and 97.7% (RSD=2.2%), respectively. Conclusion: This method is simple and rapid, and can be used for the quality control of Cuyanhusuo Granule with satisfactory separation and repeatability.

Application of near infrared spectroscopy to identify authenticity of Polygonum multiflorum / 中国中药杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To establish a near-infrared qualitative analysis model to identify the authenticity of Polygonum multiflo- rum and distinguish processed products Polygoni Multiflori Radix.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>The NIR spectra were peformed on over 30 batches of P. multiflorum and Polygoni Multiflori Radix samples and the adulterants Cynanchum bungei, Pteroxygonum giraldii, Polygonum cillinerve to establish the qualitative discriminant model and the conformity test model of Polygonum multifiorum , and cluster analysis was used to analyze the samples from different origins.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>The model is able to identify correctly P. multiflorum with its counterfeit, and distinguish between P. multiflorum and Polygoni multiflori Radix.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Near-infrared spectroscopy can be applied in the identification of P. multiflorum, which could be used to screen Chinese herbal medicine preliminarily.</p>