Simultaneous determination of four components in Sanhuang tablets by RP-HPLC / 国际中医中药杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To establish a RP-HPLC method for simultaneously determining berberine hydrochloride, baicalin, emodin and chrysophanol in Sanhuang tablets. Methods The analysis was performed on an Thermo Hypersil GOLD aQ column (250 mm×4.6 mm, 5.0 μm) with gradient elution of methanol and 0.1％orthophosphoric acid at the flow rate of 1.0 ml/min. The column temperature was 30 , and the detection wave℃length was 254 nm. Results The peaks of berberine hydrochloride, baicalin, emodin and chrysophanol were successfully separated from each other. The liner ranges of calibration curves were 0-0.6348 μg (r=0.9999), 0-1.0172 μg (r=0.9999), 0-0.8024 μg (r=0.9999), 0-0.9672 μg (r=0.9999). The average recoveries (n=9) were 101.03％, 99.81％, 99.35％, 99.54％, respectively. The limits of quantification (LOQs) were 0.0363, 0.0210, 0.0497, 0.0793 mg/g, respectively. The sample solution was stable within 24 h, the RSD (n=5) were 0.48％, 0.56％, 0.68％, 0.49％, respectively. The robustness was investigated by varying the conditions of column temperature (± 1 ℃) and flow rate (± 0.1 ml/min), with the RSD s 0.57％ and 0.42％, 0.44％ and 0.65％, 0.74％ and 0.29％, 0.46％ and 0.56％, respectively. The contents of berberine hydrochloride, baicalin, emodin and chrysophanol in twelve samples were 4.6303-5.5866, 14.5514-18.8189, 0.1711-2.7984, 0.5299-2.9254 mg/tablet, respectively. Conclusion The establish method is validated to be suitable for quality control of Sanhuang tablets.