Simultaneous Determination of 8 Ingredients in Guizhijiashaoyao Decoction by HPLC / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE： To establish a method for simultaneous determination of albiflorin， paeoniflorin， liquiritin， liquiritigenin， cinnamic acid， cinnamaldehyde， ammonium glycyrrhetate and 6-ginger phenol in Guizhijiashaoyao decoction. METHODS： HPLC method was adopted. The determination was performed on Kromasil C18 column with mobile phase consisted of acetonitrile-0.1％ phosphoric acid solution （gradient elution） at the flow rate of 1.0 mL/min. The detection wavelengths were 235 nm（0-35 min，albiflorin， paeoniflorin， liquiritin）、280 nm（35-65 min，liquiritigenin， cinnamic acid， cinnamaldehyde， ammonium glycyrrhetate and 6-ginger phenol）. The column temperature was 25 ℃， and the sample size was 20 μL. RESULTS： The linear range of albiflorin， paeoniflorin， liquiritin， liquiritigenin， cinnamic acid， cinnamaldehyde， ammonium glycyrrhetate and 6-ginger phenol were 2.125-34.000 μg/mL（r＝0.999 9）， 28.700-459.200 μg/mL（r＝0.999 7）， 3.675-58.800 μg/mL（r＝0.999 7）， 1.235-19.760 μg/mL（r＝0.999 8）， 2.300-36.800 μg/mL（r＝0.999 8）， 0.955-15.280 μg/mL（r＝0.999 7）， 36.000-576.000 μg/mL（r＝0.999 7） and 1.500-24.000 μg/mL（r＝0.999 7）， respectively. The quantitative limits were 0.135， 0.102， 0.096， 0.033， 0.013， 0.023， 0.663， 0.198 μg/mL； the detection limits were 0.041， 0.031， 0.029， 0.010， 0.004， 0.007， 0.201， 0.059 μg/mL. RSDs of precision， stability and reproducibility tests were all lower than 3％ （n＝6）. The recovery rates were 97.47％-100.76％（RSD＝1.33％，n＝6）， 98.15％-103.50％（RSD＝1.82％，n＝6）， 95.65％-100.84％（RSD＝2.38％，n＝6）， 96.75％-100.32％（RSD＝1.31％，n＝6）， 95.88％-102.75％（RSD＝2.52％，n＝6）， 95.63％-100.63％（RSD＝2.00％，n＝6）， 96.78％-100.45％（RSD＝1.35％，n＝6）， 95.71％-100.48％（RSD＝1.80％，n＝6）. CONCLUSIONS： The method is accurate， reliable and exclusive， and suitable for simultaneous determination of 8 ingredients in Guizhijiashaoyao decoction.