Simultaneous determination of thirteen components in Ainsliaea fragrans by UHPLC-MS/MS / 中草药

ABSTRACT

Objective: To establish an UHPLC-MS/MS method for rapid and simultaneous determination of the content of 13 components in Ainsliaea fragrans. Methods: The UHPLC-MS/MS method was performed on UPLC BEH C18 (100 mm × 2.1 mm, 1.7 μm) with acetonitrile-water (containing 0.1% formic acid and 5 mmol ammonium formate) as mobile phase for gradient elution. Flow rate was 0.25 mL/min and column temperature was 40 ℃. A triple quadrupole mass spectrometer equipped with electrospray ionization source (ESI) was applied in negative ion mode with the following parameters: ion spray, -4 500 V, ion source temperature, 500 ℃, curtain gas, 344.5 kPa, nubulizer (GS1), 344.5 kPa, heater gas (GS2), 206.7 kPa, and multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) was performed for quantitative analysis of these compounds. Results: Under the optimized MS/MS condition, the linearity ranges of protocatechuic acid, caffeic acid, neochlorogenic acid, chlorogenic acid, cryptochlorogenic acid, 1,3-dicaffeoylquinic acid, 1,5-dicaffeoylquinic acid, 3,4-dicaffeoylquinic acid, 3,5-dicaffeoylquinic acid, 4,5-dicaffeoylquinic acid, luteolin, luteoloside and apigenin were 1.099-274.800 ng/mL, 1.006-100.600 ng/mL, 1.080-1 080.000 ng/mL, 83.12-8 312.00 ng/mL, 19.92-996.00 ng/mL, 1.076-269.000 ng/mL, 5.555-555.500 ng/mL, 4.420-4 420.000 ng/mL, 44.76-17 904.00 ng/mL, 48.00-9 600.00 ng/mL, 2.108-210.800 ng/mL, 4.136-413.600 ng/mL, 1.070-107.000 ng/mL (r ≥ 0.9958), respectively, with good linearity. The average recovery rate of thirteen compounds in the samples were in the range of 96.54%-99.75%, and the RSD range was from 0.48% to 0.96%. The RSD values of precision, stability and repeatability test were all less than 3.90%. Conclusion: The method had good repeatability, high specificity, stability and controllability, and could be used for quality control of A. fragrans and its preparations.