Simultaneous determination of morroniside, loganin, cornuside, oleanolic acid, and ursolic in Corni Fructus terpenoids medicinal preparation base on RP-HPLC / 中草药

ABSTRACT

Objective: To establish RP-HPLC strategy to simultaneously determine the terpenoids constitute of Corni Fructus preparation which is useful for the intervention of acute immunological liver injury in mice induced by concanavalin A (ConA), including morroniside, loganin, cornuside, oleanolic acid and ursolic, thus providing a scientific basis on the quality controls of Corni Fructus terpenoids and related medicinal preparations. Methods: RP-HPLC method and Zorbax SB-C18 column (150 mm × 4.6 mm, 5 μm) chromatographic column were employed; 2 mmol/L γ-cyclodextrin was added into the mobile phase containing acetonitrile and 0.1% ortho-phosphoric acid for gradient elution; The volume flow was 1.0 mL/min, the column temperature was 30 ℃ and the detection wavelengths were 240, 360, and 210 nm; The injection volume was 3 μL. Results: The linear range in morroniside, loganin, cornuside, oleanolic acid, and ursolic acid was 10.42—333.33, 23.44—750.00, 9.11—291.67, 10.42—333.33, and 13.02—416.67 mg/L, respectively; The average recovery in the selected samples was 95.60%—98.02%, RSD was 1.47%—1.89%; The repeatability RSD was 1.46%—1.71%; The stability RSD was 1.29%—1.76%; Six batches of the Corni Fructus terpenoids medicinal preparation contained the average quality of morroniside, loganin, cornuside, oleanolic acid, and ursolic acid respectively was 669.6—680.2, 850.1—869.5, 94.1—96.4, 164.3—166.1, and 85.6—87.6 mg/L. Conclusion: The method established in this study is a credible way to determine the concents of morroniside, loganin, ornuside, oleanolic acid, and ursolic acid in the Corni Fructus terpenoids medicinal preparation with its simplicity, good repeatability, high sensibility and recovery rate.