Identification of Fat-soluble Constituents of Cornus officinalis and Its Preparation by LC-MS / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:To establish a method for identification of Cornus officinalis and its Preparations. METHODS: LC-MS method was adopted. The separation was performed on Hypersil C18 column (150 mm?2.1 mm,5 ?m) with a mobile phase of methanol-acetic acid(84 ∶ 16) at a flow rate of 0.2 mL?min-1. The column temperature was set at 30℃. Mass spectra were equipped with an electrospray ionization (ESI) source with negative ion detection model as ion scanning. The conditions of determination were sheath gas flow rate of 1.5 L?min-1,sweep gas flow rate of 0.45 L?min-1,spraying voltage of 4.5 kV, high temperature capillary temperature of 350℃ and scan range of 110～600 amu. RESULTS: The three-level mass spectrometry of the ursolic acid and oleanolic acid was well separated. The results were stable. Three-level mass spectrometry of ursolic acid and oleanolic acid were established and identification of C. officinalis preparations was carried out.CONCLUSION:Three-level fragment peaks of fat-soluble constituents of C. officinalis can be used for indentification of C. officinalis and its preparations.