Evaluation on content difference of multi-index components between Yao medicine Young Leonurus heterophyllus and Leonurus japonicus / 中草药

ABSTRACT

Objective: To study the content difference of multi-index components between Yao medicine Young Leonurus heterophyllus (YLH) and Leonurus japonicus, and evaluate the quality with the content. Methods: A high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method was established for the simultaneous content determination of five chemical constituents of chlorogenic acid, leonurine hydrochloride, rutin, hyperin and isoquercitrin in Yao medicine YLH and Leonurus japonicus. SPSS 25.0 statistical software was used to conduct paired samples t-test and one-way ANOVA to infer the content differences among the samples. Principal component analysis (PCA) was used to evaluate the quality of medicinal materials. Results: T-test results of paired samples of Yao medicine YLH and Leonurus japonicus showed that there was significant difference in rutin content among the five chemical constituents, with no significant difference in other constituents. The results of one-way ANOVA analysis showed that there were significant differences in five chemical constituents of Yao medicine YLH and Leonurus japonicus from different habitats (P < 0.01). The results of principal component analysis showed that the higher scores of Leonurus japonicus from different habitats were from Nanning and Yulin, with the lowest in Shangsi County. Conclusion: There is a significant difference between the content of Yao medicine YLH and Leonurus japonicus. The quality of medicinal materials from Nanning and Yulin is better. The results provide data support for the comparison of the content between two kinds of Leonurus heterophyllus and Leonurus japonicus from different habitats.