A new method for simultaneous assay of six organic acids in Lonicerae Japonicae Flos / 浙江大学学报·医学版

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To establish a method of quantitative analysis of multi-components by single marker(QAMS) for quality control of Lonicerae Japonicae Flos.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The contents of chlorogenic acid(CA) and caffeic acid(CfA) were determined, and the relative correction factors(RCF) of other organic acids were calculated, which were used for the indirect determination.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The RCFs for the neochlorogenic acid(NCA), 3, 4-O-dicaffeoylquinic acid(3, 4-DCA), 3, 5-O-dicaffeoylquinic acid(3, 5-DCA), and 4, 5-O-dicaffeoylquinic acid(4, 5-DCA) were 5.462, 5.689, 2.313, 2.382(to CA) and 3.941, 4.103, 1.669, 1.718(to CfA), respectively. The established method was validated in different laboratories with different high performance liquid chromatography(HPLC) instruments and different chromatographic columns; the result indicated that the reproducibility was satisfactory. There was no significant difference between the established QAMS method and external reference method (P>0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The established QAMS method can be used for simultaneous determination of 6 organic acids as quality control of Lonicerae Japonicae Flos with easy available standard substances.</p>