Quality control of Yugan Fuzheng capsule with HPTLCS / 中国药学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:To provide a method of quality control for Yugan Fuzheng capsule (preparation of Chinese materia medica). METHOD:High performance thin-layer chromatographic scanning (HPTLCS) was used for the determination of astragaloside Ⅳ in the preparation. RESULTS: The spots of astragaloside Ⅳ on the HPTLCS plate had a good linearity between its content and area within the range of 2～12μg(r＝0.9994).The average recovery was 98.9%,and the RSD was 2.00%. CONCLUSION: This qualitative determination for astragaloside Ⅳ can be used as quality control because of its convenience,accuracy and good reproducibility.