Identification Method of Four Chemicals in Antiasthmatic and Antitussive Chinese Patent Medicine / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:To establish a method for the identification of four chemicals-Ephedrina Hydrochloridum,prednisone acetate,codeine phosphate and dexamethasone acetate in antiasthmatic and antitussive Chinese patent medicine.METHODS:With Kening capsule(an antitussive) as positive control,the chemicals which were illegally added into the antiasthmatic and antitussive Chinese patent medicine were determined by HPLC with octadecylsilane chemically bonded silica as loading agent.RESULTS:Under the same chromatographic condition,the four chemicals could all be detected.CONCLUSION:The method is simple,practical and specific,and it can be applied to detect the illegally added chemicals in antiasthmatic and antitussive Chinese patent medicine.