Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To establish the detection method for the determination of counterfeit Frritillaira in Chuanbei Qingfei syrup by UPLC-MS/MS.
METHODS The samples were diluted, and separated on a BEH C
18(2.1 mm×100 mm, 1.7
μm) column.The mobile phase were acetonitrile and 5 mmol×L
‒1 ammonium acetate(containing 0.1% formic acid) with gradient elution. The 5 alkaloids in genuine
Fritillaria chuanensis and its confounded varieties of homemade control syrup and 50 batches of Chuanbei Qingfei syrup were detected by electrospray ion source(ESI
+) and multiple reaction detection(MRM) mode. The 5 alkaloids were sipeimine-3β-
D-glucoside, peimine, peiminine, sipeimine, peimsine.
RESULTS The detection of sifritiline and sifritiline glycosides could distinguish the feeding conditions of genuine
Fritillaria chuanensis, Hubei
Fritillaria chuanensis, Zhejiang
Fritillaria chuanensis and
Fritillaria chuanensis in the Chuanbei Qingfei syrup. In the 50 batches of Chuanbei Qingfei syrup, sifritiline and sifritiline glycosides were not detected in 5 batches, which was suspected of using counterfeit
Fritillaria chuanensis.
CONCLUSION This method has the advantages of high selectivity, high sensitivity and simple sample extraction, and can be used to screen counterfeit Frritillaira in Chuanbei Qingfei syrup.