Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To establish an UPLC-MS/MS method for the adulteration of Ophiopogonis Radix in Shenmai Granules to investigate whether there is a phenomenon of using Liriopes Radix to replace Ophiopogonis Radix in the production enterprise.
METHODS The characteristic components liriope muscari baily saponins C and liriopesides B were used as the detection index of Liriopes Radix. Separation was performed on a Shimadzu Shim-pack gist C18(2.1 mm×100 mm, 2 μm) with a gradient elution of acetonitrile-0.1% formic acid at the flow rate of 0.3 mL·min−1 and a column temperature of 40 ℃. The detection mode was multi reaction monitoring in electrospray positive ion source(ESI+).
RESULTS Liriope muscari baily saponins C and liriopesides B showed good linearity in the range of 3.290~315.8 ng·mL−1 and 2.390~305.9 ng·mL−1, with the correlation coefficients ≥0.9996, and the recoveries of 105.3% and 100.6%, and the RSDs of precision, reproducibility, and stability were less than 3.0%. The 85 batches of Shenmai Granules contained 8 batches of Liriopes Radix with the detection rate of 9.4%.
CONCLUSION The established method is simple, rapid, accurate and exclusive, and can be used to screen the adulteration of Ophiopogonis Radix in Shenmai granules.