Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To establish an HPLC method for the simultaneous determination of chlorogenic acid, baicalin and baicalein in Yuxingcao qinlan mixtures. METHODS HPLC conditions included Kromasil-100 C
18 (250 mm×4.6 mm, 5 μm) and the mobile phase was a mixture of methanol and 0.1% phosphoric acid for gradient elution. The flow rate was 1.0 mL·min
-1. The wavelength was 322 nm and column temperature was 35 ℃. RESULTS Three ingredients had good linear relationships: in the range of 0.022 4-1.12 μg(R
2=0.999 7), baicalin in the range of 0.045 8-2.29 μg(R
2=0.999 5) and baicalein in the range of 0.031?8-1.59 μg(R
2=0.999 9). Their average recoveries were 99.45%(RSD=1.4%), 99.37%(RSD=2.0%) and 97.90%(RSD=1.7%), respectively. CONCLUSION This method was simple with high precision, good repeatability and stability. It could be used for the determination of the three ingredients and quality control of Yuxingcao qinlan mixtures.