Simultaneous Determination of Six Volatile Components in Honghua Xiaoyao Tablets by GC

OBJECTIVE To develop a method for simultaneous content determination of menthone, menthol, 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol, 3-butenyl phthalide, atractyline, ligustilide in Honghua Xiaoyao tablets. METHODS The quantitative analysis was carried out on a capillary of HP-5(30 m×250 μm, 0.25 μm) column combined with an oven temperature program; inlet port temperature 250 ℃; detector temperature 280 ℃, split sampling at a split ratio 10∶1. RESULTS The 6 components were completely separated and could be well separated from other components; menthone, menthol, 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol, 3-butenyl phthalide, atractyline, ligustilide showed a good linear relationship with the chromatographic peak area within the range of 1.37-87.38, 13.67-874.55, 2.05-65.49, 3.35-107.20, 3.49-111.60, 6.95-444.60 μg·mL^-1(r≥0.999 0). The average recovery was 97.63%(RSD=3.27%), 94.25%(RSD=1.80%), 97.54%(RSD=2.39%), 103.81%(RSD=1.75%), 94.30% (RSD=2.32%), 98.97%(RSD=2.36%)(n=6), respectively. And its content in 39 batches of Honghua Xiaoyao tablets were determined. CONCLUSION This method is easy to operate, accurate, reliable, and has good repeatability, can be used to supplement the insufficient quality control of Honghua Xiaoyao tablets.