Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To establish an HPLC-ELSD method for the determination of xylooligosaccharide in chitooligosaccharide xylooligosaccharide capsules by amide hydrophilic interaction chromatography.
METHODS The chromatographic separation was achieved on a Waters XBridge Amide column (4.6 mm×250 mm, 3.5 µm) by a gradient elution program with acetonitrile-0.2% triethylamine as the mobile phase. The flow rate was 1.0 mL·min
-1, injection volume was 20 μL, column temperature was 45 ℃.
RESULTS The calibration curves of xylose and xylooligosaccharide in the mixed reference substances or sample solutions were well separated with good correlation coefficient (
r=0.999 4-0.999 9) in the concentration range of 0.05-0.5 mg·mL
-1. The recoveries(
n=6) of 7 components at high and low concentration were 90.6%-103.2%, the RSDs were <
4. 0%. The contents of xylooligosaccharide (X
2-X
7) in three batches were 313, 312, 310 mg·g
-1, and xylooligosaccharide (X
2-X
4) 282, 279, 278 mg·g
-1, respectively.
CONCLUSION The method is simple, rapid, sensitive and reproducible, providing a more accurate and reliable method for the quality control and research of production process in xylooligosaccharide products.