Determination of ligustilide in essential oil of Angelica sinensis(Oliv.)Diels by RP-HPLC
AIM:To establish a reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatographic( RP-HPLC ) method for simultaneous determination of ligustilide in the essential oil of Angelica sinensis (Oliv. ) Diels. METHODS: The mobile phase was acetonitrile-water(78 : 22) and the flow rate was about 1 mL/min. Inertsil ODS-3(4.6 mm ×250 mm,5 μm) column was used and the detective wavelength was 280 nm. RESULTS: The calibration curves were linear in the concentration range of 0. 5 - 80. 0 mg/L for ligustilide. The regression equation was Y = 45 342.52 X - 8462.62 (r = 0. 9998,n = 5),the average recovery was 100.07% and the relative standard deviations ( RSD) was 0.18%. CONCLUSION: Our established method is simple,quick and accurate for the simultaneous separation and determination of ligustilide in the essential oil of Angelica sinensis (Oliv. ) Diels.
ligustilideEssential oil of Angelica sinensis (Oliv. ) DielsHPLC